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RE: it goes on...

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Castor,
 
Same as Ambassador!! I´m still following your´s and Cuttlefish AARs, thank you for the time you spent on it. Keep it going!!
 
Greetings,
 
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RE: it goes on...

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Castor,

Same as Ambassador!! I´m still following your´s and Cuttlefish AARs, thank you for the time you spent on it. Keep it going!!

Greetings,

Max


glad to have you onboard, it´s good to know there are still some readers. Otherwise it wouldn´t make much sense to do an AAR anyway. Unfortunately the AAR is far from how interesting it should be, there has just not been enough action since the last defeat of the Allies near the Gilberts.

We´ve got half a month done this weekend and should get some more turns done until mid this week, then it will slow down a bit as I´m moving house but should get turns out by early next week again.
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RE: it goes on...

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/02/43

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Day Air attack on Malir , at 22,4


Allied aircraft
Barracuda x 25
Sunderland x 4
Vengeance I x 16
Liberator VI x 30
Hurricane IIc x 8


Allied aircraft losses
Barracuda: 1 damaged
Vengeance I: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
Liberator VI: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 23

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Barracuda bombing at 15000 feet

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Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66

Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 54
A6M3a Zero x 15
B5N Kate x 54
Ki-61 Ic x 68

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 53
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
30 x Ki-61 Ic bombing at 2000 feet

a turn full of training runs and that´s it...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 196
D3A Val x 27
A6M5c Zeke x 42
A6M3a Zero x 113
B5N Kate x 16
P1Y Frances x 60
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 34
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 10
Ki-61 Ic x 69

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 159
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
TBM Avenger x 16
Avenger II x 7
B-25J Mitchell x 34


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 29

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Avenger II bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 2nd Mountain Gun Regiment, at 59,7


Allied aircraft
MiG-3 x 87
Yak-1 x 61
Yak-3 x 28
Yak-9D x 168
Pe-2R x 2


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
95 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x MiG-3 bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on 36th Division, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 9


Allied aircraft losses
B-25J Mitchell: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
61 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet

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Day Air attack on 41st Division, at 59,6


Allied aircraft
IL-2 Shturmovik x 17
Pe-2 x 39
Pe-2R x 1


Allied aircraft losses
IL-2 Shturmovik: 1 destroyed, 12 damaged
Pe-2: 12 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
171 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Pe-2 bombing at 8000 feet

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Day Air attack on 57th Division, at 59,6


Allied aircraft
IL-2 Shturmovik x 5
Pe-2 x 31
Pe-2R x 1


Allied aircraft losses
IL-2 Shturmovik: 3 damaged
Pe-2: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
138 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Pe-2 bombing at 8000 feet

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Day Air attack on 1st Division, at 59,6


Allied aircraft
IL-2 Shturmovik x 12
Pe-2 x 30
Pe-2R x 1


Allied aircraft losses
IL-2 Shturmovik: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
Pe-2: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
79 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Pe-2 bombing at 8000 feet

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Day Air attack on 107th Region Fortress, at 64,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 24
D3A Val x 24
A6M3a Zero x 57
B5N Kate x 117
P1Y Frances x 35
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 33
Ki-61 Ic x 12

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing at 2000 feet

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Ground combat at Irkutsk

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 503137 troops, 3292 guns, 2662 vehicles, Assault Value = 8580

Defending force 135309 troops, 1154 guns, 183 vehicles, Assault Value = 2574

Japanese max assault: 6289 - adjusted assault: 4303

Allied max defense: 2515 - adjusted defense: 6265 [8|][8|][8|]

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 7) [8|][8|][8|][8|]


Japanese ground losses:
18947 casualties reported
Guns lost 414
Vehicles lost 132

Allied ground losses:
3974 casualties reported
Guns lost 135
Vehicles lost 3

the ground combat at Irkutsk has just been a joke, to a more extreme extend it was even more insane than the fights in Australia. We had over 12.000 assault points, they were fully prepped, we had 1000 COMBAT engineers, the troops were fully supplied, it´s a clear hex and 2.500 defending Russian av was able to inflict over 100.000 casualties, 100% disable all 1000 combat engineers within two attacks and make the assault a failure. That´s ground combat in WITP. Not to forget is the fact that our troops mostly were of 99 experience while the Russian troops saw nearly no combat before...

on the other side, completely out of supply Chinese without heavy weapons kicked out our high exp and fully prepped divisions worth 3000 av from a wooden hex which should give us 6000 adjusted av just with this multiplier. It´s like I said, at this stage of the game it just seems like there´s a hardcoded negative multiplier for the Japanese in ground combat as it seems they just have to lose. I wouldn´t wonder if the 2000 remaining Russian av would kick us out from Ulan Ude as this is where we will retreat now. Due to 4 failed attacks on Irkutsk (again: there were 2.500 defending av) we have halfed our assault value. From 12.000 to 6.000. Quite ridicoulos.


