Japan had no interest in invading Africa, they knew that UK had that on lockdown and they didn’t have the resources to do it. I am 100% sure that Japanese High Command would of double down on invading Australia over that. The idea behind controlling Indian ocean was to do two jobs. First: Close Burma Road since the Chinese were getting heavy equipment from the US. People forget the bulk of the IJA was in China and China was always the end goal for Japan. Two: Cutting the Persian trade route was more of a request from Germany. People forget that the Battle of Madagascar was the only battle during WWII that had both Germany and Japan in the same battle.
Operation Neptune battle plans on Pawn Stars
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Watching a repaeat of “Pawn Stars” (2011) and some guy brings in a top secret briefing dossier with the attack plans and after battle hot wash for “Operation Neptune” airborne invasion of Normandy.
Since the documents could be used for archival purposes only (they would fade if framed and hung on wall) the shop did not buy them but confirmed that they were authentic. Â :-o
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$15.
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for “Operation Neptune” airborne invasion of Normandy.
Neptune was the naval component of the Normandy invasion, not the airborne one.
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Exactly.
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My bad, either way, still a pretty cool find. The plans on the show had both the airborne and amphibious landings. Just thought you might find it interesting.
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