<t>June 29, 1943<br/>
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Implementation and Tactics<br/>
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I anticipate another week of attrition. Hopefully the men will make landing at Nassua this week. I also have decided to move forces up on the Japs’s western flank of NG. It hopefully that will add pressure and he will be forced to ...

<t>June 29, 1943<br/>
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OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW: Week 3<br/>
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Well, the IJN finally hurt us/ I had sent out an escort carrier group to provide support for the landing a Kirawina I. and a Japanese sub put a fish in 2 of my CVE’s. The Chenago and Suwanee both limped in the Lunda (I made sure to ...

<t>Implementation and Tactics: Week 2<br/>
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We decided to move 2 more regiments up to forward positions in the interior of New Guinea as well as seize additional coastal assets at Nassua ay. To that end we readied a landing force out of Brisbane. My commanders don’t’ know how much readiness ...

<t>OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW: Week 2<br/>
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The first week had gone well. Our bombing raids, particularly those directed at Lae, had pounded the Jap forces pretty hard and our commitment of fighters had paid off with a number of splashes. The Seabees had successfully landed and Woodlark with no ...

<t>June 15, 1943 Espiritu Santo<br/>
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Operational Implementation & Tactics<br/>
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Implementation:<br/>
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To carry out the first phase of Operation Cartwheel we had decided to solidify our internal LOCs and to soften the Japs up for future operations. We also needed to keep them guessing ...

<t>June 15, 1943 Espiritu Santo<br/>
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Thunderstorms rolled over the South Pacific Theater as my transport plan set down on the airfield. HQ staff met me at the tarmac - eager as I to set Operation Cartwheel in motion. To my liking, I have been provided only the most general of commands, free to ...

<t>I hope this is will be fun reading as well as something of a very basic newbie strategy/game overview. I have finished messing around with a few aspects of the game, have read the manual, and chosen to write this AAR of Scenario 11 (Operation Cartwheel) as the Americans. I chose that scenario ...