Burton K Wheeler
Moderator
Not specifically referring to the "La France continue la guerre" timeline that exists in a couple forms online, but a generic scenario where French colonial governments maintain a strong alliance with Britain after the fall of France.
One thing that hasn't really been picked over to my satisfaction in the various Anglo-French Union and France Fights On scenarios is what happens in Indochina. France is probably not capable of repelling a Japanese invasion on its own, but Indochina is obviously necessary to a Japanese invasion of Southeast Asia, so assisting with its defense should be Britain's first priority, even over Malaya. With no Japanese occupation in September 1940, Thailand likely won't attack Indochina.
So what does Japan do? Does the winter 1941 offensive include a full-scale attack on Indochina? I'm assuming for the sake of the scenario that the British-French alliance is basically a union, with a unified military command of some kind in Southeast Asia. Do Anglo-French forces fall back from Indochina to make a stand further south?
I haven't read all the AH scenarios about a Franco-British union, so I'm not sure if this is universally the case, but pretty much everything I can find just has Indochina fall with barely a fight. That doesn't seem terribly likely to me. Any thoughts?
One thing that hasn't really been picked over to my satisfaction in the various Anglo-French Union and France Fights On scenarios is what happens in Indochina. France is probably not capable of repelling a Japanese invasion on its own, but Indochina is obviously necessary to a Japanese invasion of Southeast Asia, so assisting with its defense should be Britain's first priority, even over Malaya. With no Japanese occupation in September 1940, Thailand likely won't attack Indochina.
So what does Japan do? Does the winter 1941 offensive include a full-scale attack on Indochina? I'm assuming for the sake of the scenario that the British-French alliance is basically a union, with a unified military command of some kind in Southeast Asia. Do Anglo-French forces fall back from Indochina to make a stand further south?
I haven't read all the AH scenarios about a Franco-British union, so I'm not sure if this is universally the case, but pretty much everything I can find just has Indochina fall with barely a fight. That doesn't seem terribly likely to me. Any thoughts?