August 13, 1943

3rd US Marine Regiment (+) makes an amphibious landing at Wake and takes back the island!

Ground combat at Wake Island (136,98)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 5586 troops, 94 guns, 135 vehicles, Assault Value = 192

Defending force 4768 troops, 30 guns, 0 vehicles ...

I checked the ammo and everyone had full loads for main guns and torps. I also realized the US carriers ran directly over three i-boats before meeting the IJN BBs. Chalking this one up to just was not meant to be!

What's the max speed of your BB task force? Sub encounters should've given an ...

In real life situation, it's not necessary that either side knows full enemy fleet composition in advance. Maybe IJN commander saw CVs as BBs and got scared? Or IJN ships were limited by a slower ship and couldn't pursue? CTF commanders would try to flee as fast as possible. In my understanding, pre ...

July 8, 1943

Two notable reports today. First, BB Musashi have survived our previous encounter. But today, it got another torpedo in the belly. Here's hoping that the big boy would stay in the repair yards for at least several months. The second report is from ONI:


CV Kaga is reported to have ...

Okay, I have finally finished reading this epic thread. Thanks for bumping it up. It's like visiting a museum now.

Sad it wasn't finished with a sole victor selected. I would speculate that if the Allied commander had been sacked and was replaced with a more tame one (for things like losing fleet ...

June 24, 1943

Japanese Navy brought carriers to the Marshall Islands again, so quickly. They've attacked Tarawa from the air. USN carriers depart Pearl Harbor, but not looking to intercept KB this time. All available nearby air groups are sent to Tarawa to counter the enemy carrier attacks. If ...

Battle of Marshall/Gilbert Islands
June 13-14, 1943

Prelude

Recently captured Tarawa kept getting reinforcements. Nearby islands of Maiana, Abemama and Tabiteuea were receiving amphibious ships, loaded with base forces, engineers and other support units. Everything north of Tarawa is ...

IMO, getting F6Fs is more important than the the number of carriers per se. Lots of carriers are coming off the ways, but you need to keep the experienced pilots alive. So the strike on Truk should await the F6F upgrades and a bit of training to regain experience lost.


All USN fleet carriers ...

May 21, 1943

New Zealand and USN forces liberate Tahiti, decisively defeating a thousand Japanese troops. Amphibious ships had to be borrowed from SWPAC, where KB recently showed up and hinted that we should be more careful there.

May 23, 1943

Allied forces capture Akyab. I figured out that I ...

May 11, 1943

US Marines capture Tarawa !

Allied Forces:
I US Amphib Corps HQ
1st Marine Div
1st USMC Tank Battalion
1st USMC AA Battalion
1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion
22nd Marine Regiment
3rd USMC Tank Battalion

Carrier Task Force 386 (RADM Spruance on CV Enterprise): 2 CV, 2 BB, 2 ...

May 1, 1943

Aaaaand, we've got a *Minor Victory* now! I do not think we're finished yet, but it's great to see the game finally recognizing my accomplishments, after 7 years of playing this campaign. I can now see the light at the end of the tunnel and hope to actually finish this playthrough by ...

Ok, I know those ships are disbanded (at anchor), within the port or off the coast, and thus are static targets. However, this attack makes them look as if they were bundled together in packs to biggest xAKs. Ships at anchorages are spaced out. This hit rate is more reminiscent of a dive bombing ...

April 24, 1943

SIGINT intercept indicates that "a Hiryu class CV is moving to Osaka/Kyoto". I've sent two submarines that were on patrol nearby to that location. One hit a mine and sunk. The other one would be kept stationed there for a bit. It's a long shot, but why not try ambushing a carrier ...

April 15, 1943

British and Indian units capture Cox's Bazar! It was lightly defended, just a thousand men of the 108th JAAF AF Bn, who did not put up much resistance against several allied infantry divisions. I've gathered around 75K troops for this offensive: 4 infantry divisions + several ...

Between April 1st and 8th, a couple of important operations took place.

From Pearl Harbor, a major raid against Wake Island was launched. At the same time, two USN carriers on patrol in SoPac were sent to investigate a significant increase in Japanese naval traffic in the Coral Sea. Upon facing no ...

April 1, 1943


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First things first, it's the Hellcats month, yay!

CBI

We've been pounding Japanese airfields in CBI almost non stop, and the reported numbers show +400 a/c destroyed since last month, resulting in very little enemy offensive activity along the ...

Roger that, BBf!

It's early March 43 now, and I've started landing troops on Ndeni. Marine Raiders and USN detachment are in. Engineers, coastal artillery/AA and supplies up next. USAAF and Marines will get a decent airfield there in time.

I can't really articulate what I need P/NG for. The ...

Quite an enjoyable read, thank you!

What a fighting spirit!

Hi everyone. It's been a while. Despite the war and everything else that's going on, I still have some power left in me to carry on with what I love. And I still love WITP AE.

March 1, 1943

Today I'll tell you about what's been going on in my campaign over the last month. Current score ...

I've sent delegation to my neighbouring Major AI. I had 100/Blackmail relations with them prior to this. Delegation was recieved well and the game said our relations turned to Allies. But in reality they became Hostile instead. I did not attack them or anything that turn.

Game version 1.20d / #153 ...