Feb 11th, 1943 and things continue to heat up! Looking at each area:

India/Burma : Admiral Wa must have been in the process of moving to land in Ceylon. He landed the 6th and 7th Aus Divsions and the Americal division at Colombo. Colombo will fall next turn as I had mostly abandoned it. He dropped ...

Stepping even further back. I fully expect that Adm Wa will accelerate his upcoming offensive actions either down near Port Morsby or more likely at Ceylon. As hindsight is 20/20, I should have invaded the Aleutians about 2-3 months earlier, however I was worried that Adm Wa would take Ceylon so ...

Stepping back from Amchikta, the immediate Aleutian theatre looks quite busy with a bunch of subs covering. Adm Wa sent all of his subs to defend against the Amchitka landing. My hope is to send a couple minelaying TFs to Amchitka and Adak to hurt those subs as they can easily refuel/rearm from Adak ...

I have a CA in each of the landing TFs, the CA in the initial TF took alot of shots and ended up with 16 sys damage, she did her job admirably. I also had my initial invasion bombardment TF not retreat in case there were any PT boats formed, and have now added a BB from that TF into the invasion ...

Initial reports are on from the first landing! Looks like I will be facing a single infnatry rgmt. Big question here is will I need the second division currently prepping in Toyko or can that be moved to a different site? Time will tell once I order the first few attacks over the next few days, and ...

Wow, gentle readers, I got the turn back from Adm Wa literally 53 minutes after I had sent it. I had not even had time to ping him to let him know it was in the inbox, barely enough time to post my update here! No comment about spotting anything in the north Pacific... I am wondering if he ran and ...

"Sir! There is a Catalina that is circling in and out of the cloud cover! I believe it has spotted us!"

With that, Adm Tanaka Yamaguchi let out small sigh, it had been smooth sailing the past week, without a single mishap as the invasion force proceeded east toward the target islands off the ...

Short update gentle readers, the invasion force is plodding along the North Pacific. I expect it may get spotted in a day two if Adm Wa has Catalinas up and active in the weather (Feb 4, 1943). Once it is spotted, I will provide an update.

Elsewhere The Chinese Grind continues as the ever ...

Banzai is right!, KB, mini KB and other TFs are all sailing now toward the Aleutians. Will start landing in ~7-10 days. Second wave for Amchitka will start loading in a day or two. Radio silence is now the word of the day.

Jan 31 1943 Aleutian mustering.jpg

Elsewhere, Adm Wa sent in his first ...

Yes, that makes sense! And explains alot over the past few months!

Elsewhere in the Pacific, Adm Wa and I have been tangling with several furballs over Burma. I have had Georges with decent pilots flying LR CAP over retreating units that he has been bombing. Several times now flights of P40Ks sweeping have gotten the better of my Georges. My CAP has been set at 41k ...

Adm Haramsaki turns to the large planning board at the north end of the conference room. "As some of you may be aware, the northern threat to our Home Islands is the closest and quickest means for the allies to strike. With this plan, I hope in one attack, to achieve the following: disrupt the ...

Good Afternoon gentle readers, the time has come when the tempo of the war will begin to increase once again. Most of IJN has now congregated in the HI awaiting the loading of the invasion force. Only the Mini KB is still at sea, and will arrive in Tokyo in about 4 days. Including the miniKB, the ...

Quick update gentle readers. It is Jan 21, 1943 and the latest turn had the second Frank factory completely repair to 30! That means I will get Franks by July '43 latest as the engine bonus is in effect. Likely will have Franks in June ? Also KB is about a week from the HI, with mini KB about 5 days ...

Interesting about Discord. The main reason I began my AAR was I wanted a means of documenting my thoughts and plans throughout the war, and give Adm Wa a chance to comment once all the shooting finally ends. Getting old so, I figured it was a great way to capture the game, and then be able to go ...

PaxMondo, good to be back! Around for another month or so, until the next trip to the SW area. Grand Canyon, and parts closer to NM and CO. Daughter lives in Northern NM, beautiful area and thinking about retiring out in that area in a few years.

I have really tried to kill as much Brit units as I ...

Ah Gentle readers, Adm Harmasaki is back at Combined fleet HQ. A trip around the US Southwest, and helping family with woodworking projects has been completed. On with the war! A quick update as the brain gets befuddled over the years.

In China The Glorious Japanese Army is slowly reducing the ...

Yes, Admiral Wa has been improving the Aleutian islands. This is what really got me worried! Currently he has several large bases....

Attu Island - Port 1 (1), Airfield 3 (1)
Agattu - Port 3 (0), Airfield 4 (3)
Amchitka - Port 4 (1), Airfield 6 (4)
Adak - Port 8 (5), Airfield 7 (4)

Note that a ...

Darn Adm Wa for getting in my head for several months! Looking back, I should have been more aggressive in Sept-Dec of '42. I was too worried about losing the KB or the allies counterattacking. Well, better late than never??? Here is my plan I have been thinking of the past few months, and I should ...

Welcome CaptBeefheart! Quick update for all the gentle readers out there! Currently it is Jan 8, 1943 and Sian fell on Jan 5th. The victorious IJA is currently repositioning throughout the interior to mop up the remaining Chinese holdouts. Most of the units are on their way to open up the burma road ...