<t> 10 December 1943: Allied troops suffered bloody defeats in Katha (attacking) and Kunming (defending)<br/>
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Northern Pacific<br/>
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A bombardment TF made of the BB Colorado and New Mexico, the CA Australia and Concord and 11 DD arrived during the night off PJ, sank a barge drifting ...

<t> Taking back Dili is an idea. Leo, please prepare this operation. You can use the remains of a defeated base force, three barges and three floatplanes, and you only have to defeat two US regiments. Banzai !<br/>
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9 December 1943: OJ under heavy air attack... once again<br/>
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<t> 8 December 1943: American troops took Dili, Allied CV returned to the Kuriles<br/>
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Northern Pacific<br/>
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During the night the submarine USS Scorpion sank two barges off OJ with gunfire and after dawn a PB4Y sank another off PJ. On the other side a patrolling Ki-49 found the SS ...

<t> 7 December 1943: the KB met a submarine off Mindanao<br/>
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Northern Pacific<br/>
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During the night and the evening the SS USS Scorpion chased unsuccessfully barges off OJ. It was the only « action » in the area outside artillery fire at PJ. There Allied losses were nil, Japanese ...

<r> 6 December 1943: increasing activity on the New Guinea sector<br/>
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Northern Pacific<br/>
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In the afternoon, 49 B-24D and 32 B-24J from Attu escorted by 23 P-38J raided PJ, did 101 casualties, disabled a gun and scored 2 hits on the airbase, one on supplies, 45 on the runways, 5 on ...

<t> Hi Leo,<br/>
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Yes, I'm sorry, but Real Life struck again... I had to struggle to keep my job, but it is now done, and I can come back to this AAR. By the way the game didn't stop in the meantime, but was of course slower.<br/>
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5 December 1943: another Japanese paradrop failed in ...

<t> 4 December 1943: the Allied fleet retired from Kuriles waters<br/>
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Northern Pacific<br/>
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During the night the SS I-40 was chased 360 miles west of Kiska by 7 SC and lightly damaged (20/3/0) by some near-misses scored by the SC-634.<br/>
60 miles more west, the SS RO-63 was ...

<t> 3 December 1943: Allied troops attacked everywhere, but Japan resisted<br/>
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Northern Pacific<br/>
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The night in the Kuriles was quiet with only two surface battles between American submarines and barges (the Tarpon sank one, the Sand Lance missed another) west of OJ. The Sand ...

<t> 2 December 1943: the Allied attack started in Akyab<br/>
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Northern Pacific<br/>
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One of the two Allied convoys off PJ had finished unloading troops yesterday, the other finished during the night (avoiding 54 shells fired by the defences, and reporting 43 Allied casualties).<br ...

<r> "My best friend"... I don't know if his choice of the attacked locations is so bad, but it is sure that the way he is throwing troops at PJ for little result is helping me. Its main error in this area IMOO is that he is not using his fleet to stop the supplies to reach the island, so enabling it ...

<t> 30 November 1943: Allied reinforcements were met by heavy fire at PJ<br/>
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Northern Pacific<br/>
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During the night the Allied fleet arrived off PJ and while transports anchored, 6 MSW and 3 DMS started to sweep barges helped by 6 DD and 2 DE. The SS Tarpon patrolling in the are ...

<t> 29 November 1943: Allied CV airmen bombed PJ<br/>
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Northern Pacific<br/>
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During the night the American submarine Sand Lance attacked a barge convoy off OJ but was now lacking ammunitions and only slightly damaged three of them. She sent a message pointing the cove where the barges ...

<r> Hi, Leo<br/>
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Game date is currently 23 January 1944, so AAR is way behind, but is advancing faster now.<br/>
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28 November 1943: the Allied fleet returned to the Kuriles<br/>
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Northern Pacific<br/>
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During the night the American submarine USS Sand Lance sank another ...

<t> 27 November 1943: a new air ambush over Katha<br/>
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Northern Pacific<br/>
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In the morning the SS Sand Lance heavily damaged a barge off OJ with gunfire while another was sunk off PJ by a patrolling B-24D.<br/>
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On the ground at PJ, both sides exchanged artillery fire. Allied ...

<t> 26 November 1943: the Allied artillery preparation began in Katha<br/>
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Northern Pacific<br/>
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During the night the SS Tarpon heavily damaged a barge off OJ with gunfire. Another was sunk in the morning off PJ by an Allied patrol aircraft.<br/>
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In the afternoon, 52 B-24J ...

<t> 25 November 1943: a bad day for Zeroes over Burma<br/>
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Northern Pacific<br/>
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In the afternoon, 54 B-24D and 48 B-24J from Attu escorted by 24 P-38J raided PJ, destroyed a Ki-49 on the ground, did 131 casualties, disabled one gun and scored 11 hits on the airbase, 8 on supplies ...

<t> I think I'm back in full WITPolic mode!!! [:D]<br/>
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This morning my girlfriend told me I had spoken during the night (while sleeping, something I did very very seldom). I asked her what I had said, and she replied: "Nothing understandable... Some noises like Jima".<br/>
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If only ...

<r> 23 November 1943: an Allied destroyer flotilla was slaughtered off Burma<br/>
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Northern Pacific<br/>
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During the night the submarine USS Tarpon sank two barges off PJ with gunfire and torpedoes but in the morning a Ki-51 based in OJ attacked and hit the submarine USS Tambor in the ...

<t> 22 November 1943: a good start in Kunming but a bloody defeat in Burma<br/>
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Northern Pacific<br/>
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An Emily was shot down over the Aleutians by the Allied CAP, while a Ki-51 flying naval search from PJ bombed and hit the submarine USS Tarpon off this island.<br/>
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On the ...

<t> Trascott, a quick reply will be that the two main Allied offensives in Burma and the Kuriles are taking most of the resources of the Empire, but also of the Allied, so there is comparetively (?) little for both sides in the South. But as the Allied had used to take empty bases, the Japanese HQ ...