You can do all that, but what happens when Menzies declares war on Germany?
No 2AIF?
You just don't understand the depth of the bitterness within Australian society towards the issue of conscription. The Commonwealth only had the power to compel military service for home defence, not for overseas service. I come from a family line of dissenters. My older brother had his number pulled for National Service. He was advised by our father not to go. He instead enlisted in the CMF. If you did service for six years you couldn't be conscripted to fight in Vietnam. My father served in WWII as a member of the Militia. He refused to enlist in the AIF. He was shipped off to the NT where he served for three years. My grandfather refused to serve during WWI. We have a long history of refusing to serve when called upon by the Government to do so. We prefer to volunteer. My children have shown no interest in the military thankfully and they'll never be conscripted hopefully.
Effectively they did that, just from ‘39No, I mentioned that. You call up all those who have completed their six months' training - likely in stages - and you send similar forces as historical overseas. They'd be called something else. But the same effect. The big difference is for every division you send overseas you should have another one at home.
Effectively they did that, just from ‘39
The 2AIF was sent off, and was to be equipped and trained on arrival. Units had small arms, WW1 left overs.
There is not enough money or kit for the 2AIF, and none for Militia. The 8 Div 2AIF, had little kit in Malaya.
During the depression height, the Army was not paid for 3 months!!
So we are back to stringing Bank of England representatives from the light posts in 1930 to get the funds available to do anything?
The money country is totally broke after WW1.I'm sure there are other ways, but that's a discussion on economics and much too dry.
The money country is totally broke after WW1.
As India found out in WW2, Britain was not going to stave, the Empire would.
The percentage of active Australian Men of fighting age actually in military units was incredible.
The great difficulty with POD is they need to be believable.As I said, dry. And the OP wasn't talking immediately after WWI. The POD would be in the mid '30s.
We did the economics up thread. You need a left labour revolution via parliament or a fascist coup. In the 20s.
The great difficulty with POD is they need to be believable.
As a screen play reviewer told me, ...
My biggest bug bear is authors getting characters to do what the author wants....
Not what the character would do...!
As Menzies later said..
“I’m British to my boot straps”
Australia is a country of “white Australia”,
Britain is the mother country
And
No little yellow “b” is ever going to beat an Englishman.
A possiblyTrue, and you could have a discussion on what kind of POD would be required. There’s also obviously degrees to which the POD would influence responses. And one minor quibble - there was a nascent fear of Japan even before 1939.
A possibly
Need to revisit Singapore, and having a plan B?
Defending Singapore from land and enough troops, air and sea power, before Britain burns?
Beyond Singapore, Sydney is the the next major hub with dry dock, etc.
Now Drop Bears are scary but generally i tell tourists to rub Eucalyptus oil in their Hair to make you smell like a Koala. That makes them think your not going to taste so good.
You cruel bastard, that makes Drop Bears incredibly randy.
Go read about Lang