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Originally Posted by Legbreaker
Why not simply have the British surrender also? That places a rather large navy under the control of the German alliance and certainly provides the possibility of transportation across the Atlantic. Added to the French navy and there's an unstoppable naval force, easily able to control the seas and provide safe passage for transports.
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"Surrender" sounds too harsh, and giving up the Fleet is very, very unlikely. Perhaps the Germans won a promise of British neutrality in an American war in a secret protocol that allows the British a free hand somewhere else*, or some guarantee of something. That way, the RN is not blocking the German move to the Western Hemisphere (defeating the built-up USN in/around the Caribbean is still going to be a trick, though, as you're going to be far from coal resources).
* Maybe the Germans tricked the British by disguising their interest in Mexico, and allowed them to run free in combating the Bolsheviks in Russia instead. Excepting the Baltic coast, Poland and Ukraine, which are now German protectorates, with Hohenzollern crowned heads.