May 16th 1943 Allied adjusted assault: 22 Japanese adjusted defense: 387 Allied assault odds: 1 to 17 (fort level 2) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), preparation(-) experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: leaders(-) Are the Keystone Kops your regimental staff? ;)

That just deepens the mystery for me - the Japanese came in at 22-23 K and 4 minutes warning. Your fighters were patrolling at 5-6 K and would take 30-45 minutes to reach the Zeros. The weather was severe storms. So the Japanese could not detect the allied fighters and just hung around like LRCAP u...

Talked with Paul on the phone and we discussed WINTER Weather in the Aleutians. Thinking on it reminded me of one of those old Bantam Military Histories--"The Thousand Mile War." Anyone remember that one? Lordy, I grew up reading those books and have very fond memories of them. Anyone rem...

Warofthe2ndWorld wrote: ↑Sat Sep 24, 2022 2:10 am Wait, why not save one of the two super battleships and turn it into a museum?

And what of the rest of their fleet? Cruisers? Destroyers? And more importantly, the remaining carriers?

And what is the VP count?

"The Japanese are also being incredibly persistent in China despite being rebuffed dozens of times over the past couple of months. Not necessarily a bad strategy, as it depletes supplies and over time could lead to a breakthrough." On the other hand, doesn't it also lead to considerable nu...

njp72 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 30, 2022 10:17 pm Dying hard at Noumea Japanese style

Does "Japanese style" mean inflicting no casualties on the enemy?

Let's hope she's deep enough to keep her safe from the salvage pirates. She is, after all, a war grave.

Therefore we need to be able to grind the Japanese economy into dust. I will not be able to cut off Honshu from ressources completely - as many can travel via land since China is completely taken. This leaves actually making it impossible for the Japanese to produce - which in turn means bombing, b...

Lowpe wrote: ↑Tue Jun 14, 2022 2:06 pm Next up is a heavy cruiser....interesting she is worth only 39 VP....

IIRC Kitakami is one of the pair of IJN "torpedo cruisers", with few guns but bristling with Long Lance tubes. Devonshire is a lucky ship to have closed to 1,000 yards, and dodged all the torpedoes!

njp72 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 14, 2022 10:30 am Not so good.

His damn subs are driving me insane. So far they have sunk a CV (Shokaku), a BB (magazine hit) and now another CL.

Plenty of counter measures are being employed but Lowpe really knows his stuff.

Ironic since the Kitakami is a torpedo cruiser.

Lowpe wrote: ↑Sat Jun 11, 2022 1:34 pm Jan 4th, 1943

Night Naval bombardment of Kusaie Island at 125,118

Japanese Ships
BB Yamato
BB Mutsu
DD Yomogi
DD Wakatake
DD Hokaze
DD Kikuzuki

He brought out the big stick!

This is the defense of Akyab....will turn off our bombardments because I am trying to tempt Japan into attacking here. Perhaps they will bombard with their warships and then attack! Ground combat at Akyab (54,45) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 5224 troops, 131 guns, 124 vehicles, Assault...

sPzAbt653 wrote: ↑Sat May 07, 2022 10:36 pm

a $1m prize for the best idea for a message to broadcast to whoever is out there.

But do we really want THESE guys knowing where we are?

A fair question, but that ship has sailed. "Amos & Andy", FDR's fireside chats, etc. are already 80 - 90 light-years out there.

I like a hybrid system: having an SSD C: drive for system and frequently used apps, and a conventional disk drive for downloads, media files, massive apps, etc. (I've been extensively modifying or building my own PCs for a couple of decades.) I get excellent boot times, and the read speeds on disk d...

Used a mass 4E bombing run on the 1st Tank Division...basically a one off to keep Japan flying LRCAP over these tanks. Destroyed several vehicles...Don't really like using the 4Es in a ground attack role, prefer to use them carrying supplies or in strategic warfare. I feel your dilemma -- but it's ...

Re: Warspite1's comment that "I find it strange that to some, the US get no blame for not getting involved in Europe or Asia because of public opinion, but the UK and France get no such defence." I do not offer the follow as hard and fast facts, but only speculation about a possible explan...

Very few conquerors are willing to stop once they really get rolling. Only death or capture brings their seizing of territory to an end: think of Alexander the Great, Attila the Hun, Timur AKA Tamerlane, Genghis Khan, Napoleon, etc. Hitler wasn't satisfied with Poland or even with France once he had...

Lowpe wrote: ↑Mon Apr 04, 2022 10:45 pm Nov 11, 1942

Slugfest in Burma....our troops are maneuvering to cut off more IJA units with the support of our combined Air Forces.

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Hmm. I don't often think of the Airacobra as a sweep fighter -- but nicely done!

Interesting that the Russians would "show their hand" instead of reserving it for their ICBM's:
https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine ... pon-2022-3

BBfanboy wrote: ↑Mon Mar 07, 2022 5:45 pm One can only hope that Trigger's crew gained some points towards experience gains with those two attacks.

Roy Rogers is embarrassed!