Operations February 1943- January 1946
The three year period between early 1943 to the end of 1946 brought a lot of change in the region; new nations emerged, the seeds of a marriage of convenience began to emerge, rifts between sister nations became deeper while a nation continued to be a...
OOC: Sorry for reviving the dead but will try to slowly end this thing. Another interlude that was almost completed before my work related hiatus.
Interlude 8: Commonwealth Divisions and Brigades February 1946 (1)
Great Britain and North Ireland (2)
1st Airborne Division – British...
OOC: Lot of work at the office so it is slowing me down. This was almost completed and it was supposed to be posted by the end of the TL but need to move this along so here it is.
Interlude 7: The United States Third Republic’s capital ships and cruisers construction plan 1944-1953...
Status Japanese Air Forces January 1943
The Japanese Army Air Service failed in their missions against the Red Army (1) but while the original missions still remained now they were assigned the defense of the skies over the Home Islands as part of their responsibilities (2). The number of...
Status Soviet Army January 30, 1943
With the end of the land war with the Japanese Empire the Far East Front began to be slowly raided for personnel to serve as cadre of the new forming divisions in the West. The first to go was Marshall Dmitry Pavlov that was raised to the position of...
Status Chinese Navy January 1943
The Chinese Navy on January 30, 1943 was only a small riverine/coastal force composed of small gunboats except for the 2 very small cruisers now operating from Canton. The Ping Yiang, the German style destroyer that could have been their largest ship was...
Status Chinese Army January 30, 1943
The main strength of the Chinese forcers continued to be their apparent unlimited manpower. The non-Communist members factions of the Second United Front were still a force to reckon with, at least number wise. Their combined forces stood at 2.7 million...
Status Western Powers Navies January 1943 (Part Three)
India:
The navy of the Dominion of India died on August 19, 1942 with the Nehru’s Declaration but it convulsed until December 07, 1942 when the last major unit was destroyed. The August 19 declaration started a mini-civil war on the...
Status Western Powers Navies January 1943 (Part Two)
France:
The Marine Nationale achieved the greatest success of the Franco-Thai War by their extermination of the fledging Thai Navy during the Battle of Ko Kut Island on February 21, 1942 while suffering minimum damage to their units. The...
Status Western Powers Navies January 1943 (Part One)
Great Britain:
By January 30, 1943 Task Force Z (1) continued to be stationed in Singapore but even with the end of the war and the planned economy measures of the Labour Government to help the British economy plans were being made to...
Status Japanese Navy January 1943
For the Combined Fleet 1943 was a year to continue to gain strength for a possible conflict with their perceived main threat, the Royal Navy. However, by January 1943 the Japanese Combined Fleet was fighting a slightly resurgent Soviet Far East Fleet (1)...
Status Western Powers Armies Far East January 1942 part 4
Dominion of India:
The military forces of India by January 30, 1943 could be separated in four major groups; the forces of the British Indian Army overseas, the forces of the Dominion of India in India proper, the forces of the...
Status Western Powers Armies Far East January 1943 part 3
Dominion of Australia:
The Australian Imperial Force was pretty active during 1942. While the 7th Infantry stayed in the Far East performing garrison duty in Malaya and Hong Kong the rest of the Imperial Force saw some heavy...
Status Western Powers Armies Far East January 1943 part 2
British Forces:
The end of January 1943 found the British forces in Asia in a very different situation to the one they were facing the previous year at this time of the year. The British forces in Burma were some of the first to...
Status Western Powers Armies Far East January 1943 part 1
Netherlands:
The end of 1942 brought nothing much in regard to change to the military situation in the Netherlands East Indies. By now the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army (KNIL) was capable to present on the field 9 tank...