With Lewis Brereton likely staying as deputy air commander, who will be appointed to command the Tenth and Ninth Air Forces?
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In terms of the transport of Doug, can the British insists that perhaps transporting him in a more umm, humiliating way (for Doug only)As the British in the form of the RN, will insist on having the honour of transporting the Philippines President, and not wanting to put all the eggs in one basket. Doug will have to travel separately in most probably an American submarine, along with a couple of his staff. While the Philippine President, provided the submarine makes the journey safely to Singapore, will be met by the Governor General ofMalaya(the Straits Settlements, which in turn also the High Commissioner of the Federated Malay States), and invited to stay at Government House. While arrangements are made for his party’s onward journey to the USA, via Australia. Doug who with his removal of his post in the Philippines, is effectively a nobody, will be escorted to a secure house in Singapore, and provided with a typewriter paper and the time to draft his report to Congress on his actions in the Philippines. He will not be having a meeting with the SAC-Far East Auchinleck, as the SAC is rather busy at the moment old bean, but there are a number of intelligence types who would like to have a word with you.
RR.
Up until now ITTL, Indian troops have served in France, North Africa, East Africa, Iraq, Burma, Malaya and the DEI. The Indian Army was the only ‘ None White Force’ that was fully integrated with the British Army.There were some Indian troops in North Africa weren't there?
Yup, I think from this point it is probably easier to ask, which front does the Indians does not participate, (but the other Commonwealth soldiers does)?Up until now ITTL, Indian troops have served in France, North Africa, East Africa, Iraq, Burma, Malaya and the DEI. The Indian Army was the only ‘ None White Force’ that was fully integrated with the British Army.
RR.
Laughed very hard at this.ITTL, Dugout Doug having made a complete dogs breakfast of his command in the Philippines, is forced to evacuate the Philippines. However instead of a daring and ‘heroic’ dash through enemy lines in PT Boats, to a secret location before being flown to Australia. Where he can preform before the admiring press, and give them his words of wisdom. He is required to evacuate on one of the British, Dutch or American submarines that have been running vital supplies in to Bataan through the Japanese blockade. As the British in the form of the RN, will insist on having the honour of transporting the Philippines President, and not wanting to put all the eggs in one basket. Doug will have to travel separately in most probably an American submarine, along with a couple of his staff. While the Philippine President, provided the submarine makes the journey safely to Singapore, will be met by the Governor General of Malaya, and invited to stay at Government House. While arrangements are made for his party’s onward journey to the USA, via Australia. Doug who with his removal of his post in the Philippines, is effectively a nobody, will be escorted to a secure house in Singapore, and provided with a typewriter paper and the time to draft his report to Congress on his actions in the Philippines. He will not be having a meeting with the SAC-Far East Auchinleck, as the SAC is rather busy at the moment old bean, but there are a number of intelligence types who would like to have a word with you.
I probably wasn’t clear but what I was thunking without the need to run fast convoys through the Med as well as need to supply active operations in the Med won’t that mean more escorts for the work in the Atlantic to hunt down Uboats.
Yes it was pretty much my thinking since a load of pressure has just been taken off both the RN, Merchant Navy, FAA and RAF in the Med which means more ships live to go East to fight the Japanese and provide escorts in the Atlantic which means more dead Uboats.You are absolutely right! Supplying Malta was a bloody affair that cost a lot in terms of merchantmen and warships. Now there is no reason for the Allied ships to brave the Sicilian Straits. They can arrive from the east under constant air cover. Moreover, there is no need for a carrier to endanger herself for Club Runs, since they were able to ferry Hurricanes to Malta via Cyrenaica and Crete - even before the success of ATL Crusader.
Yup, I think from this point it is probably easier to ask, which front does the Indians does not participate, (but the other Commonwealth soldiers does)?
It all depends if he has time to actually use that reputation in all honesty given how he failed to hold the Philippines in this timeline and the British and Dutch are fighting damned hard right now, he may just be told to take a short jump off a high pier politely mind you but I'm not entirely sure he will be able to put that much spin on it especially when he makes a fuss and a British, Australian or Indian Army officer as well some US officer will rightly ask why he couldn't have held out as long as the British, Indian and Commonwealth Forces.I think MacArthur probably has enough influence with the President of the Philippines that the the President of the Philippines may well insist on MacArthur being evacuated at the same time and on the same craft as himself.
That said, perhaps MacArthur with his specialist knowledge of the Philippines and contacts with people there can be put in charge of overseeing (from the outside) the resistance movement in the Philippines, in an administrative capacity, until such time as the Philippines can be liberated. (And the USA will liberate them, so that they can make a big show of granting them independence, as promised, even if a year or two late due to the Imperial Japanese.)
yes it is. I had been using italic previously for differences between OTL and TTL, but because the Japanese ships were already in italics I thought the use of colour was easier to see here.Great update. (Out of topic, is this the first time you use colour?)