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noguaranteeofsanity -> RE: Downfall, Buccaneer and Marianas and Ironman Allied (7/28/2010 10:56:18 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Dixie
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ORIGINAL: michaelm
Re: Downfall
With MacArthur's opinion of Australian troops, would he had included them in the invasion of Japan?
He seemed to want to exclude them from most prominent combat areas.
Just curious if they should be excluded from this scenario.
According to British Invasion Fleets, there was an Aussie force (division?) earmarked for Coronet, in Commonwealth terms Force A, they would have left from Brunei using ships that had taken part in Op Zipper.
I'm pretty sure it was the 10th Australian Infantry Division according to 'High Command: Australia and Allied Strategy 1939–1945' by David Horner. MacArthur apparently favored having only 1 Commonwealth Division take part, but at the Potsdam conference MacArthur was pressured by Roosevelt to allow 3 Commonwealth divisions be included as part of a single corps, in the name of allied diplomacy. So the Commonwealth Corps was created, consisting of the existing British 3rd Infantry Division and newly formed/reformed 6th Canadian Infantry Division and 10th Australian Infantry division, plus two NZ brigades, but all of which would use US Army equipment in order to utilize US Army logistics, as that was MacArthur's main argument against involving the Commonwealth troops (apart from him not liking the Australians).
PS Thanks for the great Scenario Andy.
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