<t> I'm still only playing my first game (mid '42 as Allied vs AI), but was wondering if other people notice something a particular unit does and it becomes a favourite, following its progress cloesly through the course of the game? Given the sheer number of units in the game, you can't follow them ...

Hopefully I can get in as well. [:D]

Warwick, A, S. Leadership 65, Inspirtation 60.

Anything Australian. Failing that stick me in anything Commonwealth/British.

<t> Before this thread I'd never had a look at the Soviet forces to see what they had - I don't play Japanese and given how long before they become active for use for the Allies there wasn't a point looking at them.<br/>
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The Soviet forces at start are large and stronger than any Allied ...

<r> <B><s>[b]</s>13th January<e>[/b]</e></B><br/>
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The newly arrived reinforcements were quickly issued orders to move towards the front. The RN ships were ordered to join the fleet at Diamond Harbour, while the USN ships headed for Pearl Harbour. The Hurricanes were loaded on trains to head ...

<r> <B><s>[b]</s>12th January<e>[/b]</e></B><br/>
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During the day, the first major sea and air reinforcements arrived in theatre, despite plans to knock out the Germans first. A destroyer and three submarines became operational in the NEI and the RAN light cruiser Hobart arrived at Sydney ...

<r> <B><s>[b]</s>11th January<e>[/b]</e></B><br/>
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Allied commanders once more decided to pull allied air power out of Rangoon. The shortage of available replacements meant that one more big raid could finish off the defenders for some time.<br/>
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Coastwatchers operating from Lae on ...

<r> <B><s>[b]</s>10th January<e>[/b]</e></B><br/>
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Allied submarines shadowed the Japanese carriers throughout the night and day, but none got close enough to be able to fire torpedoes. <br/>
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The Rangoon-Tavoy battle followed the lead of the previous days, but losses were very light ...

<r> <B><s>[b]</s>9th January<e>[/b]</e></B><br/>
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During the night, the US submarine SS Porpoise was operating in the South China Sea in what had been a successful hunting ground for transports. Instead what the captain of the Porpoise spotted was not a transport but the flat top of a ...

<r> <B><s>[b]</s>8th January<e>[/b]</e></B><br/>
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Allied submarines and PT boats kept up their recent good work, with further attacks during the night and into the day. The submarines successfully attacked three transports, with one confirmed to have sunk. The PT boats chased down after the ...

<r> <B><s>[b]</s>7th January<e>[/b]</e></B><br/>
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Despite both sides suffering heavy losses the previous day, both air forces went into action again around Tavoy and Rangoon. First it was Allied night raids that took out three enemy planes and then it was the Japanese turn to attack Rangoon ...

<r> <B><s>[b]</s>6th January<e>[/b]</e></B><br/>
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The Australian, New Zealand and French ships heading to Guadalcanal came across a fourth Japanese submarine operating in the region. They dropped a number of depth charges and report that they defiantly hit. There has been no official ...

<r> <B><s>[b]</s>5th January<e>[/b]</e></B><br/>
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Night actions against Tavoy resulted in five more bombers being blown up. The Japanese have ceased all operations against Rangoon despite the weather having lifted in the region enough for attacks to have been able to go ahead.<br/>
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<r> <B><s>[b]</s>4th January<e>[/b]</e></B><br/>
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Nighttime is proving the Allies best opportunity for success, with the cover of darkness negating many of the Japanese’s advantages. The SS Trout made a successful torpedo attack during the night against a cargo ship just off of Japan, while ...

<r> <B><s>[b]</s>3rd January<e>[/b]</e></B><br/>
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Another night raid from Blenheims on Tavoy bagged a pair of bombers destroyed and a half dozen more damage. Despite this provocation, the Japanese ignored Rangoon, which was now defended by around seventy-five fighters. Instead they raided ...

<r> <B><s>[b]</s>2nd January<e>[/b]</e></B><br/>
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In a surprise move, Allied air forces in the Bay of Bengal region went on the offensive. Almost seventy P-40B and P-40E fighters returned to Rangoon, along with the Blenheim IF night-fighters. The Blenheims kicked off the new approach with an ...

Yeah, I figured that out after a while - though couldn't seem to use the transport planes to move them between islands. Had been taking to switching them to a non-restricted command, shipping them to Java and have been slowly switching them back to ABDA command.

<r> <B><s>[b]</s>1st January 1942<e>[/b]</e></B><br/>
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In a matter of great concern to Allied commanders, all sight off the Japanese carrier fleet was lost shortly after they entered the Bay of Bengal.<br/>
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Of equal concern is that the losses of P-40B and P-40E fighters have been so ...

<r> <B><s>[b]</s>31st December<e>[/b]</e></B><br/>
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The bad weather lifted enough for a few missions to be flown. The Allies worst fears were confirmed when the six carrier Japanese fleet was spotted in the straits between Malaya and Sumatra steaming north into the Bay of Bengal. Twelve ...

<r> <B><s>[b]</s>30th December<e>[/b]</e></B><br/>
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Bad weather and thunderstorms grounded air forces across most of Asia. Apart from a few scouting missions, the only combat mission flown during the day was a Chinese raid on Canton. They lost one SB-2c to AA and failed to cause any damage ...

<r> <B><s>[b]</s>29th December<e>[/b]</e></B><br/>
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With the forecast of improved weather over Rangoon, Allied commanders reluctantly decided to pull all operational planes out. Only three damaged P-40Bs belonging to the AVG were left behind. Analysts are suggesting that due to the break ...