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Defense of Malaya was considered critical to Australia in the late 1930s.

I've searched the AH archives and find no WI scenario where the Australians are given full command and resources to defend Malaya. This means by early 1941 if not before all Australian and Kiwi troops, ships, planes and pilots, etc. go to Malaya.

This will be a strain in North Africa, where the Australians are carrying a burden of the fighting against Rommel, and withdrawing them mid-1941 to Malaya will be impossible. So we'll have to assume the Australians are never sent to North Africa, meaning someone else has to go to NA, perhaps the Canadians or Indians that perished in Hong Kong and Malaya OTL?

So, what happens in Malaya with all ANZAC defenders and leadership with good kit?
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