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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 69980 troops, 703 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 1492

Defending force 84382 troops, 884 guns, 275 vehicles, Assault Value = 1638



Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Cairns

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 159756 troops, 1798 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 3331

Defending force 70461 troops, 513 guns, 52 vehicles, Assault Value = 1103



Allied ground losses:
37 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Townsville

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7345 troops, 235 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5533

Defending force 130565 troops, 1052 guns, 543 vehicles, Assault Value = 2114



Allied ground losses:
288 casualties reported
Guns lost 7


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 21388 troops, 220 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1332

Defending force 126389 troops, 215 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2364



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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 66426 troops, 782 guns, 275 vehicles, Assault Value = 1638

Defending force 72880 troops, 703 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 1492


Japanese ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Irkutsk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 5876 troops, 175 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2428

Defending force 513811 troops, 2819 guns, 2483 vehicles, Assault Value = 7377


Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Iman

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 38441 troops, 252 guns, 155 vehicles, Assault Value = 736

Defending force 20637 troops, 212 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 423



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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 17557 troops, 168 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2364

Defending force 67846 troops, 645 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1332


Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 110726 troops, 870 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 3263

Defending force 92742 troops, 822 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 1903


Japanese ground losses:
567 casualties reported
Guns lost 20

Allied ground losses:
53 casualties reported
Guns lost 6


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Ground combat at Townsville

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 66559 troops, 845 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 2106

Defending force 288834 troops, 3087 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 5533


Japanese ground losses:
169 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Cairns

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 46866 troops, 486 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 1101

Defending force 196279 troops, 1973 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 3331


Japanese ground losses:
57 casualties reported

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RE: it goes on...

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/03/43

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Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66

Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 52
A6M3a Zero x 16
B5N Kate x 54
Ki-61 Ic x 69

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 58

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-61 Ic bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 129
D3A Val x 27
A6M5c Zeke x 43
A6M3a Zero x 84
B5N Kate x 16
P1Y Frances x 71
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 12

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 90
Port hits 4
Port fuel hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Charter Towers , at 45,103


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 9
Liberator VI x 6
PV-1 Ventura x 10
B-25C Mitchell x 85
B-25J Mitchell x 27
B-24J Liberator x 16


Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
227 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Airbase hits 26
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 87

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing at 20000 feet

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Day Air attack on 13th Tank Regiment, at 59,7


Allied aircraft
MiG-3 x 32
Yak-1 x 24
Yak-3 x 9
Yak-9D x 63
Pe-2R x 1
R-12 x 1


Allied aircraft losses
Yak-1: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Yak-1 bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on 15th Field Artillery Regiment, at 59,7


Allied aircraft
MiG-3 x 54
Yak-1 x 37
Yak-3 x 18
Yak-9D x 101
Pe-2R x 1
R-12 x 1


Allied aircraft losses
MiG-3: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
76 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x MiG-3 bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on 4th Ind. Brigade, at 22,5


Allied aircraft
Corsair IV x 13
Barracuda x 25
Spitfire Vb x 32
Vengeance I x 13
Liberator VI x 33
P-47D Thunderbolt x 43
Hurricane IIc x 16


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
130 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on 1st Division, at 59,6


Allied aircraft
Pe-2 x 31
Pe-2R x 1
R-12 x 1


Allied aircraft losses
Pe-2: 1 destroyed, 15 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
44 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Pe-2 bombing at 8000 feet

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Day Air attack on 11th Division, at 59,6


Allied aircraft
IL-2 Shturmovik x 18
Pe-2 x 33
Pe-2R x 1
R-12 x 1


Allied aircraft losses
IL-2 Shturmovik: 3 destroyed, 12 damaged
Pe-2: 1 destroyed, 16 damaged
R-12: 1 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Pe-2 bombing at 8000 feet

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Day Air attack on 18th Division, at 46,103


Allied aircraft
Liberator VI x 9
Ventura V x 12
PV-1 Ventura x 9
B-25C Mitchell x 77
B-25J Mitchell x 23
B-24J Liberator x 15


Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
Ventura V: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 3 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed, 17 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
143 casualties reported
Guns lost 10

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ventura V bombing at 20000 feet

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Day Air attack on Imperial Guards Division, at 46,103


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 13
PV-1 Ventura x 31
B-25C Mitchell x 14
B-25J Mitchell x 41


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 2 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 9 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 10 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
50 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 20000 feet

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Day Air attack on 60th Division, at 59,6


Allied aircraft
Pe-2 x 27
Pe-2R x 1
R-12 x 1


Allied aircraft losses
Pe-2: 1 destroyed, 15 damaged
R-12: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
32 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Pe-2 bombing at 8000 feet
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Day Air attack on 42nd Division, at 46,103


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 9
PV-1 Ventura x 15
B-25C Mitchell x 17
B-25J Mitchell x 20


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 2 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 5 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 20000 feet

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Day Air attack on 107th Region Fortress, at 64,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 24
D3A Val x 24
A6M3a Zero x 63
B5N Kate x 114
P1Y Frances x 37
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 33
Ki-61 Ic x 12

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing at 2000 feet

example of the air war at the moment. We lose between 6 and a dozen ac daily doing training runs, the enemy loses around 20 ac attacking hexes with a more or less insane number of Japanese flak guns as I´ve massed nearly all available AA units in those hexes.


