A march into India, 1942

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Torch was vital for giving the US first hand experience fighting the Germans and developing operations and tactics that proved useful in Sicily, Italy, and most importantly, on D-Day.
The Torch is impossible without British. It had something like four US divisions participating (1st, 9th, 34th and 1st Arm, IIRC), commanded by Fredendall no less. I fully expect them to surrender to Germans en masse after sort of Kasserinesque operation, if it comes to it :D

Also, British are giving absolute top priority to India (outside of home islands, duh), so the whole Africa looks different)
 

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The U.S. simply did not have alot of "storm" capabilities in 1942 (and well into 1943).

Honestly no one had these capabilities in 1942/43. They learned by doing. That is one of the reasons for Tarawa, and we saw how bad that went.
 
Hyperion (& others): To what extent do the Japanese have the logistical ability to even attempt an invasion of India?

As in, would they run out of fuel just trying to make it there? Would it be possible only with major sacrifices elsewhere?

What kind of forces do the Japanese have to work with that could be put there without abandoning already-held places, basically, in general.

Asking as someone whose knowledge of the capacities of the IJA is so limited a thimble could contain it with room left over.

They have enough for a massive raid, not enough for a real campaign and certainly nowhere near enough to hold or occupy anything serious. If they misjudge this and the defeats of the Indian troops in Burma/Malaya as meaning they are the WWII version of the 800 lb gorilla then they will get shitcanned the moment the Allies realize they've the chance to defeat some of the IJA's best troops overextended, in detail, with a thin number of troops in hostile terrain amongst hostile civilians. Kind of a WWII version of the scene in Star Wars where the five stormtroopers realize there's one Han Solo chasing them.
 
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