Bill Belichick of Patriots fame is fairly well-off thanks to his career in the NFL and is a known huge WW2 history buff (he's even done narration for a WW2 documentary or two). Perhaps someone could persuade him to help fund the effort. [:)]

Good thing I don't use any of those Amazon products.[8D] You should see how much of your data an apple or google android phone collects.

<r> Not a movie/film, but if you haven't seen it yet I actually like HBO's <B><s>[b]</s>The Pacific<e>[/b]</e></B> miniseries. <br/>
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In regards to more recent movies, I watched the latest <B><s>[b]</s>Midway movie<e>[/b]</e></B> and while it wasn't great, it also wasn't as bad as I expected ...

<t> Thinking of trying a more tactical-oriented naval/carrier game as I impatiently await the coming Task Force Admiral. Someone recently suggested to me that this is one of the better "Nagumo's dilemma" type games. Has anyone else played this and can you give me your thoughts?<br/>
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<t> Well, this next turn could be a disaster, negating all the discussion above. John moves all his carriers and BBs south at apparently flank speed unexpectedly and they manage to get through my CAP and hit BB South Dakota with 3 torps (though damage is surprisingly not too bad considering). She ...

<t> The plan in the Indian theater now is to, of course consolidate Rangoon and Burma, setup supply routes to get supplies to Rangoon and create airfields for bombers, especially my new B29s. As soon as possible we will land at Victoria Point, which is looks like John is rushing to reinforce from ...

<r> Next turn run. Unfortunately, CVE Liscome Bay is found by a sub and sunk. John's main KB and battleships flee northwest and are 9 hexes from my CVEs. This is probably diversionary to cover his fleeing transports and damaged CVL that based on the turn seem to have headed further south. We ...

<r> We should take Prome this next turn. Then we can move to consolidate other areas and further cutoff his forces stranded. CVs and BBs are moving down to cover transports bringing supplies and engineers/base units to Rangoon. Additional troops being also landed at Moulmein, which is being a bit ...

<t> In addition to the CVL Ryujo taking two torpedoes, John's surface ships engaged my PTs a number of times again, using up even more precious ammo. His CLs, DDs, CAs, BBs, and CB all face PTs numerous times. The PTs, as with last turn, meet CVs, but the CVs avoid torpedoes and damage. I'd imagine ...

<r> Fuel stocks below, but I do have oilers lurking in behind. I can flank run in with my destroyers a little bit, as well as cruisers, but not too far. I should note John put his BBs and CB in his his carriers and they engaged my PTs multiple times. The ammo of his BBs and other ships has been ...

<t> 4 divisions with high forts will be a very tough nut to crack. Good luck. Will probably need repeated bombardment so if you can capture Madras with its port and plant AKEs there and fuel, might help. You can't bring your BBs in to bombard Calcutta unfortunately, but repeated CA/CL/DD ...

<r> <B><s>[b]</s>April 11th, 1944<e>[/b]</e></B><br/>
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Not the big battle we were expecting. John flees, perhaps in the direction that makes the most sense and one I had though he would do if he did flee: southwest. Unfortunately, my ships had gone in a direction more towards Wake Island ...

<t> I would advise against revealing your hand needlessly as to where your carriers are. Not to say that you shouldn't conduct raids where his KB is not, but pick your targets so as to get some transactional value from it. Giving your opponent knowledge of your CV location is valuable, you should be ...

<t> We'll see what happens; I opted to send my DDs and CA/DD force in at flank speed, with one DD moving down to intercept anything coming at Midway. The cruisers and one DD TF are trying to move west and down. My undamaged CVEs and my BB task forces move at flank speed slightly north and then to ...

Yes, I know their function; I'm just not detail-oriented to use them enough. I'll make an effort to get them to forward bases for the future.

Frankly, I think its an open question if John continues with the landing. I'll happily take that if he does.

<t> Yes, I need to get better at using my auxiliaries. I have all the above up in the Aleutians. Keep in mind I only control half of them. Adak, etc. have lots of Japanese fighters, bombers, but I have plentiful of each of those up there as well. <br/>
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I have had no indications whatsoever of ...

<r> No, sorry I didn't give the full picture. The TF with BB Yamashiro, etc. that wasted all its ammo included what looked to very much be an amphibious invasion force with numerous xAKs, DMSs, and escorts. I just snipped them from the photo. There is definitely an invasion force there with all his ...

Not much, 14+12 shore party, level 4 port. 45k supply.

<r> Eh, I'll post it now so you can get the best possible sense of the situation. This gives full knowledge of my SCTFs and best possible knowledge of enemy SCTF strength. Note, fighters and some TBs from damaged CVEs diverted to Midway, which now has ~50 fighters. This might not be the final ...