The prompt invites alternatives to the Japanese, Italian, and German reforms proposed in the video. Its constraint is contemporary knowledge: the exercise asks for defensible choices from the information available in January 1939 without hindsight. The earlier proposals on escorts, fuel, industry, standardisation, aviation, and disclosure show the kinds of changes that might still be realistic. No answer is supplied, leaving the question as a discussion exercise.
Notable Point · 43:45-44:06
A no-hindsight Axis navy design exercise
The video closes by asking viewers which January 1939 reforms they would choose without relying on knowledge of the coming war.