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Post by lordroel on Jun 6, 2020 11:02:21 GMT
Do not think Australia will surrender if by luck the Japanese mange to invade Darwin, the Australians and Allies can simply isolate the Japanese in Darwin and wait if needed. Agreed. I doubt they would surrender, especially since their in an alliance and dependent on the other powers for aid plus what would the Japanese terms be?
What might be the issue if the Japanese managed to occupy Darwin, is that the Australian government would be under considerable pressure to liberate the region. Which could be a difficult task for a fair while given how isolated the region is except by sea. Plus that the Japanese would have had air superiority across the region for a while at least.
Also the Australians might be force to keep some of their divisions at home in order to drive the Japanese out of Darwin, do not know if this has a effect on the Battle of North Africa. THE DEFENCE OF DARWINThis is a good read: Invasion 1942? Australia and the Japanese threat, it shows that the Imperial Japanese Navy was for a invasion while the Imperial Japanese Army was against it. |
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Post by EwellHolmes on Jun 7, 2020 21:20:22 GMT
It would be best used as a way of threatening the Australian government to surrender. It'd be a bluff, and depending how the rest of the war is going the Australians might accede anyway. Do not think Australia will surrender if by luck the Japanese mange to invade Darwin, the Australians and Allies can simply isolate the Japanese in Darwin and wait if needed. Isolating Darwin isn't really possible; it's too far from other Allied bases and about a day's sail from the Japanese occupied East Indies. Allied commando and bomber raids, used to attack Japanese oil production, are also out of the question, meaning Japan can successfully build up their fuel stockpiles comparatively more than OTL. Even better for them, Port Moresby will probably have to be abandoned by the Australians, effectively giving Japan control over all of New Guinea. |
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Post by lordroel on Jun 8, 2020 3:56:04 GMT
Do not think Australia will surrender if by luck the Japanese mange to invade Darwin, the Australians and Allies can simply isolate the Japanese in Darwin and wait if needed. Isolating Darwin isn't really possible; it's too far from other Allied bases and about a day's sail from the Japanese occupied East Indies. Allied commando and bomber raids, used to attack Japanese oil production, are also out of the question, meaning Japan can successfully build up their fuel stockpiles comparatively more than OTL. Even better for them, Port Moresby will probably have to be abandoned by the Australians, effectively giving Japan control over all of New Guinea. But only for the time i guess. in the end the United States will start to push back the Japanse. |
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Post by EwellHolmes on Jun 8, 2020 23:40:54 GMT
Isolating Darwin isn't really possible; it's too far from other Allied bases and about a day's sail from the Japanese occupied East Indies. Allied commando and bomber raids, used to attack Japanese oil production, are also out of the question, meaning Japan can successfully build up their fuel stockpiles comparatively more than OTL. Even better for them, Port Moresby will probably have to be abandoned by the Australians, effectively giving Japan control over all of New Guinea. But only for the time i guess. in the end the United States will start to push back the Japanse. Overall, yes, but it would require a massive expenditure of resources and significantly setback Allied progress in the SW Pacific. |
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Post by lordroel on Jun 9, 2020 3:41:17 GMT
But only for the time i guess. in the end the United States will start to push back the Japanse. Overall, yes, but it would require a massive expenditure of resources and significantly setback Allied progress in the SW Pacific. While the Japanese need to use a lot of maritime power to keep Darwin under their control. |
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