Hi All: The so-called "Brisbane Line" fallback position was a Labour accusation against the previous Australian Menzies government in 1942-43 and was the subject of a Royal Commission, see: http://www.awm.gov.au/encyclopedia/homefront/brisbane_line.htm Yours, John Wilson > In Australia during the darkest points of the War in 1942/43, the Australian Government drew a line through Brisbane in SE Queensland, known logically as the 'Brisbane Line' north of which would be evacuated and left to the Japanese had they ever made landfall in northern Australia. > > I assume the British Government had a similar plan when the Nazis held most of Europe across the Channel. > > Would Brits have been evacuated north into Scotland or west into Wales (ironically like most other defeated races throughout English history)? >