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Possibly the frustration felt by Gort and Park, Gort for what he believed was his unjustified reception of blame for the fall of France...

There can be no doubt that British operations in the Far East IOTL, were a complete and total cluster fuck, and the loss of Malaya and...

That's what I remember. There was a brief discussion about the R boats being more useful in SE Asia, than in the Med.

The biggest thing protecting the US BB's is the fact they don't have the escorts and support vessels for them to make any kind of raid...

I didn't discount land based airpower, though there again the US just curb stomped the Japanese in time, though it wasn't my focus so...

Totally agree, hence the "sucked eggs" part. The simple fact that Malaya was bottom of the barrel for any and everything is simply WHY...

From what I've read, I think we must stress, "the last two years of the war." As you say Ramprat, up to then it seems carriers were used...

The fundamental problem isn’t the speed of communication or the lack of preparation, availability of personnel, it’s simply the mindset...

It was ultimately a strategic disaster, operationally brilliant (why does everyone forget the operational stage of things: here the...

Great to read of men who have the nerves to take responisibility and not hiding behind each other

So the Chiefs of Staff in London have been able to overcome the intense objections of the Foreign Office, and persuade Winston to give...

Yeup, and Mac and his staff would be frustratingly very hit or miss with that said analysis throughout the war. Sometimes through no...

Why other than his own personal arrogance didn’t MacArthur authorise reconnaissance flights over the Japanese positions in French...

Agreed. Me, I'd likely go, "Screw it, it's a go." The information is worth the risk to me, but even then only if the weather gave a...

Agreed, and again not disagreeing with any of this. It's also 20/20 perfect hindsight. Indochina was still TECHNICALLY French territory...