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  • Merrick replied to the thread Malaya What If.
    Ultimately, this is all up to our esteemed author. But it you take the position that Java is doomed to fall by April, then Singapore...
  • Merrick replied to the thread Malaya What If.
    OTL the question never came up, because the Allied position in the DEL had collapsed before significant American forces arrived. TTL, if...
  • Merrick replied to the thread Malaya What If.
    Someone on Tatsumiya Maru messed up, and had better hope no-one senior ever finds out. Those mines should have been under cover until...
  • Merrick reacted to Fatboy Coxy's post in the thread Malaya What If with Like Like.
    1941, Saturday 06 December, 20.00 Singapore Time Lord Gort put the intelligence report on the desk, leaned back in his chair, and...
  • Merrick replied to the thread Return of Horrible Educational Maps.
    You forgot Ukraine and Columbia. And Africa has apparently been entirely recolonised by a very motley crew including BELARUS, TurKey...
  • Merrick replied to the thread Malaya What If.
    Just getting my oar in before the balloon goes up. Re: Troop quality/experience - I'm not sure it helps a lot to discuss...
  • Merrick reacted to Fatboy Coxy's post in the thread Malaya What If with Like Like.
    1941, Saturday 06 December; The sun was long gone, but the weather hadn’t changed: still foul, with frequent heavy rain squalls, thick...
  • Merrick reacted to Fatboy Coxy's post in the thread Malaya What If with Like Like.
    1941, Saturday 06 December: The big metal blade of the Le Tourneau Carryall bit into the ground, and began slicing off a layer of...
  • Merrick reacted to allanpcameron's post in the thread Sir John Valentine Carden Survives. Part 2. with Like Like.
    15 June 1942. Salisbury Plain, England. The Baron II’s trials were complete and a group of Officers, Other Ranks and civilians were...
  • Merrick reacted to Fatboy Coxy's post in the thread Malaya What If with Like Like.
    1941, Saturday 06 December; An hour before sundown, the Vildebeest bomber taxied to the aircraft pen, led by a hand-painted RAF blue...
  • Merrick reacted to Butchpfd's post in the thread Malaya What If with Like Like.
    Whales were taking a beating , all the 4 piper guard DD's were manned by reservists most with less then 6 months active time,, ROTC...
  • Merrick replied to the thread Effects on WW1 on Cilicia instead of Gallipoli.
    That said, even limited success in Cilicia is likely to turn out better for the Entente than OTL's failure at Gallipoli. But it may not...
  • Merrick replied to the thread Effects on WW1 on Cilicia instead of Gallipoli.
    This has been discussed previously on the forum a few times. The big downside of the Cilicia/Alexandretta plan, as @Disraeli's Ghost...
  • Merrick replied to the thread Malaya What If.
    One thing I've never been able to find out - were the Antares/Ward reports something new, or had the guardships been attacking...
  • Merrick replied to the thread Sir John Valentine Carden Survives. Part 2..
    OTL, this convoy was the (in)famous PQ17, where the mere report that the Tirpitz had sortied panicked the Admiralty into ordering the...
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