England's Last War Against France: Fighting Vichy 1940-42

papiermache · Jan 2, 2022

It's a pleasure. The " Agreement concerning the truce between French Indo-China and Thailand signed at Saigon 31st January 1941" is at this link:
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Mr. Eden was rather more diplomatic about Vichy than my post:

JAPAN AND INDO-CHINA. (Hansard, 25 July 1941)

Warlord · Jan 5, 2022

davidbfpo said: ↑

Richelieu,

Thanks, your explanation makes sense. Now a short time ago I read a new book on the campaign in East Africa and there was almost no mention of French Somaliland (now Djibouti). I really should read 'England's Last War Against France: Fighting Vichy 1940-42' by Colin Smith (in the opening post).
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Mate, can you share the name of the book you mention about EA?

Always in search of new, worth the time, sources, ye know...

davidbfpo · Jan 6, 2022

Warlord,

The book is 'First Victory' by Andrew Stewart: Amazon.co.uk:Customer reviews: The First Victory: The Second World War and the East Africa Campaign

I added Post 12 in this thread, with the review I added to Amazon: The East African Campaign

davidbfpo · Jan 19, 2022

On French Air Force reinforcements to Syria:

Before the campaign in Iraq was over, the Allies decided to attack Vichy forces in Syria and Lebanon and occupy those countries. The Vichy French air force was relatively strong at the start of the campaign. In 1940, many of the aircraft stationed in Syria and Lebanon had been sent back to France. This left the Vichy French with only a number of obsolete models. However, alarmed by the growing threat of invasion, Vichy dispatched a fighter group from Algeria. Once the fighting began, three more groups were flown from France and from North Africa. This brought the strength of the Vichy French air force in Lebanon and Syria up to 289 aircraft, including about 35 Dewoitine D.520 fighters and some new, US-built Glenn Martin 167 light bombers. This initially gave the Vichy French a numerical advantage over the Allied air units.
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From: Warplanes of the Second World War preserved in France

davidbfpo · Oct 2, 2022

Returned to check Harry Fecitt's blogsite and found he has an article on this campaign, primarily about the 3/1st Punjabis and 4/6th Rajputana Rifles. I note a Royal Fusiliers Bn @ Kuneitra and an Indian brigade were overwhelmed @ Mezze, in separate engagements: Request Rejected The label is odd, and it does work to the blogsite!

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