Canoerebel
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Joined: 12/14/2002 From: Northwestern Georgia, USA Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: JeffK CR, you are approaching the southern tip of India and mention QBall may evac Ceylon. I dont thk you need this as a base so is it worth making it a target to suppress by air from Sth India bases rather than an Invasion which may chew up time & forces for your future ops? I have most of southern India now, and will have all of it within ten days. I have plenty of troops, plenty of ships, and can invade Ceylon under cover of LBA, so I'll do it probably before the end of 1942. Also, I want Ceylon for the airbases as I think from there I can shuttle bombers, and possibly even P-38s, to Sumatra after I invade. The situation in India is nearing the wind-down phase. I'm about to send the Americans (27th Div., two Marine regiments, one Marine tanks, and one Marine arty) to Karachi for transport to Capetown. They are slated for the Sumatra invasion. In India, I'll use some troops to address Ceylon and islands like Diego and Attu. The rest will probe forward into Assam (is that the right term for the Chittagong/Akyab region)? I want to push into Burma, and I definately want Brad to think I'm coming in a much bigger way than I actually will, but the real focus is going to shift to Sumatra sometime in '43.
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