British command appears more acceptable to the new European partners than an American supreme commander, with Keyes suggested as a possible leader. Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, and viable Italian capital ships sent east would change the Royal Navy's calculation about retaining heavy units in home waters. German destroyers lack the range for an easy Far Eastern deployment, so the additional strength would not form a balanced national task force. Poland, caught between Germany and the Soviet Union, is expected to keep its fleet near home. The coalition gains heavy units, while national command preferences, endurance limits, and the distant Japanese opponent still constrain what it can do.
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A Far Eastern coalition fleet
German and Italian capital ships in the Far East would affect who commands the coalition and how many Royal Navy heavy units can leave home waters.