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  1. Malaya What If
    Threadmarks: MWI 41120619 Kondo’s Dilemma

    1941, Saturday 06 December; The sun was long gone, but the weather hadn’t changed: still foul, with frequent heavy rain squalls, thick low cloud cover, gusting strong winds, and rough water. It was perfect weather to move an invasion fleet, detection being difficult at best. But the weather was...

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    I don't want to stop the flow of discussion that we have on a number of topics, but I am trying to maintain a two posts per week, apologies if this derails some of them.

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    Hi Belisarius II, you make a good point there but I would argue that Gort was making that statement while trying to secure a greater slice of the financial cake being apportioned to the Army, back in 1938. I'll have to see if I can borrow a copy of Corelii Barnett, The Collapse of British Power...

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    Hi Belisarius II, I wasn't suggesting the Task Force, or something like it operates out of Singapore, given how much this is stretching USN supply lines, but that it might be able to operate in the eastern Java Sea or Banda Sea, that's a good 2,500 miles more than just the Coral Sea to the Banda...

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    Hi Aber, hopefully they can complete it in my ATL as well, but a successful defence of Malaya, is going to have some serious consequences later for Gazala 42.

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    Hi Belisarius II, I didn't understand this comment, have you confused Gort with someone else, or are you referring a observation of Gort's on perhaps Gallipoli or Norway 1940?

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    Hi Sekhemt_D, I think its quite interesting that for western naval commanders, losing your fleet (Phillip and Force Z) you go down with your ship, but for army commanders its a POW camp, (Percival and Wainwright). At the more senior level, MacArthur, and Brooke-Popham (BP had already been...

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    Hi Butchpfd, I think it's really difficult to determine quite what the USN preference for a fallback was, as things quickly fell apart. Hart was very open to supporting the Royal Navy, the dispatch of DesDiv 57 being proof of that, but with the loss of Force Z and many of their bigger units in...

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    Hi Ferd42, thank you for this, as I've said before Gort really interests me. There is a portrayal of him as being not particularly intelligent, not on Brooke or Wavell's level, and as a Guardsman, somewhat fixated on the minutia of spit and polish soldiering, also that he was somewhat a...

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    Wooohh hold your horses everybody, Percival is still here, and is CinC Malaya Command, which can be read as a field command. I say can, as opposed to is, because it also is an administrative command over a British Colony. His focus is simply on defending Singapore and Malaya. Gort, on the other...

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    Comparing the Dutch army of 1940 with that of the BEF is a little bit like comparing apples and oranges (and we all know which Army would claim to be Oranges!) They were built, trained and equipped for very different strategies. The BEF of 1940 wasn't dissimilar to that of 1914, a small...

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    Hi Belisarius II, I find Lord Gort quite an intriguing character, with plenty of blemishes as well as good points. I agree Gort's leadership of the BEF wasn't great, and your right, his best decision was the early retreat to Dunkirk. But I hold the view that Gort was promoted too early, and...

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    Hi Cryhavoc101, yes all as was historically, just here to provide context of whats happening in Britain's part of the war

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    Hi JWilly48519, that's really interesting stuff, but can I ask if you can tailor it a little more towards peninsular Malaysia, I asked about the Owen Stanley mountains to provide some comparison to those in Malaya, but on reflection, the Owen Stanley range is much higher. What I'm interested in...

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    Threadmarks: MWI 41120618 Rommel Retreats To The Gazala Line

    1941 Saturday 06 December; Its taped headlights lighting the way through the darkness, the Opel Blitz picked its path along the dirt road heading north to the military hospital in Dena, its white painted roof and big red cross marking it out as an ambulance. Inside, strapped on a hanging bunk...

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    Hi Vetinari, love this story of the crocodile!

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    Hi Ihagambia, yes formed in Singapore, it's really just a renumbering of RAF 243 Sqn, providing more identity to the Kiwi contribution

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    And Hi Driftless and Kelgar04, I'll be writing several stories on the efforts of Japanese night bombing and RAF night fighters, so I'm not going to comment here, but I'm happy for others to chip in if they fancy it :cool:

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    Threadmarks: MWI 41120617a RAF Far East Command

    Units or Officers underlined indicates not historical to this Command For RAF units in Hong Kong, see Hong Kong Garrison OOB For RAF units in Burma, see Burma Command OOB GC: Group Captain WC: Wing Commander SL: Squadron Leader "op": operational "res": reserve RAF Far East Command AVM Keith...

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    and Hi Butchpfd and Driftless, just shows you how generous the American lend-lease policy could be. Lovely picture Driftless, and that's a lovely connection we've made with your family Butchpfd.
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