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[James G]

Invading neutral-maybe-friendly French North Africa


MEDITERRANEAN COMMAND

Mediterranean Command Troops
8th battalion, the Manchester Regiment [TA] – Infantry Battalion

1st Malta Brigade
1st battalion, the Hampshire Regiment – Infantry Battalion
1st battalion, the King’s Own Malta Regiment – Guard Infantry Battalion
3rd battalion, the King’s Own Malta Regiment – Guard Infantry Battalion

2nd Malta Brigade
1st battalion, the Dorset Regiment – Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the Devonshire Regiment – Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the King’s Own Malta Regiment – Guard Infantry Battalion
4th battalion, the King’s Own Malta Regiment – Guard Infantry Battalion

Cyprus Brigade
1st battalion, the Cyprus Regiment – Guard Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the Royal Irish Fusiliers {UK} – Infantry Battalion
3rd battalion, the 7th Rajput Regiment {IND} – Infantry Battalion

Gibraltar Brigade
2nd battalion, the King’s Regiment (Liverpool) – Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the Somerset Light Infantry – Infantry Battalion
4th battalion, the Devonshire Regiment [TA] – Infantry Battalion


BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE

British Expeditionary Force Troops
4th battalion, the Coldstream Guards {wartime-raised} – Infantry Battalion
4th Royal Marines Battalion – Marine Infantry Battalion
5th battalion, the Gordon Highlanders [TA] – Infantry Battalion
7th battalion, the Highland Light Infantry [TA] – Infantry Battalion

1ST AIRBORNE DIVISION

1st Airborne Brigade
1st battalion, the Parachute Regiment – Parachute Infantry Battalion
4th battalion, the Parachute Regiment – Parachute Infantry Battalion

2nd Airborne Brigade
2nd battalion, the Parachute Regiment – Parachute Infantry Battalion
3rd battalion, the Parachute Regiment – Parachute Infantry Battalion

31st Infantry Brigade (Airlanding)
1st battalion, the Royal Ulster Rifles – Glider Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry – Glider Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the South Staffordshire Regiment – Glider Infantry Battalion

44TH (HOME COUNTIES) INFANTRY DIVISION [TA]
1st battalion, the Cheshire Regiment – Machine Gun Infantry Battalion
The 2nd Lothian and Border Yeomanry [Yeomanry] – Light Armour Battalion

131st Infantry Brigade [TA]
5th battalion, the Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey) [TA] – Infantry Battalion
6th battalion, the Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey) [TA] – Infantry Battalion
7th battalion, the Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey) [TA] – Infantry Battalion

132nd Infantry Brigade [TA]
2nd battalion, the Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) – Infantry Battalion
4th battalion, the Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment [TA] – Infantry Battalion
5th battalion, the Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment [TA] – Infantry Battalion

133rd Infantry Brigade [TA]
2nd battalion, the Royal Sussex Regiment – Infantry Battalion
4th battalion, the Royal Sussex Regiment [TA] – Infantry Battalion
5th battalion, the Royal Sussex Regiment [TA] – Infantry Battalion

British I Corps

1ST MOTOR INFANTRY DIVISION
2nd battalion, the Middlesex Regiment – Machine Gun Infantry Battalion
8th battalion, the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers [TA] – Motorcycle Reconnaissance Infantry Battalion
The 9th Queen’s Royal Lancers – Tank Battalion

2nd Infantry Brigade
1st battalion, the Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) – Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the North Staffordshire Regiment – Infantry Battalion
6th battalion, the Gordon Highlanders [TA] – Infantry Battalion

3rd Motor Infantry Brigade
1st battalion, the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment – Motorised Infantry Battalion
1st battalion, the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry – Motorised Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the Sherwood Foresters – Motorised Infantry Battalion

20th Motor Infantry Brigade (Guards)
2nd battalion, the Welsh Guards {wartime-raised} – Motorised Infantry Battalion
3rd battalion, the Scots Guards {wartime-raised} – Motorised Infantry Battalion
5th battalion, the Coldstream Guards {wartime-raised} – Motorised Infantry Battalion

7TH INFANTRY DIVISION
9th battalion, the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers [TA] – Machine Gun Infantry Battalion
The 9th Royal Tank Regiment {wartime-raised} – Tank Battalion

Canadian 4th Infantry Brigade
1st battalion, the Essex Scottish Regiment – Infantry Battalion
1st battalion, the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry – Infantry Battalion
1st battalion, the Royal Regiment of Canada – Infantry Battalion

British 21st Infantry Brigade
1st battalion, the Gordon Highlanders – Infantry Battalion
1st battalion, the Sherwood Foresters – Infantry Battalion
1st battalion, the Welch Regiment – Infantry Battalion

British 38th Infantry Brigade
1st battalion, the King’s Regiment (Liverpool) – Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the Green Howards – Infantry Battalion
4th battalion, the Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) [TA] – Infantry Battalion

51ST (1ST HIGHLAND) INFANTRY DIVISION [TA]
4th battalion, the Gordon Highlanders [TA] – Machine Gun Infantry Battalion
The 2nd Royal Gloucestershire Hussars [Yeomanry] {wartime-raised} – Tank Battalion

152nd Infantry Brigade [TA]
2nd battalion, the Seaforth Highlanders – Infantry Battalion
4th battalion, the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders [TA] – Infantry Battalion
5th battalion, the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders [TA] – Infantry Battalion

153rd Infantry Brigade [TA]
1st battalion, the Black Watch – Infantry Battalion
4th battalion, the Black Watch [TA] – Infantry Battalion
5th battalion, the Black Watch [TA] – Infantry Battalion

154th Infantry Brigade [TA]
6th battalion, the Black Watch [TA] – Infantry Battalion
7th battalion, the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [TA] – Infantry Battalion
8th battalion, the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [TA] – Infantry Battalion

British IV Corps

3RD INFANTRY DIVISION
2nd battalion, the Manchester Regiment – Machine Gun Infantry Battalion
The 15th/19th King’s Royal Hussars – Tank Battalion

7th Infantry Brigade (Guards)
1st battalion, the Coldstream Guards – Infantry Battalion
1st battalion, the Grenadier Guards – Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the Grenadier Guards – Infantry Battalion

8th Infantry Brigade
1st battalion, the Suffolk Regiment – Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the East Yorkshire Regiment – Infantry Battalion
4th battalion, the Royal Berkshire Regiment [TA] – Infantry Battalion

24th Infantry Brigade (Guards)
1st battalion, the Irish Guards – Infantry Battalion
1st battalion, the Scots Guards – Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the South Wales Borderers – Infantry Battalion

5TH INFANTRY DIVISION
1st battalion, the Kensington Regiment [TA] – Machine Gun Infantry Battalion
The 22nd Dragoons {wartime-raised} – Tank Battalion

13th Infantry Brigade
2nd battalion, the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) – Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers – Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh’s) – Infantry Battalion

15th Infantry Brigade
1st battalion, the Green Howards – Infantry Battalion
1st battalion, the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry – Infantry Battalion
1st battalion, the York and Lancaster Regiment – Infantry Battalion

29th Infantry Brigade
1st battalion, the Royal Scots Fusiliers – Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the Royal Welch Fusiliers – Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the South Lancashire Regiment – Infantry Battalion

48TH (SOUTH MIDLAND) INFANTRY DIVISION [TA]
6th battalion, the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [TA] – Machine Gun Infantry Battalion
The 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) [Yeomanry] – Tank Battalion

143rd Infantry Brigade [TA]
1st battalion, the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry – Infantry Battalion
7th battalion, the Royal Warwickshire Regiment [TA] – Infantry Battalion
8th battalion, the Royal Warwickshire Regiment [TA] – Infantry Battalion

144th Infantry Brigade [TA]
5th battalion, the Gloucestershire Regiment [TA] – Infantry Battalion
5th battalion, the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [TA] – Infantry Battalion
8th battalion, the Worcestershire Regiment [TA] – Infantry Battalion

145th Infantry Brigade [TA]
2nd battalion, the Gloucestershire Regiment – Infantry Battalion
4th battalion, the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [TA] – Infantry Battalion
Buckinghamshire battalion, the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [TA] – Infantry Battalion

British X Corps

1ST ARMOURED DIVISION

1st Armoured Brigade
The 1st King’s Dragoon Guards – Tank Battalion
The 4th Queen’s Own Hussars – Tank Battalion
The 8th King’s Royal Irish Hussars – Light Armour Battalion

3rd Armoured Brigade
The 11th Hussars – Light Armour Battalion
The 11th Royal Tank Regiment – Tank Battalion
The 41st Royal Tank Regiment [TA] – Tank Battalion

5th Armoured Brigade
The 3rd Royal Tank Regiment – Tank Battalion
The 12th Royal Lancers – Light Armour Battalion
The 47th Royal Tank Regiment [TA] – Tank Battalion

49TH (WEST RIDING) INFANTRY DIVISION [TA]
6th battalion, the Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) [TA] – Machine Gun Infantry Battalion
The 4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) [Yeomanry] {wartime-raised} – Tank Battalion

