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Hi Cryhavoc101, yes all as was historically, just here to provide context of whats happening in Britain's part of the warI take it this is no change to OTL?
Hi Cryhavoc101, yes all as was historically, just here to provide context of whats happening in Britain's part of the warI take it this is no change to OTL?
The second provided graphic was not created by me. Check its origin-link...it's from a mainstream Australian meteorological group. And note the circulation-arrows from the Coral Sea area back to the west, toward Darwin and the south coast of PNG...except right now, because of the blocked low pressure zone, some of that normal air mass-flow and westward movement of water and thermal energy is diverting southward along Australia's east coast. During "normal" times, that low would be moving across Australia, its effect on the westward-from-Coral-Sea air/water/energy flow would be transitory at most, and the discussed effects on weather in the Owen Stanleys would be as normal.There was no way for weather to "wrap back" to PNG from the Coral Sea. Generally weather proceeds from west to east. Weather only goes one way, round the Earth.
I'd actually be a *bit* surprised if either the Americans or the Brits had troops in all 24 time zones (yes, I know you have the half hours, and overlap at the date line), mostly because the Americans rarely had troops in the Indian Ocean and and the Brits tended to leave the Central Pacific to the Americans. Combined, Otoh, definitely.The last post is a fine example of just how complex WWII was, especially for the Anglo Americans, they more than any others fought a war that was 24/7. And took place on multiple fronts in various countries with different terrains and climates, in the air on land and at sea, with their two capital cities separated by time and distance. Plus unlike today were we have highly sophisticated communications systems, which means that the leadership and the functionaries around them can communicate face to face in a secure environment. In the nineteen forties FDR and WSC, had only a very limited short wave radio link, that despite the best efforts of the technical services, wasn’t totally secure. Other than that the overwhelming majority of communications between London and Washington had to be by cable, which was limited to the number of lines available. Again unlike today, if you wanted to send plans, maps or diagrams between the two countries, you couldn’t do so electronically, they had to be physically transferred, either by air or sea, with all the risks involved. And without the information processing capabilities of modern computers, the best means available was the very primitive Hollerith machines, or card indexes, all of which involved very limited memory and large human input. And once either leader was away from his office, and especially while on the move, his ability to communicate was either nil or very restricted. Trying to keep up with the constantly changing stream of information coming in from around the world, was a hurculean task and involved hundreds of people all doing very boring tasks at all hours of the day and night. Even the simplest tasks such as keeping track of what was where and how much was available, involved hundreds of personal. Whereas today once the information has been entered into the system, it can easily be retrieved at the other end of the world, with a few simple instructions to a computer, and most international leaders can be in constant secure contact with their respective central offices.
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The British had troops around the world literally, example was troops in Canada and India, they were from one time zone in Newfoundland to British Columbia. Combined with the US that had troops stationed in different parts of India, airfields in Africa, Islands in the Pacific, Iceland, Ascension Island. Both countries individually had troops in each time zone if you include the ships in transit between ports and the different airfields built to facilitate the transfer of aircraft around the world.I'd actually be a *bit* surprised if either the Americans or the Brits had troops in all 24 time zones (yes, I know you have the half hours, and overlap at the date line), mostly because the Americans rarely had troops in the Indian Ocean and and the Brits tended to leave the Central Pacific to the Americans. Combined, Otoh, definitely.
Agree with the second paragraph assuming good weather, and obviously the third paragraph is true, especially when bad weather overwhelms the pilot and/or equipment.Regarding flying over mountains.
This fine if everything is working as most WW2 front line aircraft would have no issues flying over most mountain ranges - but if a given aircraft suffers a power loss and is obliged to descend - then its a problem.
And aircraft still fly into mountains and hills to this day!
While the weather in Malaya on average is less bad than in PNG, it's still the tropics, so atmospheric energy often is relatively high.(...) tailor it a little more towards peninsular Malaysia, I asked about the Owen Stanley mountains to provide some comparison to those in Malaya, but on reflection, the Owen Stanley range is much higher. What I'm interested in is whether there is any real problem flying across Malaya, over the mountain range.
Remember USS Robin/ HMS Victorious, serving in the Central and SW Pacific, All the American chain of logistics personnel supporting CBI , all the Canadians shipping supplies out og the Canadian West Coast ports to Hawaii and WestI'd actually be a *bit* surprised if either the Americans or the Brits had troops in all 24 time zones (yes, I know you have the half hours, and overlap at the date line), mostly because the Americans rarely had troops in the Indian Ocean and and the Brits tended to leave the Central Pacific to the Americans. Combined, Otoh, definitely.