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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 69992 troops, 706 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 1491

Defending force 84116 troops, 880 guns, 271 vehicles, Assault Value = 1637



Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 58116 troops, 627 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1333

Defending force 126585 troops, 218 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2376



Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Cairns

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 159873 troops, 1802 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 3336

Defending force 70490 troops, 515 guns, 52 vehicles, Assault Value = 1104



Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Townsville

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7421 troops, 237 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5573

Defending force 132847 troops, 1084 guns, 544 vehicles, Assault Value = 2219



Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 66220 troops, 778 guns, 271 vehicles, Assault Value = 1637

Defending force 72932 troops, 706 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 1491


Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Irkutsk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 5904 troops, 179 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2446

Defending force 191742 troops, 1054 guns, 346 vehicles, Assault Value = 2698


Japanese ground losses:
1713 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

The enemy inflicts with 179 guns in a bombardment half of the losses we inflicted on the enemy when we had half a million (YES! 500.000) troops attacking... I´m missing the right smiley...[>:]

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Ground combat at Iman

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 41159 troops, 244 guns, 155 vehicles, Assault Value = 730

Defending force 29275 troops, 338 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 587

Allied max assault: 598 - adjusted assault: 235

Japanese max defense: 602 - adjusted defense: 1333

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
159 casualties reported
Guns lost 13

Allied ground losses:
1486 casualties reported
Guns lost 39
Vehicles lost 1

wow! We weren´t kicked out? Looking at the av of the enemy over time, the Russian are clearly starving here and it´s a mountaineous hex. Nevertheless, our adjusted av is far from what it should look like considering the fact that the mountains give you a 3 time positive multiplier.

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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 17561 troops, 170 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2376

Defending force 67933 troops, 650 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1333


Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 111168 troops, 883 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 3292

Defending force 92352 troops, 809 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1893


Japanese ground losses:
162 casualties reported
Guns lost 10

Allied ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Townsville

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 66880 troops, 859 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 2219

Defending force 289413 troops, 3094 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 5573


Japanese ground losses:
102 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Cairns

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 46885 troops, 489 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 1101

Defending force 196255 troops, 1976 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 3336


Japanese ground losses:
54 casualties reported



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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/04/43

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Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66

Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 51
A6M3a Zero x 21
B5N Kate x 48
Ki-61 Ic x 69

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 55
Port hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-61 Ic bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 129
D3A Val x 27
A6M5c Zeke x 43
A6M3a Zero x 88
B5N Kate x 16
P1Y Frances x 73
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 12

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 112
Port hits 6
Port fuel hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Charter Towers , at 45,103


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 12
Liberator VI x 10
PV-1 Ventura x 15
B-25C Mitchell x 95
B-25J Mitchell x 32
B-24J Liberator x 23


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 3 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
306 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Airbase hits 21
Airbase supply hits 9
Runway hits 107

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing at 20000 feet

one good example of how borked WITP is (and I´ve already mentioned this) is the fact that you can damage an airfield/port more than just 100%. It´s not just 100% destroyed, it´s destroyed destroyed, so completely destroyed... ehm, destroyed... I´ve got something like 800 engineers at this base and when I look at the base, the airfield is still 100% destroyed. During a turn, first the attack, at the end the repairs. If 800 eng can´t repair a single percent then this means the airfield was something like 150% destroyed... just crazy. And usually only hits the Japanese as the Allied most often have so many eng vehicles that it doesn´t matter if the airfield is 100%, 150% or even 200% damaged. It´s repaired within no time. Same as the fact that those eng vehicles can build a maginot line while being assaulted by 500.000 enemies within 3 days. Seen it too often that a fort goes up from 8 to 9 in just a couple of days.

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
TBM Avenger x 18
Avenger II x 7
B-25J Mitchell x 34


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 65

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Avenger II bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Blagoveshchensk , at 69,23

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 8 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 21000 feet

the enemy is starving but nearly half of my bombers are damaged, flying at 21.000ft. Allied flak...

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Day Air attack on 1st Ind. Brigade, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
P-40N Warhawk x 8
B-25J Mitchell x 4


Allied aircraft losses
P-40N Warhawk: 5 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x P-40N Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on 36th Division, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc x 5
B-25J Mitchell x 3


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 4th Ind. Brigade, at 23,6


Allied aircraft
Corsair IV x 5
Barracuda x 25
Spitfire Vb x 16
Vengeance I x 12
Liberator VI x 22
P-47D Thunderbolt x 29
Hurricane IIc x 16


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
198 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on 1st Division, at 59,7


Allied aircraft
MiG-3 x 40
Yak-1 x 26
Yak-3 x 12
Yak-9D x 75
IL-2 Shturmovik x 2
Pe-2 x 30
Pe-2R x 1
R-12 x 1


Allied aircraft losses
MiG-3: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged
Yak-1: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
Yak-3: 2 damaged
Yak-9D: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
Pe-2: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
64 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x MiG-3 bombing at 2000 feet

over 1000 ac set to attack... who cares...

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Day Air attack on 14th Division, at 59,7


Allied aircraft
MiG-3 x 89
Yak-1 x 57
Yak-3 x 27
Yak-9D x 164
IL-2 Shturmovik x 17
Pe-2 x 54
Pe-2R x 2
R-12 x 2


Allied aircraft losses
MiG-3: 2 destroyed, 17 damaged
Yak-1: 2 damaged
Yak-3: 4 damaged
Yak-9D: 1 destroyed, 16 damaged
IL-2 Shturmovik: 4 damaged
Pe-2: 7 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
155 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x MiG-3 bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 18th Division, at 46,103


Allied aircraft
Liberator VI x 6
Ventura V x 9
PV-1 Ventura x 6
B-25C Mitchell x 59
B-25J Mitchell x 30
B-24J Liberator x 6


Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 4 damaged
Ventura V: 7 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 4 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed, 18 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
172 casualties reported
Guns lost 9

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ventura V bombing at 20000 feet

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Day Air attack on Imperial Guards Division, at 46,103


Allied aircraft
Liberator VI x 5
Ventura V x 3
B-25C Mitchell x 22
B-25J Mitchell x 10
B-24J Liberator x 3


Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 2 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 11 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 10 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
91 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing at 20000 feet

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Day Air attack on Imperial Guards Division, at 46,103