146th Infantry Brigade [TA]
4th battalion, the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [TA] – Infantry Battalion
4th battalion, the Lincolnshire Regiment [TA] – Infantry Battalion
Hallamshire battalion, the York and Lancaster Regiment [TA] – Infantry Battalion

147th Infantry Brigade [TA]
5th battalion, the West Yorkshire Regiment [TA] – Infantry Battalion
6th battalion, the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment [TA] – Infantry Battalion
7th battalion, the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment [TA] – Infantry Battalion

148th Infantry Brigade [TA]
5th battalion, the Leicestershire Regiment [TA] – Infantry Battalion
8th battalion, the Sherwood Foresters [TA] – Infantry Battalion
12th battalion, the Green Howards [TA] – Infantry Battalion

GUARDS MOTOR INFANTRY DIVISION
4th battalion, the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers [TA] – Motorcycle Reconnaissance Infantry Battalion
9th battalion, the Manchester Regiment [TA] – Machine Gun Infantry Battalion
The 42nd Royal Tank Regiment [TA] – Tank Battalion

1st Motor Infantry Brigade (Guards)
2nd battalion, the Irish Guards {wartime-raised} – Motorised Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the Hampshire Regiment – Motorised Infantry Battalion
3rd battalion, the Grenadier Guards – Motorised Infantry Battalion

33rd Motor Infantry Brigade
1st battalion, the Welsh Guards – Motorised Infantry Battalion
1st battalion, the West Yorkshire Regiment – Motorised Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the East Lancashire Regiment – Motorised Infantry Battalion

Guards Armoured Brigade
The 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards – Tank Battalion
The 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards – Light Armour Battalion
The 10th Royal Tank Regiment {wartime-raised} – Tank Battalion

[James G]

Fighting in Libya, Ethiopia and Syria


MIDDLE EAST COMMAND

Middle East Command Troops
1st battalion, the 11th Sikh Regiment {IND} – Infantry Battalion
1st battalion, the Pretoria Highlanders {SA} – Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the Scots Guards – Infantry Battalion
3rd battalion, the 6th Rajputana Rifles {IND} – Infantry Battalion
4th battalion, the Gold Coast Regiment {AFR} – Infantry Battalion
The North Somerset Yeomanry [Yeomanry] {UK} – Infantry Battalion

Indian 18th Infantry Brigade
1st battalion, the 2nd King Edward VII’s Own Gurkha Rifles – Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the 3rd Queen Alexandra’s Own Gurkha Rifles – Infantry Battalion
3rd battalion, the 10th Baluch Regiment – Infantry Battalion


WESTERN DESERT FORCE

Western Desert Force Troops
1st battalion, the 3rd Queen Alexandra’s Own Gurkha Rifles {IND} – Infantry Battalion
1st battalion, the 4th Prince of Wales’s Own Gurkha Rifles {IND} – Infantry Battalion
1st battalion, the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders {UK} – Infantry Battalion
1st battalion, the Kimberley Regiment {SA} – Infantry Battalion
3rd battalion, the Coldstream Guards {UK} – Infantry Battalion

Australian I Corps

AUSTRALIAN 6TH INFANTRY DIVISION
1st Machine Gun Battalion – Machine Gun Infantry Battalion
6th Divisional Cavalry Regiment – Light Armour Battalion

16th Infantry Brigade
1st Infantry Battalion – Infantry Battalion
2nd Infantry Battalion – Infantry Battalion
3rd Infantry Battalion – Infantry Battalion

17th Infantry Brigade
5th Infantry Battalion – Infantry Battalion
6th Infantry Battalion – Infantry Battalion
7th Infantry Battalion – Infantry Battalion

19th Infantry Brigade
4th Infantry Battalion – Infantry Battalion
8th Infantry Battalion – Infantry Battalion
11th Infantry Battalion – Infantry Battalion

AUSTRALIAN 7TH INFANTRY DIVISION
3rd Machine Gun Battalion – Machine Gun Infantry Battalion
7th Divisional Cavalry Regiment – Light Armour Battalion

18th Infantry Brigade
9th Infantry Battalion – Infantry Battalion
10th Infantry Battalion – Infantry Battalion
12th Infantry Battalion – Infantry Battalion

21st Infantry Brigade
14th Infantry Battalion – Infantry Battalion
16th Infantry Battalion – Infantry Battalion
27th Infantry Battalion – Infantry Battalion

25th Infantry Brigade
25th Infantry Battalion – Infantry Battalion
31st Infantry Battalion – Infantry Battalion
33rd Infantry Battalion – Infantry Battalion

AUSTRALIAN 9TH INFANTRY DIVISION
2nd Machine Gun Battalion – Machine Gun Infantry Battalion
9th Divisional Cavalry Regiment – Light Armour Battalion

20th Infantry Brigade
13th Infantry Battalion – Infantry Battalion
15th Infantry Battalion – Infantry Battalion
17th Infantry Battalion – Infantry Battalion

24th Infantry Brigade
28th Infantry Battalion – Infantry Battalion
32nd Infantry Battalion – Infantry Battalion
43rd Infantry Battalion – Infantry Battalion

26th Infantry Brigade
23rd Infantry Battalion – Infantry Battalion
24th Infantry Battalion – Infantry Battalion
48th Infantry Battalion – Infantry Battalion

British V Corps

11th Motor Infantry Brigade
1st battalion, the East Surrey Regiment – Motorised Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the Lancashire Fusiliers – Motorised Infantry Battalion
5th battalion, the Northamptonshire Regiment [TA] – Infantry Battalion

2ND ARMOURED DIVISION

2nd Armoured Brigade
The 1st Royal Dragoons – Tank Battalion
The 2nd Royal Tank Regiment – Tank Battalion
The Queen’s Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) – Light Armour Battalion

6th Armoured Brigade
The 4th Royal Tank Regiment – Tank Battalion
The 10th Royal Hussars – Tank Battalion
The 14th/20th King’s Hussars – Light Armour Battalion

9th Motor Infantry Brigade
1st battalion, the King’s Own Scottish Borderers – Motorised Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the Lincolnshire Regiment – Motorised Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the Royal Ulster Rifles – Motorised Infantry Battalion

6TH MOTOR INFANTRY DIVISION
1st battalion, the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers – Machine Gun Infantry Battalion
5th battalion, the Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) [TA] – Motorcycle Reconnaissance Infantry Battalion
The 8th Royal Tank Regiment – Tank Battalion

16th Motor Infantry Brigade
2nd battalion, the King’s Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) – Motorised Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the Leicestershire Regiment – Motorised Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey) – Motorised Infantry Battalion

17th Infantry Brigade
2nd battalion, the Northamptonshire Regiment – Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the Royal Scots Fusiliers – Infantry Battalion
6th battalion, the Seaforth Highlanders [TA] – Infantry Battalion

18th Motor Infantry Brigade
1st battalion, the Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) – Motorised Infantry Battalion
1st battalion, the South Staffordshire Regiment – Motorised Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the Black Watch – Motorised Infantry Battalion

42ND (EAST LANCASHIRE) INFANTRY DIVISION [TA]
7th battalion, the Middlesex Regiment [TA] – Machine Gun Infantry Battalion
The 48th Royal Tank Regiment [TA] – Tank Battalion

125th Infantry Brigade [TA]
1st battalion, the Border Regiment – Infantry Battalion
5th battalion, the Lancashire Fusiliers [TA] – Infantry Battalion
6th battalion, the Lancashire Fusiliers [TA] – Infantry Battalion

126th Infantry Brigade [TA]
1st battalion, the East Lancashire Regiment – Infantry Battalion
5th battalion, the Border Regiment [TA] – Infantry Battalion
5th battalion, the King’s Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) [TA] – Infantry Battalion

127th Infantry Brigade [TA]
1st battalion, the Highland Light Infantry – Infantry Battalion
4th battalion, the East Lancashire Regiment [TA] – Infantry Battalion
5th battalion, the Manchester Regiment [TA] – Infantry Battalion

British XIII Corps

Indian 3rd Motor Brigade
1st battalion, the 4th Bombay Grenadiers – Motorised Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the 4th Bombay Grenadiers – Motorised Infantry Battalion
The 2nd Lancers (Gardner’s Horse) – Light Armour Battalion

SOUTH AFRICAN 2ND INFANTRY DIVISION
The Pretoria Regiment – Light Armour Battalion

3rd Infantry Brigade
1st battalion, the Imperial Light Horse – Motorised Infantry Battalion
1st battalion, the Rand Light Infantry – Infantry Battalion
1st battalion, the Royal Durban Light Infantry – Infantry Battalion

4th Infantry Brigade
1st battalion, the Kaffrarian Rifles – Infantry Battalion
1st battalion, the Umvoti Mounted Rifles – Motorised Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the Royal Durham Light Infantry – Infantry Battalion

6th Infantry Brigade
1st battalion, the Cape Town Rifles – Infantry Battalion
1st battalion, the Witwatersrand Rifles – Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the Transvaal Scottish – Infantry Battalion

