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Originally Posted by Legbreaker
With the constant threat of German aerial attack it's likely much of the UKs industrial production would be shifted to safer colonies (such as South Africa) with finished products shipped in via convoys.
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Probably not. The UK had large underground factory complexes for all sorts of things and, indeed, much of their industry was actually
completely beyond the range of German bombers and more was beyond the range of
unescorted German bombers (aka 'sitting ducks').
And, as we know from German experiences with the Bombing Campaign, factory buildings are easy(ish) to destroy, but the machine tools in them ... not so much. It was common for 'destroyed' factories to be back in production in days or weeks with, at best, only temporary shelter above the workers heads (if any at all) ... the Russians found much the same with the factories they relocated east of the Urals, they were back in production as soon as the machines were on firm footings, even in winter, and way before anything more than temporary shelter was erected over them.
If the Germans and Russians could manage it, no reason why the Brits couldn't.
Phil