Slitherine

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Belitung
or Billiton

Island, Bangka-Belitung province, west-central Indonesia.

Lying on the Karimata Strait between the islands of Bangka (west) and Borneo (northeast), it is situated between the South China Sea (north) and Java Sea (south). It is some 55 mi (90 km) long and 45 mi (70 km) wide, with an area of about 1,850 sq mi (4,800 sq km). The main town and port is Tanjungpandan. Belitung was ceded to the British in 1812 by the sultan of Palembang, Sumatra, but Britain recognized the Dutch claim in 1824. The island became part of Indonesia after World War II. It is important for its tin mines, discovered in 1851.

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ORIGINAL: Harald Velemans
Amboina is the island's dutch name. Ambon is the main town. The KNIL and KM HQs were located at Ambon.
Sometimes the island is called Ambon too. So both are correct, but the base's name should be Ambon.
Boela is Bula's (not Bulla) dutch name.

Since you mentioned your WitP 1 map....
The then dutch name for Belitung is Billiton and not Belitoeng. Belitoeng is a present day dutch name for Belitung.

Harald

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ORIGINAL: Andrew Brown

Thanks. So the base should be Ambon, not Amboina.

As for Belitung - to confirm your comment - the Dutch called it Billiton during the war, but now call it Belitoeng? Why the change?

Andrew

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ORIGINAL: Harald Velemans

Todays name is Belitung, indonesian obviously. In dutch this will translate to Belitoeng (u in dutch is oe).
But during colonial times the island was known as Billiton.

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ORIGINAL: JeffK

And how many Americans can speak good American, 1 or is it 2??

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ORIGINAL: Blackhorse

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ORIGINAL: JeffK

And how many Americans can speak good American, 1 or is it 2??

All Americans speak good American . . . we jest speak diff'rent dialects, which is why no one unnerstans us, and we-all can't unnerstan each other.

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ORIGINAL: treespider

Y'all ain't from 'round here.

As a fine example the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has two large cities Philadelphia in the East and Pittsburgh in the West. Pittsburgh IIRc is a 6 hour car ride to the west. People in Philadelphia refer to a carbonated drink such as Coa-Cola as "soda", whereas the fine citizens of Pittsburgh refer to the same exact beverage as "pop".

Now a person from Philadelphia who travels to Pittsburgh and orders a "soda" will receive a Coca-Cola with a large scoop of ice cream in it...whereas the person from Pittsburgh who walks into the the store in Philadelphia and asks the clerk where his "pop" is, may get into a fight because the clerk cannot understand why somebody wants to see his father....

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ORIGINAL: bradfordkay

Don, I always ran into that terminology in the south, not the west (indeed, I was surprised at Treespider's not mentioning it as surely in Chattanooga they call all soft drinks "coke"). Or is it just because I lived for so many years in Georgia, which is definitely "coke" territory?

It used to be that this sequesnce would bring a lot of laughter:

"Could you get me a coke?"

"Okay, what flavor do you want?"

Nowadays the CocaCola company has so many different versions of their own drink that the joke falls as flat as a three day old Pepsi...

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ORIGINAL: JeffK

Just rename the island BHP Billiton

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ORIGINAL: Alikchi

So, will the new map include some of the islands missing from the original map, ie Labuan or the Paracels? Some of the larger islands in the Paracels can support airfields, as could Labuan.

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ORIGINAL: Andrew Brown

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ORIGINAL: Alikchi

So, will the new map include some of the islands missing from the original map, ie Labuan or the Paracels? Some of the larger islands in the Paracels can support airfields, as could Labuan.

To expand on the answer Terminus already provided - The Paracels are too small to make it onto my island list (cutoff is > 5 sq km, although there are some exceptions - usually bases already included in WitP even though they are smaller. I also usually count atolls in agregate). Labuan isn't included because the way the map is drawn it doesn't get its own hex. Too close to the North Borneo coast at the map scale.

Andrew

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POMALAA NICKEL MINES AND FERRONICKEL SMELTING PLANT

Pomalaa is a small town situated at the Gulf of Bone, Southeast Sulawesi Province, four hours drive from Kendari, the capital of the province, or an hour flight from Ujung Pandang, the capital of South Sulawesi.

Administratively it is under the District Administration of Kolaka, some 30 kilometers away to north. Apart from nickel, it is noted for production of cashew nut and honey

BRIEF HISTORY

In 1909 a Dutch geologist named C. Abendanon discovered nickel ore deposits in Pomalaa. Based on his reports, in 1934 Oost Borneo Maatschaappij (OBM) and Bone Tolo Maatschappij started further explorations. The samples they brought proved to have an average grade to 3 to 3.50% Ni.

After estimating a mining operation would be both technological and economically feasible, the company started building infrastructure required. All facilities and infrastructure were in place, and the company began tapping the deposits. It took about three years, however, before the company could see its first shipment of 150,000 tons of nickel ore to Japan in 1938.

When the Japan occupied the country, in 1942, Sumitomo Metal Mining Company took control of the mine, and constructed a smelting plant to process nickel ore into nickel matte. However, no single shipment of nickel matte was made due to severe defeat to Allied Forces marking the end of the World War II in 1945. The plant itself was severely leveled to earth.

After the Indonesian nation declared her independence in August 17, 1945, there were some foreign companies interested in exploring such a huge reserve of nickel ore deposits in Pomalaa. These companies were among others were Freeport Sulphur CO. from the United States , Oost Borneo Maatschappij and MMC. But it was only since 1957 the mining could run again when a private company, NV Perto, shipped the ready stock nickel ore to Japan, and then in 1959 started mining nickel deposits in Maniang Island.

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ORIGINAL: Harald Velemans
Maybe some resources should be shifted from Kendari to Pomalaa.

Pomalaa is named Pomala in stock.
The dutch called it Pomela.

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ORIGINAL: Przemcio231

As far as i read there will be no Allied Production is there the rep rate for the Allied planes ready?? could i see it?

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ORIGINAL: Przemcio231
And one more thing i remeber that in the Stock WITP Alor Setar in malaya was named Alor Star... i remeber reading somewhere (Bloody Shambles) that the base should be named Alor Setar not Star...

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ORIGINAL: Andrew Brown
I did already. Although the base is called Kolaka, rather than Pomalaa.

Andrew