BRITISH 7TH ARMOURED DIVISION

4th Armoured Brigade
The 5th Royal Tank Regiment – Tank Battalion
The 6th Royal Tank Regiment – Tank Battalion
The 7th Queen’s Own Hussars – Light Armour Battalion

7th Armoured Brigade
The 1st Royal Tank Regiment – Tank Battalion
The 3rd King’s Own Hussars – Light Armour Battalion
The 7th Royal Tank Regiment – Tank Battalion

19th Motor Infantry Brigade
1st battalion, the King’s Royal Rifle Corps – Motorised Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment – Motorised Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the Highland Light Infantry – Motorised Infantry Battalion

BRITISH 18TH (2ND EAST ANGLIAN) INFANTRY DIVISION [TA]
2nd battalion, the Kensington Regiment [TA] – Machine Gun Infantry Battalion
The 1st Lothian and Border Yeomanry [Yeomanry] – Tank Battalion

22nd Infantry Brigade (Guards)
1st battalion, the Durham Light Infantry – Infantry Battalion
3rd battalion, the Welsh Guards {wartime-raised} – Infantry Battalion
4th battalion, the Grenadier Guards {wartime-raised} – Infantry Battalion

54th Infantry Brigade [TA]
4th battalion, the Royal Norfolk Regiment [TA] – Infantry Battalion
4th battalion, the Suffolk Regiment [TA] – Infantry Battalion
5th battalion, the Suffolk Regiment [TA] – Infantry Battalion

55th Infantry Brigade [TA]
1st battalion, the Cambridgeshire Regiment [TA] – Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the Cambridgeshire Regiment [TA] – Infantry Battalion
5th battalion, the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [TA] – Infantry Battalion

British XV Corps

NEW ZEALAND 2ND INFANTRY DIVISION
27th Battalion – Machine Gun Infantry Battalion
28th Battalion (Maori) – Infantry Battalion
Divisional Cavalry Regiment – Light Armour Battalion

4th Infantry Brigade
18th Battalion – Infantry Battalion
19th Battalion – Infantry Battalion
20th Battalion – Infantry Battalion

5th Infantry Brigade
21st Battalion – Infantry Battalion
22nd Battalion – Infantry Battalion
23rd Battalion – Infantry Battalion

6th Infantry Brigade
24th Battalion – Infantry Battalion
25th Battalion – Infantry Battalion
26th Battalion – Infantry Battalion

BRITISH 55TH (WEST LANCASHIRE) INFANTRY DIVISION [TA]
4th battalion, the Cheshire Regiment [TA] – Machine Gun Infantry Battalion
The 46th Royal Tank Regiment [TA] – Tank Battalion

164th Infantry Brigade [TA]
4th battalion, the South Lancashire Regiment [TA] – Infantry Battalion
5th battalion, the East Lancashire Regiment [TA] – Infantry Battalion
7th battalion, the East Lancashire Regiment [TA] – Infantry Battalion

165th Infantry Brigade [TA]
1st battalion, the Liverpool Scottish [TA] – Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the Liverpool Scottish [TA] – Infantry Battalion
5th battalion, the King’s Regiment (Liverpool) [TA] – Infantry Battalion

166th Infantry Brigade [TA]
6th battalion, the Border Regiment [TA] – Infantry Battalion
7th battalion, the Border Regiment [TA] – Infantry Battalion
11th battalion, the Lancashire Fusiliers [TA] – Infantry Battalion

EAST AFRICAN FORCE

East Africa Force Troops
2nd battalion, the Balawalpur Regiment {IND} – Infantry Battalion
5th battalion, the Nigerian Regiment – Infantry Battalion
11th battalion, the King’s African Rifles – Infantry Battalion
Frontier Battalion, the Sudan Defence Force – Guard Infantry Battalion

Indian II Corps

Indian 2nd Infantry Brigade
1st battalion, the 2nd Punjab Regiment – Infantry Battalion
3rd battalion, the 15th Punjab Regiment – Infantry Battalion
4th battalion, the 7th Gurkha Rifles {wartime-raised} – Infantry Battalion

British 23rd Infantry Brigade
1st battalion, the Essex Regiment – Infantry Battalion
1st battalion, the Royal Sussex Regiment – Infantry Battalion
4th battalion, the Border Regiment [TA] – Infantry Battalion

INDIAN 4TH INFANTRY DIVISION
5th battalion, the 6th Rajputana Rifles – Machine Gun Infantry Battalion
The 17th Queen Victoria’s Own Poona Horse – Light Armour Battalion

5th Infantry Brigade
2nd battalion, the 5th Mahratta Light Infantry – Infantry Battalion
3rd battalion, the 1st Punjab Regiment – Infantry Battalion
4th battalion, the 6th Rajputana Rifles – Infantry Battalion

10th Infantry Brigade
3rd battalion, the 18th Royal Garhwal Rifles – Infantry Battalion
4th battalion, the 7th Rajput Regiment – Infantry Battalion
4th battalion, the 10th Baluch Regiment – Infantry Battalion

11th Infantry Brigade
1st battalion, the 6th Rajputana Rifles – Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders {UK} – Infantry Battalion
3rd battalion, the 14th Punjab Regiment – Infantry Battalion

INDIAN 5TH INFANTRY DIVISION
5th battalion, the 5th Mahratta Light Infantry – Machine Gun Infantry Battalion
The 1st Duke of York’s Own Lancers (Skinner’s Horse) – Light Armour Battalion

7th Infantry Brigade
3rd battalion, the 9th Gurkha Rifles [wartime-raised] – Infantry Battalion
4th battalion, the 11th Sikh Regiment – Infantry Battalion
4th battalion, the 16th Punjab Regiment – Infantry Battalion

9th Infantry Brigade
2nd battalion, the West Yorkshire Regiment {UK} – Infantry Battalion
3rd battalion, the 5th Mahratta Light Infantry – Infantry Battalion
3rd battalion, the 12th Frontier Force Regiment – Infantry Battalion

29th Infantry Brigade
1st battalion, the Worcestershire Regiment {UK} – Infantry Battalion
3rd battalion, the 2nd Punjab Regiment – Infantry Battalion
6th battalion, the 13th Frontier Force Rifles – Infantry Battalion

AFRICAN 11TH INFANTRY DIVISION

21st (East African) Infantry Brigade
2nd battalion, the King’s African Rifles – Infantry Battalion
4th battalion, the King’s African Rifles – Infantry Battalion
9th battalion, the King’s African Rifles – Infantry Battalion

23rd (West African) Infantry Brigade
1st battalion, the Nigerian Regiment – Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the Nigerian Regiment – Infantry Battalion
3rd battalion, the Nigerian Regiment – Infantry Battalion

28th (East African) Infantry Brigade
3rd battalion, the King’s African Rifles – Infantry Battalion
8th battalion, the King’s African Rifles – Infantry Battalion
10th battalion, the King’s African Rifles – Infantry Battalion

British XIV Corps

African 27th (Rhodesian) Infantry Brigade
1st battalion, the Northern Rhodesia Regiment – Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the Northern Rhodesia Regiment – Infantry Battalion
6th battalion, the Northern Rhodesia Regiment {wartime-raised} – Infantry Battalion

British 29th Armoured Brigade
The 2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [Yeomanry] – Light Armour Battalion
The 23rd Hussars {wartime-raised} – Tank Battalion
The 24th Lancers {wartime-raised} – Light Armour Battalion

SOUTH AFRICAN 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION
The 3rd Armoured Car Regiment – Light Armour Battalion

1st Infantry Brigade
1st battalion, the Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Rifles – Infantry Battalion
1st battalion, the Royal Natal Carabineers – Infantry Battalion
1st battalion, the Transvaal Scottish Regiment – Motorised Infantry Battalion

2nd Infantry Brigade
1st battalion, the Cape Town Highlanders – Infantry Battalion
1st battalion, the Natal Mounted Rifles – Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the Natal Mounted Rifles – Infantry Battalion

5th Infantry Brigade
1st battalion, the South African Irish Regiment – Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the Botha Regiment – Infantry Battalion
3rd battalion, the Transvaal Scottish – Infantry Battalion

INDIAN 6TH INFANTRY DIVISION
6th battalion, the 7th Rajput Regiment {wartime-raised} – Machine Gun Infantry Battalion
The 10th Queen Victoria’s Own Frontier Force (Guides Cavalry) – Light Armour Battalion

26th Infantry Brigade
1st battalion, the 1st King George V’s Own Gurkha Rifles – Infantry Battalion
1st battalion, the 9th Gurkha Rifles – Infantry Battalion
1st battalion, the 19th Hyderabad Regiment – Infantry Battalion

27th Infantry Brigade
1st battalion, the 10th Baluch Regiment – Infantry Battalion
4th battalion, the 8th Punjab Regiment – Infantry Battalion
5th battalion, the 12th Frontier Force Regiment – Infantry Battalion

28th Infantry Brigade
2nd battalion, the 2nd King Edward VII’s Own Gurkha Rifles – Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the 9th Gurkha Rifles – Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the Border Regiment {UK} – Infantry Battalion