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 16
PV-1 Ventura x 18
B-25C Mitchell x 25
B-25J Mitchell x 39


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 4 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
72 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 20000 feet

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Day Air attack on 30th Division, at 46,103


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 15
PV-1 Ventura x 26
B-25C Mitchell x 14
B-25J Mitchell x 40


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 8 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 5 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 5 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 15 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
178 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 20000 feet
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Day Air attack on 47th Division, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
P-40N Warhawk x 11
B-25J Mitchell x 6


Allied aircraft losses
P-40N Warhawk: 1 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
40 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x P-40N Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on 107th Region Fortress, at 64,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 23
D3A Val x 25
A6M3a Zero x 62
B5N Kate x 115
P1Y Frances x 35
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 29
Ki-61 Ic x 12

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
44 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on 108th Region Fortress, at 65,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 115
D3A Val x 12
A6M3a Zero x 25
P1Y Frances x 9
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 130
Ki-61 Ic x 33

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-61 Ic bombing at 2000 feet

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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 70022 troops, 712 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 1970

Defending force 83908 troops, 876 guns, 270 vehicles, Assault Value = 1637



Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 58085 troops, 623 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1336

Defending force 126641 troops, 218 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2382



Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Cairns

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 159990 troops, 1808 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 3339

Defending force 70501 troops, 517 guns, 52 vehicles, Assault Value = 1105



Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Townsville

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7525 troops, 241 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5589

Defending force 135522 troops, 1126 guns, 544 vehicles, Assault Value = 2268



Allied ground losses:
88 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 66112 troops, 775 guns, 270 vehicles, Assault Value = 1637

Defending force 95353 troops, 965 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 1970


Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Iman

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4072 troops, 33 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 582

Defending force 28996 troops, 319 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 579



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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 17519 troops, 170 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2382

Defending force 67925 troops, 647 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1336


Japanese ground losses:
2 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 111607 troops, 891 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 3312

Defending force 92257 troops, 803 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1891


Japanese ground losses:
192 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Townsville

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 67473 troops, 876 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 2268

Defending force 289218 troops, 3087 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 5589


Japanese ground losses:
70 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Cairns

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 46900 troops, 489 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 1103

Defending force 196315 troops, 1983 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 3339


Japanese ground losses:
55 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


One of those questions at the moment is: "where will the Chinese Army - that is out of supply - march to?". As soon as they meet some resistance I expect them to do another out of supply shock attack, still getting an adjusted av of a couple of thousand points... my recon flights tell me they are marching West on the road from Kweiyang...
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/05/43

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 159
D3A Val x 27
A6M5c Zeke x 43
A6M3a Zero x 110
B5N Kate x 16
P1Y Frances x 75
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 70
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 12
Ki-61 Ic x 70

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 167
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 36th Division, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 6
B-25J Mitchell x 3


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on 6th Ind. Brigade, at 21,3


Allied aircraft
Corsair IV x 5
Spitfire Vb x 7
Liberator VI x 25
P-47D Thunderbolt x 29


Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 14 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
125 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Liberator VI bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on 55th Heavy AA Battalion, at 22,4


Allied aircraft
Barracuda x 25
Spitfire Vb x 8
Vengeance I x 14
Hurricane IIc x 14


Allied aircraft losses
Barracuda: 4 damaged
Vengeance I: 3 damaged
Hurricane IIc: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
112 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet


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Day Air attack on 47th Division, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc x 5
B-25J Mitchell x 6


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on 107th Region Fortress, at 64,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 21
D3A Val x 22
A6M3a Zero x 66
B5N Kate x 115
P1Y Frances x 38
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 31
Ki-61 Ic x 12

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on 108th Region Fortress, at 65,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 20
D3A Val x 12
B5N Kate x 12
P1Y Frances x 11
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 9
Ki-61 Ic x 27

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-61 Ic bombing at 2000 feet

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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 70088 troops, 715 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 1974

Defending force 83518 troops, 868 guns, 270 vehicles, Assault Value = 1624



Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 58163 troops, 624 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1339

Defending force 126796 troops, 217 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2392



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Ground combat at Cairns

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 160127 troops, 1812 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 3339

Defending force 70550 troops, 519 guns, 52 vehicles, Assault Value = 1105



Allied ground losses:
45 casualties reported
Guns lost 3


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Ground combat at Townsville

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7621 troops, 245 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5628

Defending force 136001 troops, 1135 guns, 548 vehicles, Assault Value = 2275



Allied ground losses:
424 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 65865 troops, 768 guns, 270 vehicles, Assault Value = 1624

Defending force 95427 troops, 969 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 1974


Japanese ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Iman

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4032 troops, 33 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 581

Defending force 29113 troops, 321 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 585



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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 17543 troops, 169 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2392

Defending force 67973 troops, 648 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1339



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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 111929 troops, 900 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 3334

Defending force 91970 troops, 804 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 1880


Japanese ground losses:
292 casualties reported
Guns lost 9

Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Townsville

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 67661 troops, 882 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 2268

Defending force 290165 troops, 3120 guns, 19 vehicles, Assault Value = 5628


Japanese ground losses:
127 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Cairns

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 46880 troops, 490 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 1103

Defending force 196392 troops, 1987 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 3339


Japanese ground losses:
43 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported


a turn where exactly NOTHING happened... took me 5 minutes alltogether...
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/06/43

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Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66

Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 54
A6M3a Zero x 26
B5N Kate x 49
Ki-61 Ic x 82

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 51
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-61 Ic bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 184
D3A Val x 27
A6M5c Zeke x 42
A6M3a Zero x 60
B5N Kate x 15
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 70
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 12
Ki-61 Ic x 66

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 217
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
TBM Avenger x 19
Avenger II x 7
B-25J Mitchell x 32


No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 31

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Avenger II bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on Baker Island , at 94,92


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 51
Liberator VI x 15
F-5A Lightning x 5
PV-1 Ventura x 12
PB4Y Liberator x 12
B-24J Liberator x 15


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
Liberator VI: 2 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 3 damaged
PB4Y Liberator: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
91 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 58

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Wellington III bombing at 19000 feet

Baker now gets the usual visitors again...

