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Why? I can't see a driver for that.

My expectation is that this second task force will sail up to the southern coast of Java then launch a maximum strength strike on the transport fleet, leaving it sinking and the Japanese with a totally misleading idea of where Somerville's fleet is and what they're up to. The fighters may...

The Japanese will be regretting the loss of those transports soon enough. Whilst Somerville is gambling by leaving the invasion force to the airforce, his top priority does needs to be hitting the Japanese carriers. That Sparrowhawk Squadron will have have some impressive stories to tell...

The natural rubber was both better, and should have been sufficient. The investment to first work out how to make synthetic rubber and then to produce it was substantial.

We should note though, that iOTL it took 2-300 hundred years for the Anglo-Normans to move to speaking English as a first language (depending on what study you believe), and that the Thule Shamanic tradition will serve to bind the "Tinglo-Thule" upper class closer to the broader Thule culture...

What has changed is that they have had the opportunity to retool the production lines for more modern tanks rather being stuck producing older models to feed the insatiable maw that was the Western desert campaign, and that the tank generals, like O'Coonor, who understood what you needed in a...

It was a slogging match, but O'Connor commanded troops on the Italian front in WWI. He knows how to deal with that situation, and still exploit opportunities.

I posted a very interesting analysis of O'Connor that was produced at a US staff college. Basically, the conclusion was that to succeed, he needed a certain degree of autonomy, and when heavily constrained to fit into a grand plan and limited discretion about how to deploy his forces he did...

On the other hand, the RN does need to learn how to perform multi-carrier operations, and having five Fleet Carriers together in the same theatre gives an opportunity the Sea Lords may not want to miss. The reason I suggest this is that they must be planning for what they are going to do to...

I wonder why Madagascar hasn't gone loyalist yet. With Africa otherwise calm, the South Africans can invade at leisure, and the Governor will know that.

Depending on how bold the Allies are feeling, this could be a great time to launch both spoiling and deception attacks on the Japanese. For example, the Japanese would be forced to respond to a sudden push in Malaya, or a commando attack on the southern Borneo, even if they came to nothing and...

Assuming Somerville can concentrate his carriers, yes.

On the other hand, the RN knows about the Zero's range now, and that the Celebres and the airfields there have fallen to the Japanese, so should know that they may be facing planes from there. Without evidence to the contrary, they have to plan taking account the worst case possibility, which...

Well, looking at the balance of forces, now they've lost their land based aircover the Allies no longer have sufficient forces to defend the island - they are facing an unknown number of Japanese fleet carriers, almost certainly more than one, given what they know of Japanese doctrine, but quite...

Talking of the Aegean, with Crete remaining in Greek/Allied hands did the Germans/Italians manage to take the northern Aegean islands and the Cyclades in the first place, or have they remained in Allied hands?

How good's Somervillle's intelligence on the IJN's movements? If he only has two fleets and one light available, then it would seem premature to try to lure the Japanese out, as he would be substantially outnumbered if the Kido Butai sortied into the Timor Sea, particularly with Celebes falling...