AFRICAN 12TH INFANTRY DIVISION

22nd (East African) Infantry Brigade
1st battalion, the King’s African Rifles – Infantry Battalion
4th battalion, the 15th Punjab Regiment {IND} – Infantry Battalion
6th battalion, the King’s African Rifles – Infantry Battalion

24th (West African) Infantry Brigade
1st battalion, the Gold Coast Regiment – Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the Gold Coast Regiment – Infantry Battalion
3rd battalion, the Gold Coast Regiment – Infantry Battalion

25th (East African) Infantry Brigade
1st battalion, the 8th Gurkha Rifles {IND} – Infantry Battalion
5th battalion, the King’s African Rifles – Infantry Battalion
7th battalion, the King’s African Rifles – Infantry Battalion

TRANS-JORDAN FORCE

Trans-Jordan Force Troops
1st battalion, the 16th Punjab Regiment {IND} – Infantry Battalion
1st battalion, the King’s Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) {UK} – Infantry Battalion
1st battalion, the South Wales Borderers {UK} – Infantry Battalion
5th battalion, the 17th Dogra Regiment {wartime-raised} {IND} – Infantry Battalion
7th battalion, the 9th Jat Regiment [wartime-raised] {IND} – Infantry Battalion

British VIII Corps

Indian 1st Armoured Brigade
The 13th Duke of Connaught’s Own Lancers – Tank Battalion
The 14th Prince of Wales’ Own Scinde Horse – Light Armour Battalion
The 18th King Edward’s Own Cavalry – Light Armour Battalion

British 8th Armoured Brigade
The 1st Household Cavalry Regiment – Light Armour Battalion
The Arab Legion’s Mechanised Regiment – Motorised Infantry Battalion
The Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons) – Tank Battalion

BRITISH 1ST CAVALRY DIVISION [YEOMANRY]

5th Cavalry Brigade [Yeomanry]
The Queen’s Own Yorkshire Dragoons [Yeomanry] – Horse Cavalry Battalion
The Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry [Yeomanry] – Horse Cavalry Battalion
The Yorkshire Hussars [Yeomanry] – Horse Cavalry Battalion

6th Cavalry Brigade [Yeomanry]
The Cheshire Yeomanry [Yeomanry] – Horse Cavalry Battalion
The Staffordshire Yeomanry [Yeomanry] – Horse Cavalry Battalion
The Warwickshire Yeomanry [Yeomanry] – Horse Cavalry Battalion

INDIAN 8TH INFANTRY DIVISION
5th battalion, the 19th Hyderabad Regiment {wartime-raised} – Machine Gun Infantry Battalion
The 11th Prince Albert Victor’s Own Cavalry (Frontier Force) – Light Armour Battalion

21st Infantry Brigade
2nd battalion, the 4th Prince of Wales’s Own Gurkha Rifles – Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the 10th Gurkha Rifles – Infantry Battalion
4th battalion, the 13th Frontier Force Rifles – Infantry Battalion

24th Infantry Brigade
2nd battalion, the 6th Rajputana Rifles – Infantry Battalion
3rd battalion, the 19th Hyderabad Regiment – Infantry Battalion
5th battalion, the 1st Punjab Regiment – Infantry Battalion

25th Infantry Brigade
1st battalion, the 5th Mahratta Light Infantry – Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the 11th Sikh Regiment – Infantry Battalion
3rd battalion, the 9th Jat Regiment – Infantry Battalion

INDIAN 10TH INFANTRY DIVISION
6th battalion, the 1st Punjab Regiment {wartime-raised} – Machine Gun Infantry Battalion
The 4th Duke of Cambridge’s Own Hodson’s Horse – Light Armour Battalion

British 14th Infantry Brigade
1st battalion, the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment – Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort’s Own) – Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the York and Lancaster Regiment – Infantry Battalion

Indian 17th Infantry Brigade
1st battalion, the 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles – Infantry Battalion
1st battalion, the 12th Frontier Force Regiment – Infantry Battalion
1st battalion, the Royal Fusiliers (City of London) {UK} – Infantry Battalion

Indian 20th Infantry Brigade
2nd battalion, the 7th Gurkha Rifles – Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the 8th Gurkha Rifles – Infantry Battalion
3rd battalion, the 11th Sikh Regiment – Infantry Battalion

[James G]

In British India and South East Asia, 'prepared' to face possible Japanese aggression


FAR EAST COMMAND

Far East Command Troops
1st battalion, the Fiji Defence Force – Guard Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles {IND} – Infantry Battalion

Hong Kong Brigade
1st battalion, the Middlesex Regiment {UK} – Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the 14th Punjab Regiment {IND} – Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the Royal Scots {UK} – Infantry Battalion
5th battalion, the 7th Rajput Regiment {IND} – Infantry Battalion


BRITISH ARMY INDIA

1st battalion, the 6th Gurkha Rifles {IND} – Infantry Battalion
1st battalion, the 7th Gurkha Rifles {IND} – Infantry Battalion
1st battalion, the 10th Gurkha Rifles {IND} – Infantry Battalion
1st battalion, the 17th Dogra Regiment {IND} – Infantry Battalion
1st battalion, the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) {UK} – Infantry Battalion
1st battalion, the Devonshire Regiment {UK} – Infantry Battalion
1st battalion, the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry {UK} – Infantry Battalion
1st battalion, the East Yorkshire Regiment {UK} – Infantry Battalion
1st battalion, the Lincolnshire Regiment {UK} – Infantry Battalion
1st battalion, the Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey) {UK} – Infantry Battalion
1st battalion, the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers {UK} – Infantry Battalion
1st battalion, the Somerset Light Infantry {UK} – Infantry Battalion
1st battalion, the Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh’s) {UK} – Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the 8th Punjab Regiment {IND} – Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the King’s Own Scottish Borderers {UK} – Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry {UK} – Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the Suffolk Regiment {UK} – Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the Welch Regiment {UK} – Infantry Battalion
3rd battalion, the 1st King George V’s Own Gurkha Rifles {wartime-raised} {IND} – Infantry Battalion
3rd battalion, the 2nd King Edward VII’s Own Gurkha Rifles {wartime-raised} {IND} – Infantry Battalion
3rd battalion, the 4th Bombay Grenadiers {wartime-raised} {IND} – Infantry Battalion
3rd battalion, the 6th Gurkha Rifles {wartime-raised} {IND} – Infantry Battalion
4th battalion, the 2nd King Edward VII’s Own Gurkha Rifles {wartime-raised} {IND} – Infantry Battalion
4th battalion, the 3rd Queen Alexandra’s Own Gurkha Rifles {wartime-raised} {IND} – Infantry Battalion
4th battalion, the 4th Bombay Grenadiers {wartime-raised} {IND} – Infantry Battalion
4th battalion, the 4th Prince of Wales’s Own Gurkha Rifles {wartime-raised} {IND} – Infantry Battalion
4th battalion, the 6th Gurkha Rifles {wartime-raised} {IND} – Infantry Battalion
4th battalion, the 8th Gurkha Rifles {wartime-raised} {IND} – Infantry Battalion
4th battalion, the 9th Gurkha Rifles {wartime-raised} {IND} – Infantry Battalion
4th battalion, the 10th Gurkha Rifles {wartime-raised} {IND} – Infantry Battalion
4th battalion, the 18th Royal Garhwal Rifles {wartime-raised} {IND} – Infantry Battalion
5th battalion, the 4th Bombay Grenadiers {wartime-raised} {IND} – Infantry Battalion
6th battalion, the 5th Mahratta Light Infantry {wartime-raised} {IND} – Infantry Battalion
6th battalion, the 11th Sikh Regiment {wartime-raised} {IND} – Infantry Battalion
6th battalion, the 15th Punjab Regiment {wartime-raised} {IND} – Infantry Battalion
6th battalion, the 17th Dogra Regiment {wartime-raised} {IND} – Infantry Battalion
6th battalion, the 18th Royal Garhwal Rifles {wartime-raised} {IND} – Infantry Battalion
7th battalion, the 2nd Punjab Regiment {wartime-raised} {IND} – Infantry Battalion
7th battalion, the 8th Punjab Regiment {wartime-raised} {IND} – Infantry Battalion
7th battalion, the 10th Baluch Regiment {wartime-raised} {IND} – Infantry Battalion
7th battalion, the 14th Punjab Regiment {wartime-raised} {IND} – Infantry Battalion
7th battalion, the 15th Punjab Regiment {wartime-raised} {IND} – Infantry Battalion
7th battalion, the 16th Punjab Regiment {wartime-raised} {IND} – Infantry Battalion
8th battalion, the 9th Jat Regiment {wartime-raised} {IND} – Infantry Battalion
8th battalion, the 19th Hyderabad Regiment {wartime-raised} {IND} – Infantry Battalion
9th battalion, the 10th Baluch Regiment {wartime-raised} {IND} – Infantry Battalion
9th battalion, the 14th Punjab Regiment {wartime-raised} {IND} – Infantry Battalion
The 5th King Edward’s Own Lancers (Probyn’s Horse) {IND} – Horse Cavalry Battalion
The 6th Duke of Connaught’s Own Lancers (Watson’s Horse) {IND} – Light Armour Battalion
The 9th Royal Deccan Horse {IND} – Horse Cavalry Battalion
The 25th Dragoons {wartime-raised} {UK} – Light Armour Battalion
The 26th Hussars {wartime-raised} {UK} – Light Armour Battalion

