Slitherine

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About china strategy

For china our goal should be to open a land route into SE asia so we can use the land shipment rules from Singapore all the way to Shanghai or even Korea. Saves on shipping and minimizes the losses. 
I suggest that you plan for a three pronged attack: Changsa from Wuhan, In the middle move north after HK falls and from the west out of French indochina. Move the tank and arty units from Korea into China. You dont need to clear the coast but keep the rail lines open or clear them. We can clear the coast later.


Malaya:
here we have the option to keep the lading sites as they are now or shift the main Landing to Mersing cut over the peninsular and cut off the retreating units from north Malaya.
As a follow up landings at Khota Baru and Kuantan can be done later. If you do the Mersing option make sure you have support TF with BB's and air cover.



Phi:

Go for Jolo with a AF support unit asap. Jolo is a good AP. Focus on one ladnign point with a good AF on Luzon. Try to block the retreat the Bataan if you can. 



DEI:
North Borneo with the good AP at Singkawang should be our first attack point. I suggest to re-route the Kuching invasion to get Singkawang
If you can have an SNLF land a Merak on Java. Maybe with a Fast Transport TF if you can find the ships.
Maybe plan for a quick push towards OZ. Ambon, Kendari, Koepang are well developed AF




Burma:
just the usual plan I suggest. Whats your opinion on an early invasion of India? invade india doesn t give extra units to allies ?
Use the CV's to support a landing along Chittagong - Diamon Harbour - Akyab?




SoPac
Rabaul and north New Guniea as usual. The 2 islands SE of Kwajalein have resources. PM is not wortrh the effort I think. Yes it is a strong base but there is no base that has resources that is threatend by it. Unless we want to threaten OZ from that direction let the Allies keep it. I think OZ is better to attack from Timor.



Sub
I am planning to harass the sea lanes out of the middle east and Africa with LR subs equipped with planes. I will convert a few LR AK's to AV's whcih I can use as single ship scouting force with a float plane Squadron attached to it.(exactly what I was to do)
The other area I plan to deploy is the sea lanes to OZ. There is will be more difficult to deploy AV's si I will reply on you LR flying boats for recon in addition to the plane equipped subs.


Navy:
Keep the CV's together. We need to preserve our assets as you rightly pointed out. Don't go to a fight with penny packets. If its worth to take then allocate all resources we have otherwise it is not worth the risk.
If we do deep penetration raids by surface TF's we need a support group with AO's and AE's. The problem is the Japanese cannot use to resupply ammunition while on the way. The AE alsways has to be disbanded in a port. - Might have to convert a few AK's to AE's 


Convoy system:
I prefer to manage my convoys manually. I usually have Singapore, Manila and Surabaya as the main ports where I ship the resources before transporting them to Japan..
For supply needs, we need to setup a system so we always have supplies needed for operations.

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ORIGINAL: PaxMondo

Oscar is offensive fighter. Tojo is defensive. That is the main difference. Or to use better nomenclature; Oscar is an escort fighter and Tojo is an interceptor.

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Tokyo Rose (alternative spelling Tokio Rose) was a generic name given by Allied troops in the South Pacific during World War II to what they believed were multiple English-speaking female broadcasters of Japanese propaganda. The broadcasts were aimed at Allied forces in the Pacific, with the intent of lowering morale.[1] "American servicemen in the Pacific often listened to the propaganda broadcasts to get a sense, by reading between the lines, of the effect of their military actions."[2] "She often undermined the anti-American scripts by reading them in a playful, tongue-in-cheek fashion, even going as far as to warn her listeners to expect a “subtle attack” on their morale."[3]


Iva Toguri is the most famously-linked name behind the Tokyo Rose persona. Toguri was a native to Los Angeles and was stranded in Japan because she was visiting her family when the war broke out.[1] Toguri’s prominence saw her branded as one of the war’s most notorious propagandists, but evidence shows that she was not a Japanese sympathizer. Toguri’s program became conflated with more vicious propaganda,[3] and she was arrested and convicted of treason after the Japanese surrender. She was released from prison in 1956, but it would take more than 20 years before she finally received an official presidential pardon for her role in the war.