Earlier destroyer, aircraft, and factory orders

An earlier end to treaty restraint encourages a wider build before World War II, though nowhere near the later wartime scale. The scenario advances treaty breakdown by only two or three years, giving navies time to change designs before construction commits them to the earlier choices. The US Navy's stock of four-stack destroyers had helped delay new orders, even as those ships fell two or three generations behind continuing foreign development. Japan had continued building destroyers, Britain had resumed in the late 1920s, and France and Italy had also kept building. Replacing more of them before 1941 and 1942 could reduce the shortage of modern escorts. Larger British carriers would also require earlier aircraft orders, with substantial orders likely in 1938 to build up the air groups. British machine-tool makers were already at capacity, so some factory equipment might be ordered from US suppliers and help expand American industry. Supporting 9.2-inch cruisers and carriers overseas could spread new factories and yard facilities around the British Empire.