INDIAN 7TH INFANTRY DIVISION
2nd battalion, the 10th Baluch Regiment – Machine Gun Infantry Battalion
The 16th Light Cavalry – Light Armour Battalion

13th Infantry Brigade
1st battalion, the 18th Royal Garhwal Rifles – Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the 7th Rajput Regiment – Infantry Battalion
4th battalion, the 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles [wartime-raised] – Infantry Battalion

19th Infantry Brigade
1st battalion, the 1st Punjab Regiment – Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the 6th Gurkha Rifles – Infantry Battalion
3rd battalion, the 8th Punjab Regiment – Infantry Battalion

32nd Infantry Brigade
1st battalion, the Northamptonshire Regiment {UK} – Infantry Battalion
4th battalion, the 1st King George V’s Own Gurkha Rifles [wartime-raised] – Infantry Battalion
8th battalion, the 1st Punjab Regiment [wartime-raised] – Infantry Battalion

INDIAN 14TH INFANTRY DIVISION
4th battalion, the 2nd Punjab Regiment – Machine Gun Infantry Battalion
The 7th Light Cavalry – Light Armour Battalion

23rd Infantry Brigade
1st battalion, the 15th Punjab Regiment – Infantry Battalion
4th battalion, the 5th Mahratta Light Infantry – Infantry Battalion
8th battalion, the 10th Baluch Regiment [wartime-raised] – Infantry Battalion

36th Infantry Brigade
3rd battalion, the 7th Gurkha Rifles {wartime-raised} – Infantry Battalion
5th battalion, the 18th Royal Garhwal Rifles {wartime-raised} – Infantry Battalion
6th battalion, the 2nd Punjab Regiment {wartime-raised} – Infantry Battalion

37th Infantry Brigade
3rd battalion, the 3rd Queen Alexandra’s Own Gurkha Rifles [wartime-raised] – Infantry Battalion
3rd battalion, the 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles [wartime-raised] – Infantry Battalion
3rd battalion, the 10th Gurkha Rifles [wartime-raised] – Infantry Battalion

INDIAN 17TH INFANTRY DIVISION
8th battalion, the 14th Punjab Regiment {wartime-raised} – Machine Gun Infantry Battalion
The 19th King George V’s Own Lancers – Light Armour Battalion

38th Infantry Brigade
4th battalion, the 17th Dogra Regiment {wartime-raised} – Infantry Battalion
5th battalion, the 15th Punjab Regiment {wartime-raised} – Infantry Battalion
6th battalion, the 6th Rajputana Rifles {wartime-raised} – Infantry Battalion

39th Infantry Brigade
3rd battalion, the 4th Prince of Wales’s Own Gurkha Rifles {wartime-raised} – Infantry Battalion
6th battalion, the 10th Baluch Regiment {wartime-raised} – Infantry Battalion
8th battalion, the 8th Punjab Regiment {wartime-raised} – Infantry Battalion

40th Infantry Brigade
6th battalion, the 19th Hyderabad Regiment {wartime-raised} – Infantry Battalion
7th battalion, the 1st Punjab Regiment {wartime-raised} – Infantry Battalion
7th battalion, the 11th Sikh Regiment {wartime-raised} – Infantry Battalion

Burma Troops
1st battalion, the Leicestershire Regiment {UK} – Infantry Battalion
3rd battalion, the Burma Rifles {IND} – Infantry Battalion
6th battalion, the 14th Punjab Regiment {wartime-raised} {IND} – Infantry Battalion
7th battalion, the 19th Hyderabad Regiment {wartime-raised} {IND} – Infantry Battalion

Mandalay Brigade
1st battalion, the Burma Rifles {IND} – Infantry Battalion
1st battalion, the Lancashire Fusiliers {UK} – Infantry Battalion
4th battalion, the Burma Rifles {IND} – Infantry Battalion

Rangoon Brigade
1st battalion, the Gloucestershire Regiment {UK} – Infantry Battalion
1st battalion, the North Staffordshire Regiment {UK} – Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the Burma Rifles {IND} – Infantry Battalion

Ceylon Troops
1st battalion, the Ceylon Light Infantry {IND} – Guard Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the Ceylon Light Infantry {IND} – Guard Infantry Battalion
3rd battalion, the Ceylon Light Infantry {IND} – Guard Infantry Battalion
5th battalion, the 8th Punjab Regiment {IND} – Infantry Battalion

North–West Frontier Troops
1st battalion, the Royal Warwickshire Regiment {UK} – Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the 2nd Punjab Regiment {IND} – Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the Worcestershire Regiment {UK} – Infantry Battalion
3rd battalion, the 8th Gurkha Rifles {wartime-raised} {IND} – Infantry Battalion
The 3rd Carabiniers (Prince of Wales’ Dragoon Guards) {UK} – Light Armour Battalion
The 8th King George’s Own Light Cavalry {IND} – Horse Cavalry Battalion

Indian 4th Infantry Brigade
2nd battalion, the 1st Punjab Regiment – Infantry Battalion
4th battalion, the 14th Punjab Regiment – Infantry Battalion
5th battalion, the 13th Frontier Force Rifles – Infantry Battalion

Indian 14th Infantry Brigade
1st battalion, the 7th Rajput Regiment – Infantry Battalion
4th battalion, the 9th Jat Regiment – Infantry Battalion
5th battalion, the 10th Baluch Regiment – Infantry Battalion


MALAYA COMMAND

Malaya Command Troops
1st battalion, the 8th Punjab Regiment {IND} – Infantry Battalion
1st battalion, the Balawalpur Regiment {IND} – Infantry Battalion
1st battalion, the Federated Malay Volunteer Force – Guard Infantry Battalion
1st battalion, the Seaforth Highlanders {UK} – Infantry Battalion
1st battalion, the Sarawak Rangers – Guard Infantry Battalion
1st battalion, the Straits Settlement Volunteer Force – Guard Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the 17th Dogra Regiment {IND} – Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders {UK} – Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the Federated Malay States Volunteer Force – Guard Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the Straits Settlement Volunteer Force – Guard Infantry Battalion
3rd battalion, the Federated Malay States Volunteer Force – Guard Infantry Battalion
5th battalion, the 14th Punjab Regiment {IND} – Infantry Battalion
8th Royal Marines Battalion {UK} – Marine Infantry Battalion

Malaya 1st Infantry Brigade
1st battalion, the Royal Malay Regiment – Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) {UK} – Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the Royal Malay Regiment – Infantry Battalion

Malaya 2nd Infantry Brigade
1st battalion, the Manchester Regiment {UK} – Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the 15th Punjab Regiment {IND} – Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the Gordon Highlanders {UK} – Infantry Battalion

Indian III Corps

INDIAN 9TH INFANTRY DIVISION
2nd battalion, the 13th Frontier Force Rifles – Machine Gun Infantry Battalion
The 21st King George V’s Own Horse (Central India Horse) – Light Armour Battalion

8th Infantry Brigade
1st battalion, the 13th Frontier Force Rifles – Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the 12th Frontier Force Regiment – Infantry Battalion
3rd battalion, the 17th Dogra Regiment – Infantry Battalion

12th Infantry Brigade
2nd battalion, the 19th Hyderabad Regiment – Infantry Battalion
4th battalion, the 19th Hyderabad Regiment – Infantry Battalion
5th battalion, the 2nd Punjab Regiment – Infantry Battalion

22nd Infantry Brigade
2nd battalion, the 18th Royal Garhwal Rifles – Infantry Battalion
5th battalion, the 11th Sikh Regiment – Infantry Battalion
5th battalion, the 16th Punjab Regiment {wartime-raised} – Infantry Battalion

INDIAN 11TH INFANTRY DIVISION
6th battalion, the 8th Punjab Regiment {wartime-raised} – Machine Gun Infantry Battalion
The 3rd Cavalry – Light Armour Battalion

6th Infantry Brigade
1st battalion, the 14th Punjab Regiment – Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the 16th Punjab Regiment – Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the Royal Berkshire Regiment {UK} – Infantry Battalion

15th Infantry Brigade
2nd battalion, the 9th Jat Regiment – Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the East Surrey Regiment {UK} – Infantry Battalion
3rd battalion, the 16th Punjab Regiment – Infantry Battalion

16th Infantry Brigade
1st battalion, the 9th Jat Regiment – Infantry Battalion
2nd battalion, the 1st King George V’s Own Gurkha Rifles – Infantry Battalion
4th battalion, the 12th Frontier Force Regiment – Infantry Battalion

British IX Corps

Australian 22nd Infantry Brigade
18th Infantry Battalion – Infantry Battalion
19th Infantry Battalion – Infantry Battalion
20th Infantry Battalion – Infantry Battalion

