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was poised to take part in a seaborne invasion of Burma in '45, but the operation was forestalled by VJ day. >>>
Danny - surely by this time most of Burma was in our hands with only the narrow strip south of Rangoon still occupied by the enemy, and so it was invasion of the Malay peninsula that was imminent at the time of the Jap surrender.
However you may well be right, as the plan might have been to cut the isthmus at its narrowest part by invading what was left of Burma, thus isolating Malaya itself and Singapore from possible reinforcement.
AFAIK our never-utilised plans for whatever was intended have never been revealed and it would be interesting to know exactly what they were; according to what little I can remember from the July-August 1945 rumour mills, the invasion would have been concentrated in the Penang-Butterworth area but we all know what tosh rumours can be.
Anyone out there able to provide enlightenment?
harrym