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Day Air attack on 36th Division, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 8


Allied aircraft losses
B-25J Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
26 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on 107th Region Fortress, at 64,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 22
D3A Val x 18
A6M3a Zero x 62
B5N Kate x 111
P1Y Frances x 41
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 28
Ki-61 Ic x 12

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 108th Region Fortress, at 65,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 88
D3A Val x 12
A6M3a Zero x 20
P1Y Frances x 10
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 102
Ki-61 Ic x 27

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-61 Ic bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 108th Region Fortress, at 65,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 18
D3A Val x 10
B5N Kate x 10
P1Y Frances x 14
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 9
Ki-61 Ic x 27

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-61 Ic bombing at 2000 feet

while we are flying the usual training runs...

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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 48354 troops, 478 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1501

Defending force 82998 troops, 858 guns, 267 vehicles, Assault Value = 1616



Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Cairns

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 160148 troops, 1820 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 3340

Defending force 70461 troops, 517 guns, 52 vehicles, Assault Value = 1111



Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Townsville

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7648 troops, 245 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5665

Defending force 136047 troops, 1141 guns, 548 vehicles, Assault Value = 2275



Allied ground losses:
172 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 21416 troops, 224 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1338

Defending force 126825 troops, 215 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2398



Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 65545 troops, 759 guns, 267 vehicles, Assault Value = 1616

Defending force 73693 troops, 732 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 1501


Japanese ground losses:
114 casualties reported
Guns lost 5


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Ground combat at Iman

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4021 troops, 33 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 578

Defending force 29158 troops, 322 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 590



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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 17520 troops, 168 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2398

Defending force 68013 troops, 650 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1338



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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 112341 troops, 911 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 3361

Defending force 91888 troops, 794 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1878


Japanese ground losses:
469 casualties reported
Guns lost 34

Allied ground losses:
2 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Townsville

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 67960 troops, 887 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 2275

Defending force 291041 troops, 3140 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 5665


Japanese ground losses:
112 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Cairns

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 46802 troops, 489 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 1111

Defending force 196366 troops, 1994 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 3340


Japanese ground losses:
34 casualties reported

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/07/43

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Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66

Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 54
A6M3a Zero x 27
B5N Kate x 51
Ki-61 Ic x 82

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 43
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-61 Ic bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 179
D3A Val x 27
A6M5c Zeke x 43
A6M3a Zero x 61
B5N Kate x 16
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 70
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 12
Ki-61 Ic x 67

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 188
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet


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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107


Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 31


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Baker Island , at 94,92


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 35
Liberator VI x 9
F-5A Lightning x 3
PV-1 Ventura x 6
PB4Y Liberator x 7
B-24J Liberator x 11


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 damaged
Liberator VI: 1 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
50 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 42

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 19000 feet

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Day Air attack on 107th Region Fortress, at 64,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 23
D3A Val x 17
A6M3a Zero x 65
B5N Kate x 112
P1Y Frances x 43
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 32
Ki-61 Ic x 10

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
26 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 58,90

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 Ic x 71

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61 Ic: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter Mk 21: 10 destroyed

Japanese Ships
AG AG-2093, Shell hits 4
AG AG-2095

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Beaufighter Mk 21 attacking at 100 feet

the highlight of this turn... we sent dozens of barges towards Gasmata to deliver some supplies and ordered three Tony sentais to fly LRCAP to engage the expected barge busters... 10 of them were easily shot down...

the 4 penetrating hits from the 20mm Hispano did exactly NO damage so I wonder once again if this is a bug or bad design... you can sink the barges with bombs but cannon or MG fire does nothing... 20 mm Oerlikon fire from PTs is of course enough to wreck DDs en masse...

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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 48248 troops, 477 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1499

Defending force 82575 troops, 849 guns, 262 vehicles, Assault Value = 1610



Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Cairns

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 160354 troops, 1826 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 3344

Defending force 70473 troops, 518 guns, 52 vehicles, Assault Value = 1113



Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Townsville

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7694 troops, 250 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5691

Defending force 136313 troops, 1153 guns, 549 vehicles, Assault Value = 2284



Allied ground losses:
238 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 21458 troops, 225 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1343

Defending force 126820 troops, 218 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2397



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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 65292 troops, 752 guns, 262 vehicles, Assault Value = 1610

Defending force 73530 troops, 731 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 1499


Japanese ground losses:
31 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Iman

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3961 troops, 33 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 572

Defending force 29223 troops, 326 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 591



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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 17532 troops, 170 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2397

Defending force 68157 troops, 652 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1343


Japanese ground losses:
30 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 112645 troops, 925 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 3384

Defending force 91348 troops, 768 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1862


Japanese ground losses:
267 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Townsville

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 68240 troops, 897 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 2282

Defending force 292105 troops, 3180 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 5691


Japanese ground losses:
130 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Cairns

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 46852 troops, 489 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 1111

Defending force 196551 troops, 2000 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 3344


Japanese ground losses:
53 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


a couple thousand av will hold position at Ulan Ude (base South of Irkutsk) and the rest will move to finish off the Chinese once and for all...

