Escape from Burma, has Japan Won? (Patreon)

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2021-04-28 14:56:53

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2023-06

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This week, Allied forces continue a daring withdrawal from Burma under the threat of Japanese advances. The Japanese also set sail for a campaign to secure the Coral Sea in the approaches to Australia, though Allied intelligence is already aware of this. As Indy so eloquently discusses at the end of this episode, it seems that total victory for Japan could be only one battle away.

The naval situation is no better for the Allies in the Mediterranean, where the constant Axis assault on the island naval base has significantly limited Allied submarine capabilities. This means that Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps are able to resupplied without almost no losses.

Finally, on the Soviet-German front it is the Axis who actually have the intelligence advantage. They have been able discover a Soviet plan to attack weakly positioned German forces in and around Kharkov.

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140 - Japan - One Battle from Victory? - May 2, 1942

Now Burma and control of the Burma Road have fallen to the Japanese. Can nothing stop them? The Allies are thinking about maybe using the Solomon Islands as a base to build to try and fight back, but to do that they'll need control of the Coral Sea, but both sides are sending warships there since the Japanese plan to take Port Moresby. The Allies are aware of this, however, since they have the advantage of being able to read a substantial part of japan's radio traffic. It is a week of foreshadowing not just there, but also as the Allies send ships to take Madagascar from the Vichy French and the Soviets prepare to launch an offensive in the south of the Eastern Front. 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: - Daniel Weiss - Norman Stewart - https://oldtimesincolor.blogspot.com/ Sources: - IWM JAR 1240, A 9483 Soundtracks from the Epidemic Sound: - Rannar Sillard - Easy Target - Jo Wandrini - Dragon King - Fabien Tell - Other Sides of Glory - Brightarm Orchestra - On the Edge of Change - Edward Karl Hanson - Spellbound - Johan Hynynen - Dark Beginning - Rannar Sillard - Split Decision - Dream Cave - The Beast Archive by Screenocean/Reuters https://www.screenocean.com. A TimeGhost chronological documentary produced by OnLion Entertainment GmbH.