Borneo 1945 CTB 'never again' seems fast approaching

'never again' seems fast approaching

from clever to stupid

all with a speculative bent

Where do weather forecasters hang their socks

and bring us both terror and solace remains unsurpassed

Borneo 1945 CTB 'never again' seems fast approachingA fascinating account of the last major Allied operation in the South West Pacific, and the largest Australian military operation of World War II. A week after Pearl Harbor in December 1941, Japanese troops landed near Brunei on the South East Asian island of Borneo. Within eight weeks, the entire island had been overrun, and its Dutch and British Indian defenders had been ejected. By early April 1942, the entire Dutch East Indies were in Japanese