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this is the interesting turn I´ve mentioned earlier... some nice action...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/08/43

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Day Air attack on Trivandrum , at 13,21


Allied aircraft
Catalina I x 2
Vengeance I x 10


Allied aircraft losses
Catalina I: 1 damaged
Vengeance I: 2 damaged

Airbase supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Vengeance I bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Malir , at 22,4


Allied aircraft
Barracuda x 24
Sunderland x 2
Spitfire Vb x 10
Vengeance I x 16
Hurricane IIc x 16


Allied aircraft losses
Barracuda: 5 damaged
Sunderland: 2 damaged
Vengeance I: 12 damaged
Hurricane IIc: 5 damaged

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 20

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66

Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 54
A6M3a Zero x 27
B5N Kate x 53
Ki-61 Ic x 86

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 40

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-61 Ic bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 196
D3A Val x 27
A6M5c Zeke x 47
A6M3a Zero x 62
B5N Kate x 16
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 70
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 12
Ki-61 Ic x 70

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 110
Port hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Charter Towers , at 45,103


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 35
PV-1 Ventura x 54
B-25C Mitchell x 44
B-25J Mitchell x 50


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 3 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
474 casualties reported [8|]
Guns lost 5

Airbase hits 15
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 73

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 20000 feet

the Allied have changed their target again... instead of bombing the troops at Townsville, they now wreck base and troops at Charter Towers...

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Day Air attack on Charter Towers , at 45,103


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 12
Liberator VI x 15
PV-1 Ventura x 15
B-25J Mitchell x 8
B-17E Fortress x 46
B-24D Liberator x 41
B-24J Liberator x 30


Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 2 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
298 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 109

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing at 20000 feet

moving in more AA units would be contraproductive as I would just lose more troops on the ground while nearly not achiving anything more...

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Day Air attack on Baker Island , at 94,92


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 40
Liberator VI x 13
F-5A Lightning x 5
PV-1 Ventura x 6
PB4Y Liberator x 9
B-24J Liberator x 9


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 5 damaged
Liberator VI: 1 damaged
F-5A Lightning: 1 destroyed
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
26 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 19

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 19000 feet

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Day Air attack on Ulan-Ude , at 61,10


Allied aircraft
MiG-3 x 36
Yak-9D x 20
Pe-2 x 153


Allied aircraft losses
Pe-2: 13 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
1444 casualties reported [8|][8|][8|]
Guns lost 20

Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 87

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Pe-2 bombing at 10000 feet

this is one of the example of the things when I´m saying the Japanese just have to suffer at this date in the war... the Pe-2 is even more crap than the IJAAF medium bombers. It carries 2000 lb of bombs (same as the Helen/Sally) but has only 5 hexes range. My troops are sitting behind level 9 forts and those crappy bombers inflict 1444 casualties this turn... 3 of such results would be the same as my 500.000 troops could inflict with a deliberate attack... insane...

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Day Air attack on 36th Division, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 10
Hurricane IIc x 5
B-25J Mitchell x 13


Allied aircraft losses
B-25J Mitchell: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
103 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet


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Day Air attack on 6th Ind. Brigade, at 21,3


Allied aircraft
Corsair IV x 5
Spitfire Vb x 9
Liberator VI x 30
P-47D Thunderbolt x 17


Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 1 destroyed, 25 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
48 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Liberator VI bombing at 15000 feet

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Day Air attack on 47th Division, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 6
Hurricane IIc x 6
B-25J Mitchell x 3


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 2 damaged
Hurricane IIc: 1 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on 108th Region Fortress, at 65,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 114
D3A Val x 24
A6M3a Zero x 24
P1Y Frances x 18
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 130
Ki-61 Ic x 32

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
34 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
26 x Ki-61 Ic bombing at 2000 feet

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and here we go...

Day Air attack on TF, near Colombo at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 45
P1Y Frances x 26
Ki-49 Helen x 37

Allied aircraft
Corsair IV x 10
Beaufighter VIF x 12
Beaufighter VIC x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 9 destroyed, 4 damaged
P1Y Frances: 12 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 3 destroyed, 13 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Corsair IV: 1 damaged
Beaufighter VIF: 2 destroyed, 8 damaged
Beaufighter VIC: 3 damaged

Allied Ships
CVE Battler, Bomb hits 15, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage <--- confirmed sunk
CA Sussex

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 3000 feet
3 x P1Y Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet

some half a dozen turns ago our DinahIII at Bombay have spotted a big convoy (some 40+ ships) leaving Karachi. This was confirmed by the DinahIII that are daily reconning Karachi´s port. First I had no doubt that this convoy will head towards Australia but soon I had to find out that this TF was heading towards Ceylon. So what the heck is my opponent thinking? To some point I can understand a lot, but in this game we have left this point of understanding far behind us... This TF is reported as mainly consisting of AKs, there are also DDs and obviously also CA Sussex. But there´s only one CVE loaded up with some Corsairs and that´s all this TF can field regarding Cap. Ceylon is within strike range of several of my bases and I can move in a hundred bombers and fighters within no time. Would I really have believed that this TF was heading towards Ceylon (and it took me long to believe that such a move could come to the Allied commander´s mind) I would have had far more bombers and fighters ready.