African 29th (West African) Infantry Brigade
1st battalion, the Gambia Regiment – Infantry Battalion
1st battalion, the Sierra Leone Regiment – Infantry Battalion
4th battalion, the Nigerian Regiment – Infantry Battalion

British 32nd Infantry Brigade (Guards)
4th battalion, the Scots Guards {wartime-raised} {UK} – Infantry Battalion
6th battalion, the 16th Punjab Regiment {wartime-raised} {IND} – Motorised Infantry Battalion
6th battalion, the Coldstream Guards {wartime-raised} {UK} – Infantry Battalion

15TH (SCOTTISH) INFANTRY DIVISION [TA]
2nd battalion, the Cheshire Regiment – Machine Gun Infantry Battalion
The 1st Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [Yeomanry] – Light Armour Battalion

44th Infantry Brigade [TA]
6th battalion, the King’s Own Scottish Borderers [TA] – Infantry Battalion
7th battalion, the King’s Own Scottish Borderers [TA] – Infantry Battalion
8th battalion, the Royal Scots [TA] – Infantry Battalion

45th Infantry Brigade [TA]
2nd battalion, the Glasgow Highlanders [TA] – Infantry Battalion
5th battalion, the Royal Scots Fusiliers [TA] – Infantry Battalion
10th battalion, the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [TA] – Infantry Battalion

46th Infantry Brigade [TA]
6th battalion, the Royal Scots Fusiliers [TA] – Infantry Battalion
7th battalion, the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders [TA] – Infantry Battalion
9th battalion, the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [TA] – Infantry Battalion

[simon darkshade]

I'm not altogether sure that there is a need for 6 divisions in East Africa; although 4th Indian Division did move there historically to reinforce 5th Indian Division, there is a fair amount of force concentrated there, including 6th Indian Division. Having 12 divisions concentrated with the WDF/Desert Army would allow options in mid 1941, depending on the number of Jerries in theatre.

The BEF is pretty large, matching the rewards of taking French North Africa

Shame it won't go ahead; the Western Desert is a good theatre for AH.

Wrap up East Africa and mobilise some further Indian divisions and there is sufficient force in place to hold in Malaya, really setting up a different WW2.

[James G]

Dec 25, 2020 14:05:43 GMT simon darkshade said:

I'm not altogether sure that there is a need for 6 divisions in East Africa; although 4th Indian Division did move there historically to reinforce 5th Indian Division, there is a fair amount of force concentrated there, including 6th Indian Division. Having 12 divisions concentrated with the WDF/Desert Army would allow options in mid 1941, depending on the number of Jerries in theatre.

The BEF is pretty large, matching the rewards of taking French North Africa

Shame it won't go ahead; the Western Desert is a good theatre for AH.

Wrap up East Africa and mobilise some further Indian divisions and there is sufficient force in place to hold in Malaya, really setting up a different WW2.

I think, when I was writing it, I was seeking a place to put them and had those Indians there. I think you are correct: a better fit would be Malaya.
The story I had in mind was for a big battle to be in French North Africa but with the advance from Libya coming in behind. I never got around to writing it though and had this ORBAT, which took me ages to confirm units, on my PC.
Supplying these forces in the field would be a big deal, but if it could be done, enough jerries, then North Africa is wrapped up maybe before the end of 1941... and it would be Sicily next. 

[stevep]

Dec 25, 2020 18:49:04 GMT James G said:

Dec 25, 2020 14:05:43 GMT simon darkshade said:

I'm not altogether sure that there is a need for 6 divisions in East Africa; although 4th Indian Division did move there historically to reinforce 5th Indian Division, there is a fair amount of force concentrated there, including 6th Indian Division. Having 12 divisions concentrated with the WDF/Desert Army would allow options in mid 1941, depending on the number of Jerries in theatre.

The BEF is pretty large, matching the rewards of taking French North Africa

Shame it won't go ahead; the Western Desert is a good theatre for AH.

Wrap up East Africa and mobilise some further Indian divisions and there is sufficient force in place to hold in Malaya, really setting up a different WW2.

I think, when I was writing it, I was seeking a place to put them and had those Indians there. I think you are correct: a better fit would be Malaya.
The story I had in mind was for a big battle to be in French North Africa but with the advance from Libya coming in behind. I never got around to writing it though and had this ORBAT, which took me ages to confirm units, on my PC.
Supplying these forces in the field would be a big deal, but if it could be done, enough jerries, then North Africa is wrapped up maybe before the end of 1941... and it would be Sicily next. 

  James

  What date is this data for please?  I can't see Britain having that many forces in 1940 so was it some time in 41?  Seems like Malaya is better defended that OTL so even if its late 41 and Japan still attacks as OTL there might be a chance to defend it better - although we don't know what the ground and sea forces are and what German forces might be facing them in N Africa or able to reinforce the region.  Plus what the Vichy reaction to the invasion is as well.

  Steve

 

[James G]

Dec 25, 2020 20:18:48 GMT stevep said:

Dec 25, 2020 18:49:04 GMT James G said:

I think, when I was writing it, I was seeking a place to put them and had those Indians there. I think you are correct: a better fit would be Malaya.
The story I had in mind was for a big battle to be in French North Africa but with the advance from Libya coming in behind. I never got around to writing it though and had this ORBAT, which took me ages to confirm units, on my PC.
Supplying these forces in the field would be a big deal, but if it could be done, enough jerries, then North Africa is wrapped up maybe before the end of 1941... and it would be Sicily next. 

  James

  What date is this data for please?  I can't see Britain having that many forces in 1940 so was it some time in 41?  Seems like Malaya is better defended that OTL so even if its late 41 and Japan still attacks as OTL there might be a chance to defend it better - although we don't know what the ground and sea forces are and what German forces might be facing them in N Africa or able to reinforce the region.  Plus what the Vichy reaction to the invasion is as well.

  Steve

 

June/July 41. I had the set up as a different Vichy type regime too.
This was without an Afrika Korps in Libya as well but a German force ready to go into Tunisia if need be.

[stevep]

Dec 25, 2020 20:26:03 GMT James G said:

Dec 25, 2020 20:18:48 GMT stevep said:

  James

  What date is this data for please?  I can't see Britain having that many forces in 1940 so was it some time in 41?  Seems like Malaya is better defended that OTL so even if its late 41 and Japan still attacks as OTL there might be a chance to defend it better - although we don't know what the ground and sea forces are and what German forces might be facing them in N Africa or able to reinforce the region.  Plus what the Vichy reaction to the invasion is as well.

  Steve

 

June/July 41. I had the set up as a different Vichy type regime too.
This was without an Afrika Korps in Libya as well but a German force ready to go into Tunisia if need be.

  OK that could be very interesting.  Assuming you don't mind discussing it is Barbarossa still on-line for that time period and what happened with the Balkans [i.e. Italian attack on Greece, British and then German intervention].  Rather suspect Britain hasn't sent forces to Greece but a lot could depend on what has happened there if anything.    Also did Operation Compass occur as if it did then, even if Mussolini didn't attack Greece the Italians are probably already in deep trouble.

  Steve

 

[James G]

Dec 25, 2020 21:36:17 GMT stevep said:

Dec 25, 2020 20:26:03 GMT James G said:

June/July 41. I had the set up as a different Vichy type regime too.
This was without an Afrika Korps in Libya as well but a German force ready to go into Tunisia if need be.

  OK that could be very interesting.  Assuming you don't mind discussing it is Barbarossa still on-line for that time period and what happened with the Balkans [i.e. Italian attack on Greece, British and then German intervention].  Rather suspect Britain hasn't sent forces to Greece but a lot could depend on what has happened there if anything.    Also did Operation Compass occur as if it did then, even if Mussolini didn't attack Greece the Italians are probably already in deep trouble.

  Steve

 

These are bits I didn't get around to. I wasn't sure whether to have an early Barbarossa and a different Balkans. With tne latter, it is probably a given though considering there are no troops in Greece.

[simon darkshade]

To hold Malaya, overall force size isn’t so much the issue so much as leadership, equipment and airpower. Put a decent commander in Malaya and give him 200 Matilda IIs and 300 Hurricanes and the Japanese offensive is in trouble. Adding all of 8th Australian Division and two more veteran Indian divisions should do the job. It will help to have a stronger Eastern Fleet that isn’t knocked out unnecessarily on Day One.

[stevep]

Dec 26, 2020 10:00:01 GMT simon darkshade said:

To hold Malaya, overall force size isn’t so much the issue so much as leadership, equipment and airpower. Put a decent commander in Malaya and give him 200 Matilda IIs and 300 Hurricanes and the Japanese offensive is in trouble. Adding all of 8th Australian Division and two more veteran Indian divisions should do the job. It will help to have a stronger Eastern Fleet that isn’t knocked out unnecessarily on Day One.

  One other key factor, if you managed to clear N Africa before the storm comes in the east then the subs can be sent back to the Far East and they could be very dangerous for the Japanese, especially if they catch say the landing at Kota Bharu.  Lordroel's WWII day by day thread shows how effective the small number of Dutch subs had in the area and with the bulk of the British subs were they were designed to be and with some war experience it could be lethal.

