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Allied Collapse in Southeast Asia (Patreon)

Published:
2021-02-24 15:00:13
Imported:
2023-06

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This week the fallout from the Allied loss at Singapore is felt throughout the region. An enormous naval battle Japan destroys an Allied armada, in wake of this catastrophe, the American, British, Dutch, Australian (ABDA) command crumbles and ends. Disagreements over command mean that Allied lines in Burma and the Dutch East Indies are woefully unprepared. The stubborn general Douglas MacArthur still refuses to give up his positions in the Philippines, but it's clear that he can't hold out for much longer. While the situation is changing quickly in Asia, the German-Soviet front sees little movement despite a high loss of life. Constant attempts by the Soviets to exploit and encircle jagged German lines are not successful, and the success of Soviet counterattacks earlier this winter are not repeated.

So what do you think? Are the Japanese successes only good on paper, or have they built up an impressive strategic force in Southeast Asia? Now that the Allies have lost their major naval bases to the Japanese, what can they do to regain them? Has the stabilised Soviet-German front created a stalemate, or does one side maintain an upper hand over the other?

As always, thank you for your support here on Patreon. You may have noticed that the TimeGhost Army has grown a little bit since Pearl Harbour, and this means we'll be able to do even more incredible and groundbreaking historical documentaries. We're not sure exactly what our next crazy project will be, but there's no shortage of titanic events in 1942. Any suggestions? 

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Japan Destroys Allied Armada in Biggest Naval Battle in Decades - WW2 - 131 - February 27, 1942

The Japanese are advancing in the Dutch East Indies and Burma, brushing aside defenders, but their biggest victory this week is at sea, when they not only brush aside the ABDA Fleet, but literally wipe it out of existence. Meanwhile Italian and Germans submarines are patrolling the Caribbean, sinking any Allied merchant shipping they find. It is yet another week of Axis successes. Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TimeGhostHistory Or join The TimeGhost Army directly at: https://timeghost.tv Check out our TimeGhost History YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/timeghost?sub_confirmation=1 Follow WW2 day by day on Instagram @ww2_day_by_day -https://www.instagram.com/ww2_day_by_day/ Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TimeGhostHistory/ Between 2 Wars: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrG5J-K5AYAU1R-HeWSfY2D1jy_sEssNG Source list: http://bit.ly/WW2sources Written and Hosted by: Indy Neidell Director: Astrid Deinhard Producers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson Executive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson, Bodo Rittenauer Creative Producer: Maria Kyhle Post-Production Director: Wieke Kapteijns Research by: Indy Neidell Edited by: Iryna Dulka Sound design: Marek Kamiński Map animations: Eastory (https://www.youtube.com/c/eastory) Colorizations by: - Mikołaj Uchman - Norman Stewart - https://oldtimesincolor.blogspot.com/ Sources: - National Portrait Gallery - IWM: H 17365, A_238, CB(OPS) 5008 Soundtracks from the Epidemic Sound: - Rannar Sillard - Easy Target - Howard Harper-Barnes- Underlying Truth - Jo Wandrini - Dragon King - Fabien Tell - Last Point of Safe Return - Wendel Scherer - Out the Window - Reynard Seidel - Rush of Blood - Brightarm Orchestra - On the Edge of Change - Craft Case - Secret Cargo - Phoenix Tail - At the Front - Johan Hynynen - Dark Beginning - Wendel Scherer - Growing Doubt Archive by Screenocean/Reuters https://www.screenocean.com. A TimeGhost chronological documentary produced by OnLion Entertainment GmbH.

Comments

Anonymous

Stalingrad and Operation Uranus. As Gandalf said- "I come to you now... at the turn of the tide...". Incredibly dramatic, horrific, and important.

Anonymous

"So what do you think? Are the Japanese successes only good on paper, or have they built up an impressive strategic force in Southeast Asia?" Good on paper for certain, in the long run. The US didn't ask for a truce as the Japanese might have hoped, nor did they damage the US Navy so much that retaliation would not be possible for years....and defense of their empire, stretched out as it is, depends heavily on a strong navy. And we shall soon see that the Japanese navy will have some issues....

Anonymous

are you doing a special on the Doolittle Raid? The raiders trained near where I used to live in Columbia, SC USA

Anonymous
>>54331195

I second that... Stalingrad would be my first choice for an in-depth series, too... Midway would be second...

Anonymous

I think a day by day (definitely not minute by minute) special on the battle of Midway would be amazing. It represents a big turning point in the pacific, and the destruction of the Kido Butai. I also think something on Stalingrad would be good for a special.

Anonymous

I worry about Japan’s actual strength, when they keep getting stopped by the Chinese. They don’t seem to have much of an offensive strategy besides throw more bodies at the enemy on the ground. Let alone there is no way they match the US’s industrial might. They are using all their industrial capacity and are already falling behind.

ghostman
>>54352597

The U.S. is like a boulder rolling downhill, once it gets going there is no stopping it.

Anonymous

I know that sources are probably very limited, but maybe do something on Burma and the Chinese fronts ? Burma has some truly bizarre and fascinating characters like "Elephant Bill" and his bridge building elephants, the tankers written up in Tank Tracks to Rangoon, and Orde Wingate and the Chindits. It would also be nice to see the Forgotten Army get some recognition. The Chinese front is so massive it really does deserve more attention. Oh, and if Midway does come up let's be sure to include Shattered Sword as a source. :-)

Anonymous
>>54352597

This attitude of discounting Japanese competence because they've been sometimes defeated by the Chinese is part of why the Allies have had such a poor showing. Allied troops in South East Asia had a lot of the same weaknesses as Chinese troops, but the Allies hadn't bothered to learn (or ask the Chinese) how to fight Japan while having these limitations.

Anonymous
>>54352597

It is not aimed as a knock on the Chinese. They fought well, very well given the paucity of better technology and weapons. It is a knock on the lack of flexible strategy by the Japanese Army who has a staunch belief that personal audacity and will would overcome any tactical or strategic planning deficit.

Anonymous

Maybe the fortress of Sevastopol would be a good subject as a prelude to Stalingrad - somehow its connected.. By the way, the museum at 35th battery in Sevastopol would be worth a visit.. I was there 6½ years ago and are still very much impressed..

Anonymous

History lessons could have been really more informative in my past at school (late 80-ies and early 90-ties of 20 century) if such documentaries would have existed on youtube, patreon etc. Great series, happy to have become a Patron today :)

Anonymous

I concur the the Dieppe Raid special idea. Important lessons for D-Day were learned. The Saint Nazaire Raid would also be an interesting topic.

Anonymous

Dieppe would be a great topic. And be sure to look at the recent book by Canadian military historian David O’Keefe, One Day in August. Through impeccable research of British documents he makes the argument that the Dieppe raid was a cover for an attempt by British Commandos to seize a German Enigma Machine from the German naval HQ in Dieppe. All through the first half of 1942 Bletchley Park had been unable to read the German ciphers due to the new four-rotor configuration on the German Enigma devices.

Anonymous

Just rejoined. Yeah the struggle in Southeast Asia was very important. A member of my own family fought during WWII in this area. Good research. I like your site alot. Check out my Youtube-Comic Book Business News. I am also on Patreon.

Anonymous

>>>> We're not sure exactly what our next crazy project will be, but there's no shortage of titanic events in 1942. Any suggestions? YES, I would like to propose to cover the Resistance inside Germany. Maybe a special about Sophie Scholl and the Group of "White roses". They were mainly active from Summer 1942 until 1943 until captured and sentenced to death.