The Helens performed exellently in this attack, putting at least a dozen bombs into Battler before the first torp has hit it´s target. Needless to say that the CVE was finished off and sank during this attack before all bombers finished their attack runs. The rest of the convoy is unharmed but Bigbaba loses another CVE for... nothing...

and I don´t get it... I just don´t get the moves of my enemy...


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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 48254 troops, 481 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1500

Defending force 82318 troops, 843 guns, 261 vehicles, Assault Value = 1601



Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Cairns

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 160288 troops, 1829 guns, 19 vehicles, Assault Value = 3341

Defending force 70572 troops, 520 guns, 51 vehicles, Assault Value = 1116



Allied ground losses:
40 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Townsville

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7684 troops, 248 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5720

Defending force 136369 troops, 1154 guns, 550 vehicles, Assault Value = 2291



Allied ground losses:
165 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 21412 troops, 225 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 1340

Defending force 126974 troops, 217 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2405



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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 65096 troops, 747 guns, 261 vehicles, Assault Value = 1601

Defending force 73624 troops, 734 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 1500


Japanese ground losses:
74 casualties reported
Guns lost 11


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Ground combat at Iman

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3921 troops, 33 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 567

Defending force 20765 troops, 209 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 433



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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 17574 troops, 169 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2405

Defending force 67949 troops, 652 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 1340


Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 113045 troops, 940 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 3396

Defending force 73027 troops, 703 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1500


Japanese ground losses:
241 casualties reported
Guns lost 11

Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Townsville

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 68437 troops, 898 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 2289

Defending force 292771 troops, 3209 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 5720


Japanese ground losses:
94 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Cairns

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 46848 troops, 489 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 1112

Defending force 196495 troops, 2003 guns, 19 vehicles, Assault Value = 3341


Japanese ground losses:
39 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported

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CVE Battler is confirmed sunk near Colombo by superior Japanese forces. Another flight deck sunk for very light losses to the Japanese airforce. BANZAI! BANZAI! BANZAI!


H. M. S. B A T T L E R ( D 1 8 )



"ATTACKER" Class Escort Aircraft Carrier obtained inter US/UK Land Lease Agreement. The ship was under construction at Pascagoula, Mississippi by Ingalls and had bean laid down on 15th May 1941 for mercantile use as ss MORMACTERN. She was requisitioned by the US Navy on 26th Dec. 1941 for conversion as an auxiliary (AVG) to be named USS ALTAMAHA and was launched on 4th April 1942



This ship was transferred to the RN on 31st October 1942 when build was completed and and commissioned for service as HMS BATTLER, a name not previously used for an RN ship. Design changes made, based on the experience gained during build of the earlier ARCHER Class, included a larger hangar. Her propulsion machinery consisted of two steam turbines driving a single shaft as compared with Diesel engines used for previous conversions.







B a t t l e H o n o u r s



ATLANTIC 1942-43 - SALERNO 1943- EAST INDIES 1944



H e r a l d i c D a t a

None is list in official List of Crests but it is known that

unofficial Badge was used as shown in a 1944

photograph



D e t a i l s o f W a r S e r v i c e



1 9 4 2



October

31st Commissioned for Royal Navy service as HMS BATTLER



November Commenced Acceptance Trials

9th Sustained structural damage by striking a jetty during trials.

Passage to New Orleans for repair

10th Under repair.

15th Shipyard work completed.

(Note : It is presumed ship returned to builders yard on completion of repair in New Orleans.

20th Passage to Norfolk, Va

(Note : One source records that four SWORDFISH aircraft were embarked from Jamaica for

passage to UK and destined for 840 Squadron.

If ship joined Convoy HX220 which sailed from New York on 21t December the

these aircraft could have been embarked at Norfolk having been shipped to Norfolk.)



23rd Under further repair at US Navy Yard, Norfolk.



December

21st On completion of repair embarked 18 MARTLET aircraft for passage to UK

(Note : Four SWORDFISH aircraft may have been embarked. See above.

The MARTLET aircraft were destined for 840 Squadron.)

Took passage to join inward Convoy HX220 to UK during transit to Liverpool.

See above Note re departure date.)



1 9 4 3



January

9th Detached from HX220 on arrival in Liverpool

12th Taken in hand for modifications to suit RN deployment as an Escort Carrier.

Allocated for service in Western Approaches Command for Atlantic convoy defence.)



February Under modification including fit of British radar outfits,



March Passage to Clyde for work-up on completion of modification.



April Deployed in Clyde based at Greenock

(Note : It is assumed that personnel and aircraft for 808 (SWORDFISH) and 890 (MARTLET

Squadrons were embarked at Greenock

Aircraft may have been transferred whilst alongside or joined at sea in the Clyde.)

4th Commenced work-up including training of aircrew for Anti-submarine operations.



May Deployed for working-up in Clyde area and NW Approaches.

Nominated to provide air cover with escort for outward joint Convoy OS49/KMS16 during

passage to Gibraltar (KMS16) and West Africa (OS76)) in NW Approaches



June

4th Joined escort for OS46/KMS16 to provide air cover during passage to Gibraltar

13th Detached with ships destined for Gibraltar and provided air cover for re-designated

KMS16G during passage to Gibraltar

15th Detached on arrival at Gibraltar.

22nd Deployed with escort of inward Convoy XK 9 to give air cover during passage to Clyde.



July Detached on arrival of XK9 in North Channel

Squadrons disembarked

Nominated for support of planned allied landings on Italian mainland at Salerno

(Operation AVALANCHE)

Deployed in Clyde and prepared For AVALANCHE.



August Deployed in Clyde.