[simon darkshade]

Getting the T boats out east in numbers is a game changer for the theatre; having a fleet in being in that theatre is a war changer.

If the Japanese can’t take Malaya and Burma, they are in a fair bit of trouble. Malaya, if used right and with the right number of planes, neutralises Japanese chances of Sumatra and, with luck, Borneo. Follow that up with subs and a distance blockade and we have the prewar British war plan combined with holding the Malay Barrier.

The issue with that barrier is the back door through the Celebes Sea and Makassar Strait...

Ultimately, the best defensive barrier to protect Singers is the Mekong.

[stevep]

Dec 26, 2020 16:50:31 GMT simon darkshade said:

Getting the T boats out east in numbers is a game changer for the theatre; having a fleet in being in that theatre is a war changer.

If the Japanese can’t take Malaya and Burma, they are in a fair bit of trouble. Malaya, if used right and with the right number of planes, neutralises Japanese chances of Sumatra and, with luck, Borneo. Follow that up with subs and a distance blockade and we have the prewar British war plan combined with holding the Malay Barrier.

The issue with that barrier is the back door through the Celebes Sea and Makassar Strait...

Ultimately, the best defensive barrier to protect Singers is the Mekong.

  simon darkshade,

  True on that last point or having been able to aid China enough that Japan is losing there and simply doesn't have the resources to do something else even if they won't admit defeat.  However by ~1939/40 that option had gone.

 After the fall of France I can't see FIC staying outside Japanese control which given the forces available makes Borneo pretty much impossible to hold.  However with some better decision making, both in London and Malaya it should be possible to hold Malaya, which would largely shield Sumatra and also at least western Java.  Then you probably draw the Japanese into attritional battles trying to take those areas, which are best defended by ground based air and land units along with light naval ones, especially subs.  From a mid-30's start the RN with the situation in Europe won't have a battle-fleet, whether gun or CV based that can seriously challenge the OTL IJN, at least without gambling on being very lucky. 

  Definitely hold those lands mentioned above and hit Japanese supply lines with air, sub and other forces to wear down both their navy and more importantly their merchant marine as that is their most vulnerable point.  Ideally persuade the US to also commit forces in this area and strike upwards from there, via Borneo to the Philippines.  This would drastically tighten the blockade and also get US bombers into range of Japan much earlier as well as enable direct aid to the KMT who are holding down the vast bulk of the Japanese army.

  I suspect if you can do the above then Burma is likely to hold anyway as the Malaya/DEI will draw in Japanese forces as that's the battle above all they must win.  Ditto with much reduced pressure on Australia/New Guinea/Solomon's I would expect.  If Burma was still to fall then having control of the Bay of Bengal and Indian Ocean would make it a lot easier to win back.

  Anyway that's how I would seek to defend the threatre although it does also assume that better decisions are made in the Med which would free up massive resources as would better priorities in London.  Especially realising that the Battle of the Atlantic is vital and that the bomber campaign against Germany is at best a secondary operation, rather than the huge resource [and manpower] sink it was OTL.

  Steve

[forcon]

British Army alternative ORBAT

United Kingdom Mobile Force Brigade Group
• Signals Squadron
• 1x Armoured Recce Squadron
• 1x Gurkha Battalion
• 1x Airmobile Infantry Battalion
• 2x Royal Marine Commandos
• 2x Parachute Battalions
• 1x Engineer Regiment
• 1x Logistics Regiment
• 1x Artillery Regiment*

1st Strike Brigade
• Signals Squadron
• 1x Armoured Recce Regiment
• 2x Mechanised Infantry Battalions
• 1x Light Role Infantry Battalion
• 1x REME Battalion
• 1x Logistics Regiment
• 1x Engineer Regiment
• 1x Artillery Regiment

4th Armoured Infantry Brigade
• Signals Squadron
• 1x Armoured Recce Regiment
• 1x Armoured Regiment
• 2x Armoured Infantry Battalions
• 1x Mechanised Infantry Battalion
• 1x REME Battalion
• 1x Logistics Regiment
• 1x Engineer Regiment
• 1x Artillery Regiment

7th Armoured Infantry Brigade
• Signals Squadron
• 1x Armoured Recce Regiment
• 1x Armoured Regiment
• 2x Armoured Infantry Battalions
• 1x Mechanised Infantry Battalion
• 1x REME Battalion
• 1x Logistics Regiment
• 1x Engineer Regiment
• 1x Artillery Regiment

12th Armoured Infantry Brigade
• Signals Squadron
• 1x Armoured Recce Regiment
• 1x Armoured Regiment
• 2x Armoured Infantry Battalions
• 1x Mechanised Infantry Battalion
• 1x REME Battalion
• 1x Logistics Regiment
• 1x Engineer Regiment
• 1x Artillery Regiment

20th Armoured Infantry Brigade
• Signals Squadron
• 1x Armoured Recce Regiment
• 1x Armoured Regiment
• 2x Armoured Infantry Battalions
• 1x Mechanised Infantry Battalion
• 1x REME Battalion
• 1x Logistics Regiment
• 1x Engineer Regiment
• 1x Artillery Regiment

1st Military Police Brigade
• Military Corrective Training Centre
• Special Investigations Branch
• 3x Military Police Regiments

1st Intelligence Brigade
• 6x Military Intelligence Battalions

1st ISTAR Brigade
• 1x UAV Regiment
• 1x ISTAR Regiment
• 1x Military Intelligence Battalion
• 2x SAS Regiments (V)

8th Engineer Brigade
• 1x RLC EOD Regiment
• 1x Working Dogs Regiment
• 1x Engineer EOD Regiment
• 1x Engineer EOD Regiment (V)

25th Engineer Brigade
• 3x Engineer Regiments (V)
• 3x REME Battalions (V)

104th Logistics Brigade
• 1x Port & Maritime Regiment
• 1x Catering Regiment (V)
• 1x Postal & Courier Regiment
• 1x Postal & Courier Regiment (V)
• 1x Port & Maritime Regiment (V)

170th Engineer Brigade
• 3x Works Groups
• 3x Works Groups (V)


Light Artillery Regiment attached to the UKMF Brigade-Group: 4 batteries of 6 L118s, plus 1 battery of Starstreak MANPADs and one ISTAR battery. 

Heavy Regiments attached to each Armoured Infantry Brigade: 4 batteries of six AS90s, one battery of Starstreak-equipped Stormers, and one battery of 4 M270s as well as an ISTAR battery. 

ISTAR, air defence, and MLRS regiments would be disbanded, their assets instead assigned to individual artillery regiments so that each regiment has an organic MLRS, ISTAR and air defence capability. 

[James G]

Major ground combat units of the Democratic American Republic’s Army & Marine Corps – March 1st, 2029


DAR - called by Washington the 'New Confederacy' - has ten former USA states.
(In order of succession)
California, Oregon, Hawaii, Nevada, Washington, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho & Utah. Last two forced against the will of the majority of their people into the DAR.


California Corps

5th Marine Division
(26th Marine Regiment + 27th Marine Regiment + 28th Marine Regiment)

7th Infantry Division
(1st Infantry Brigade + 2d Infantry Brigade + 3d Infantry Brigade)

23d Infantry Division
(1st Infantry Brigade + 2d Infantry Brigade + 3d Infantry Brigade)


Colorado Corps

4th Infantry Division
(1st Infantry Brigade + 2d Infantry Brigade + 81st Armored Brigade)

25th Infantry Division
(1st Infantry Brigade + 2d Infantry Brigade)

157th Infantry Brigade


Hawaii Corps

3d Marine Division
(3d Marine Regiment + 4th Marine Regiment)


Idaho Corps

2d Infantry Division
(1st Infantry Brigade + 2d Infantry Brigade)

41st Infantry Division
(41st Infantry Brigade + 116th Cavalry Brigade)


New Mexico Corps

1st Marine Division
(1st Marine Regiment + 5th Marine Regiment + 7th Marine Regiment)

40th Infantry Division
(29th Infantry Brigade + 79th Infantry Brigade + 80th Armored Brigade)

11th Armored Cavalry Regiment

258th Infantry Brigade


Utah Corps

23d Marine Regiment

189th Infantry Brigade




2d Infantry Division
A United States Army Pacific unit, the 2d Infantry Division returned from South Korea in 2028 following the conclusion of the Taiwan Conflict: unofficially known as the Sino-American War. Peace in East Asia meant that American forces left the Korean Peninsula and the 2d Infantry Division moved to the Pacific North–West. Garrison HQ was at Joint Base Lewis–McChord with when Washington state joined with several other states in declaring succession from the United States of America through December ’28 / January ’29 following the disputed presidential election that November.
Like almost all other elements of the United States Armed Forces, the 2d Infantry Division was hit by waves of desertion, deliberate destruction of equipment and divided loyalties during the formation of the Democratic American Republic (DAR). Called upon to defend the new nation, the 2d Infantry Division is only able to field two combat brigades during the first fighting in March ’29.
Serving under the Idaho Corps, the 2d Infantry Division is deployed within that Pacific North–West state fighting against US Army units but also extensive – and varied – armed militia who are opposed to Idaho’s succession and subsequent joining of the DAR.


