WI: MacArthur Was Captured In The Phillipines?

True, but easier and necessary are two different things, correct?


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You are correct sir. No one considered it necessary to invade Timor OTL. It is not getting you any closer to Tokyo. I guess if Hap Arnold had spared some B-29s you could achieve the same goal.
 

TFSmith121

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You are correct sir. No one considered it necessary to invade Timor OTL. It is not getting you any closer to Tokyo. I guess if Hap Arnold had spared some B-29s you could achieve the same goal.

The Australians and Portuguese kept a pretty impressive little guerilla war going well into 1942 on a shoestring, as it as, so I can see the possibilities... But it's not a necessity; worth considering, however.

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Hm. With Doug's gargantuan ego, maybe the Japanese get wise and pander to it wholesale not retail and turn him? Making him into a Gojira-level Tokyo Rose in the process?

It would be a stretch, but as a thought experiment it sounds like a lot of fun. Oh the embarrassment :D
 
Hm. With Doug's gargantuan ego, maybe the Japanese get wise and pander to it wholesale not retail and turn him? Making him into a Gojira-level Tokyo Rose in the process?

It would be a stretch, but as a thought experiment it sounds like a lot of fun. Oh the embarrassment :D

I don't know if the Japanese knew about it but they could play up the nickname "Dugout Doug". They could show pictures of him being well fed while his men are starving on Bataan.

I see Mac playing the good soldier. I think he might insist on being there when Wainwright finally surrenders and trying to negotiate with General Homma. I could also see him insisting on proper military courtesy. If I were the Japanese I would play this up for the newsreels, portraying MacArthur as a Yankee imperialist.
 
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