A simple but very interesting project. One can only speculate what might have happened had these aircraft been delivered and entered service as planned. Give the imbalance of forces, the Soviets would probably have still invaded and occupied the Baltic republics, but the Finns managed to hold the same invader off despite being outnumbered, and history may have been different had some crucial orders been placed earlier or if the tried and tested and more plentiful Hurricane been purchased instead. Finland also used the Gladiator to great effect, but that is another what if.
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