4th Infantry Division
Losing its commanding general and a significant portion of its officer staff & manpower to desertion, the 4th Infantry Division joined with the DAR army late in the succession crisis which tore apart the western portions of the United States. Garrisoned at Fort Carson in Colorado, with new command staff appointed as well as a late influx of retired/recalled soldiers living within Colorado as well as the states of the DAR, the 4th Infantry Division has from the start of open conflict been on the frontlines of the war.
Only able to field two of its own brigades, the 4th Infantry Division has been reinforced by the 81st Armored Brigade of national guardsmen from Washington state. It serves under the Colorado Corps. After retreating away from the city of Denver in light of an opening United States Army major attack, the 4th Infantry Division is currently defending the passes through the Rockies with its attached national guardsmen in Wyoming too on the flank.


7th Infantry Division
The 7th Infantry Division was raised by the DAR Army in January ’29. It is forming within California using retirees and volunteers from across that state plus the Pacific North–West DAR states of Oregon and Washington.
Three combat manoeuvre brigades are planned to be fielded once the 7th Infantry Division is fully manned but equipping them is proving more difficult than imagined. Currently attached to the California Corps in the rear and several months away from reaching operational readiness.


23d Infantry Division
The 23d Infantry Division was raised by the DAR Army in January ’29. It is forming within California using retirees and volunteers from across that state in addition to the DAR states of Arizona, Hawaii & Nevada plus the Pacific territories inherited by the DAR upon succession from the United States.
Three combat manoeuvre brigades are planned to be fielded once the 23d Infantry Division is fully manned but equipping them is proving more difficult than imagined. Currently attached to the California Corps in the rear and several months away from reaching operational readiness.


25th Infantry Division
A United States Army Pacific unit, the Hawaii-based elements of the 25th Infantry Division suffered few losses to desertion when the DAR Army was formed. With a garrison HQ at Fort Shafter in Hawaii, half of the division was in Alaska though. United States Army Alaska units remained loyal to the federal government as their state has done. Orders came for the rump 25th Infantry Division to urgently redeploy to the mainland to aid in the succession of the state of New Mexico in the face of federal United States efforts to prevent that. The first major combat formation to see action, the 25th Infantry Division engaged militia units from Texas – and elsewhere – entering New Mexico though didn’t fight with United States Army elements gathered on the New Mexico / Texas border until late February once the war began.
Fielding only two combat brigades, the 25th Infantry Division is currently with the Colorado Corps after shifting northwards last month to try and stop the United States Army offensive to retake Colorado. Losses have been heavy and the 25th Infantry Division is in retreat.


40th Infantry Division
A National Guard formation, the 40th Infantry Division consisted of many subunits of volunteer soldiers from across the western states of the United States. It was called out by the California state government in Sacramento – where the DAR capital now is – during the political violence which took place in the lead-up to and during the 2028 election. Protecting the voting rights of those whom the Supreme Court denied, the 40th Infantry Division was spread throughout California, Oregon and Hawaii less the federal government intervene.
The 40th Infantry Division came under DAR control when California was the first state to succeed in December ’28. Deployment orders came for the national guardsmen to first deploy into Arizona and New Mexico during the succession of those states before the ‘El Paso Incident’ on New Year’s Eve saw part of the 40th Infantry Division move into the far western portion of Texas: this event saw the capture of the near empty Fort Bliss (1st Armored Division was in the Baltics as part of a major US Army deployment) and a lot of military equipment there, which would later be put to use by the 40th Infantry Division.
Fielding a trio of combat brigades – the 29th Infantry from Hawaii, the 79th Infantry from California and the 80th Infantry (Arizona and California, using former Fort Bliss equipment) –, the 40th Infantry Division is assigned to the New Mexico Corps. El Paso along with much of New Mexico is back in United States hands but the 40th Infantry Division fights on.


41st Infantry Division
Newly-raised in late December ’29 on the initiative of the Governor of Oregon following succession, the 41st Infantry Division took under command that state’s 41st Infantry Brigade plus national guardsmen from Washington with their 81st Armored Brigade. The 41st Infantry Division moved into Idaho following the declaration from Boise nullifying the state’s vote for the Texas-based presidential candidate and instead supporting the California-based candidate. When Idaho succeeded, this brought about major civil unrest in the state though a good portion of the 116th Cavalry Brigade – national guardsmen from Idaho – joined with the DAR’s army: that brigade came under 41st Infantry Division control when the 81st Armored Brigade left for Colorado.
With two combat brigades, the 41st Infantry Division is currently with the Idaho Corps in that state. They are fighting the US Army at the front and militia units in the rear.


11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
A United States Army training unit based at Fort Irwin in California, the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment lost men and equipment during the succession of western states and the formation of the DAR. Brigade-sized despite the name, the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment was one of the most capable elements of the new DAR Army and from the first fighting in February – in light of what happened in Idaho and Utah – they have shown their worth.
The 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment is currently fighting with the New Mexico Corps alongside the 40th Infantry Division and the DAR’s Marine Corps.


157th Infantry Brigade
Raised first in Colorado, the 157th Infantry Brigade consisted of national guardsmen and volunteers from that state with an intention for them to fulfil security tasks in the DAR state. Once war with the United States broke out, the under-strength unit was joined by others from Nevada. Equipment was light and training not the best: the 157th Infantry Brigade should never have ended up on the frontlines where it found itself.
Assigned to the Colorado Corps, the 157th Infantry Brigade has been depleted in the fighting and is close to being classified as combat-ineffective. Battles near Colorado Springs and Pueblo against some of the best units in the US Army have near destroyed this unit.


189th Infantry Brigade
A United States Army training unit based at Joint Base Lewis–McChord in Washington state, the 189th Infantry Brigade is now composed of former US Army Reserve soldiers from across the western states of the DAR. The intention of the military command in Sacramento was to send the unit eastwards to defend the frontiers of the new country. Events in Utah where the massacre in Salt Lake City of innocents by militia claiming allegiance to the United States saw Sacramento decide to invade state and protect its people. Utah, a remaining part of the United States, fought back against the DAR.
The 189th Infantry Brigade is engaging with militia and US Army Special Forces across the northern and eastern portions of Utah.


258th Infantry Brigade
Raised first in Arizona, the 258th Infantry Brigade consisted of national guardsmen and volunteers from that state with an intention for them to fulfil security tasks in the DAR state. Once war with the United States broke out, the unit was sent into New Mexico.
Assigned to the New Mexico Corps, the 258th Infantry Brigade is currently trapped in the Albuquerque Pocket. They are surrounded and cut off from external support. Hope of relief is fading and supplies are dwindling.




1st Marine Division
Based in California, the large 1st Marine Division was Pacific-rolled when in United States service. Losses to desertion and equipment destruction shook the US Marines when the succession crisis erupted as morale was fought to be high among US Marines. The federal government attempted to redeploy the 1st Marine Division to Alaska to stop it falling under the control of the ‘rebels in Sacramento’. This led to a shooting incident among fellow US Marines at the HQ in Camp Pendleton and a munity at Twenty-Nine Palms (both in California) which nearly destroyed the 1st Marine Division.
Currently fielding three marine regiments – brigades in all but name –, the 1st Marine Division is serving with the New Mexico Corps. They are back on the western side of the Rio Grande after a retreat from the Texan Panhandle starting in February when hit by heavy US Army forces on the attack.


3rd Marine Division
Based in Hawaii, the 3rd Marine Division was likewise ordered to move to Alaska when the succession crisis began. Hawaii – the third state to succeed – retained command of the 3rd Marine Division though. Still under-strength following losses incurred in the Taiwan conflict, the division wasn’t recalled to the mainland upon the outbreak of fighting.
Fielding two marine regiments – each with only the bare minimum strength –, the 3rd Marine Division remains in Hawaii. It is a counterattack force positioned to defend Hawaii from United States attack via Alaska and also Chinese adventurism too… a big ask.


5th Marine Division
Newly-raised, the 5th Marine Division is still forming up. It is spread across the south of California. Former Marines as well as volunteers from the DAR – as well as some who have come west across the divided America – are undergoing training.
Three regiments are eventually planned to be fielded by the 5th Marine Division yet this is taking time. Equipment is the main issue because this new DAR Marine Corps division is projected to be heavily equipped with main battle tanks, armoured vehicles and helicopters like the other two.


23d Marine Regiment
A Marine Corps Reserve unit, the 23d Marine Regiment was headquartered in California yet with only one-thirds strength there: the rest of the unit was elsewhere in the dividing country. Joined by national guardsmen from Nevada, the 23d Marine Regiment was initially a mobile reserve unit based in Nevada.
Send into Utah during February ’29, the actions of the 23d Marine Regiment helped light the fire which is the American Civil War. It is engaged in action against militia and US Army Special Forces throughout the south of Utah.