Re: What IF: ... Japan had more Oilers for Dec.7'41 ?

dabrob wrote:

>> b) you didn't bother to do so. Otherwise you would have noticed that
>> quinine wasn't native to the NEI.
> 
> Why would I care where it originated when I already knew that the NEI
> had the world's supply pretty much "cornered"  in 1941 ? Peru or
> Hoboken doesn't matter to the soldier fighting and dying of malaria on
> the PIs and NEIs

And yet somehow the Allies managed to conduct successful campaigns in 
malaria-ridden zones.

>> c) you would have also noticed that the Allies also used other
>> anti-malarials during World War II.
> 
> Yeah and I also noticed that atabrite only controls one of the two
> major forms of malaria and is toxic to some people. 

As far as I can tell, any problems with the supply of anti-malarial 
drugs in the period had more to do with general supply problems than 
with shortages.