Embarked 807 and 808 Squadron personnel. with SEAFIRE aircraft



September

1st Took passage to Mediterranean

Joined Force V (Designated Force 88 for AVALANCHE) and took part in exercises in

preparation for landings at Salerno)

(Force V comprised HM Cruisers EURYALUS, CHARYBDIS, SCYLLA, HM Light

Fleet Carrier UNICORN, HM Escort Aircraft Carriers ATTACKER, HUNTER and

STALKER with HM Destroyers CLEVELAND, HOLCOMBE, ATHERSTONE,

LIDDESDALE, FARNDALE, CALPE, HAYDOCK, Polish destroyers ORP SLAZAK and

ORP KRAKOWIA deployed as screen).

6th Deployed at Malta with Force V.

8th Provided air cover during passage of assault convoys to Salerno.

(Operation AVALANCHE. For details see ENGAGE THE ENEMY MORE CLOSELY by

C.Barnett and the Naval Staff History.).

9th Deployed off Salerno during assault landings for gunnery observation and defence of the

anchorage against air attacks.

(Note : During this operation air attacks using radio controlled bombs were used for the

first tine in the Mediterranean. See above references.)

Some aircraft were landed when shore airfield was available.

14th After release from AVALANCHE Force V disbanded.

Re-embarked aircraft and took passage to Gibraltar.

20th At Gibraltar

Passage to UK

(Note : Other Force V aircraft carriers also returned during this period and provided air

cover during the passage of military convoy from Gibraltar. Further research is

required to establish whether ship was also deployed for this duty.)

22nd Nominated for service with Eastern Fleet for convoy defence in Indian Ocean based at

Bombay.

On arrival in North Channel disembarked aircraft and landed Squadron personnel

Embarked 834 Squadron and both SWORDFISH and SEAFIRE aircraft..



October Took passage to join Eastern Fleet



November Arrived at Aden and nominated to provide cover for passage of Convoy AB18A during

passage in Indian Ocean to Bombay.

4th Sailed from Aden with AB18

Detached from AB18 and took return passage to Aden

11th Provided air cover for passage of Convoy AB20 during passage to Bombay from Aden.

Deployed at Bombay. To be confirmed.



December

12th Provided air cover for passage of Convoy AB 24A during passage in Indian Ocean

from Aden to Bombay

Deployed at Bombay



1 9 4 4



January Deployed at Bombay

8th Provided air cover for passage of Convoy AB27 during passage in Indian Ocean from

Aden to Bombay

Diverted to carry out anti-submarine search operations off East African coast.

(Note : This was because of the known increase in submarine activity in Indian Ocean

For details see WAR WITH JAPAN Vol.IV (HMSO)

Deployed for aircraft search operations



February Indian Ocean anti-submarine search deployment in continuation,

Nominated for service with HM Cruiser NEWCASTLE and HM Destroyer QUADRANT

in Force 67 to take part in an operation to intercept U-Boats which were known to be

refuelled from the supply ship CHARLOTTE.

Passage to join Force 67 at Mauritius.



March Joined Force 67 and began air search as required by Flag Officer in HMS NEWCASTLE

(Operation COVERED – See above reference.)

5th Sailed from Mauritius with ships of Force 67.

12th SWORDFISH from ship sighted tanker with two submarines alongside.

Carried air strikes with SWORDFISH aircraft during which on one of the submarine which

was hit but managed to escape.

(Note : The supply ship, identified as BRAKE scuttled by crew on approach of HM

Destroyer ROEBUCK which had joined Force 67 on 6th March)

16th Returned to Mauritius,

Deployed for trade protection in Indian Ocean and on release took passage to Durban.

21st Arrived at Durban for refit.



April Under refit.



May Deployed for Indian Ocean convoy defence.



June Indian Ocean deployment in continuation.

(Note : Only one SWORDFISH aircraft of 834 Squadron was embarked.)

28th Provided air cover for passage of Convoy CM33 in Indian Ocean during passage

to Aden from Kilindini.



July Indian Ocean deployment in continuation.

11th Deployed with escort of Convoy KR11 during passage from Kilindini to Colombo.

Deployed at Colombo



August Passage from Colombo to Addu Atoll.

Deployed to carry out anti-submarine air patrols for Indian Ocean convoy defence

based at Addu Atoll.



September Indian Ocean deployment in continuation.

to

October



November Deployment for Indian Ocean trade defence in continuation.

Nominated for return to UK

8th Selected for re-designation as a Ferry Carrier



December Passage to Australia

(Note : It may be assumed ship had provided air cover for convoys to Australia.)

9th Took passage from Australia to UK via Panama Canal



1 9 4 5



January Passage in Pacific



February Passage to Norfolk, Va after transit of Canal.



March On arrival nominated for service in Western Approaches Command..

5th Deployed for Deck Landing Training in Clyde are and NW Approaches.



April Deck Landing training in continuation.



May

24th Deployed in Belfast area.



June Deployment for deck landing training in continuation

4th Transferred to Rosyth Command.



July Deployed for Deck Landing training in North Sea

to Nominated for return to US Navy

December



1 9 4 6



January Passage to Clyde to de-store and remove British equipment

6th Arrived in Clyde

(Note : It may be assumed that a large proportion of ships company were drafted

back top Depots and only a Steaming crew retained.)

18th Prepared for Atlantic passage.

19th Took passage to Norfolk, Va.



February Arrived at Norfolk Navy Yard.

12th Formally returned to US Navy.



Final Phase



This ship was placed on the Sales List soon after return and sold for demolition in Baltimore. She arrived in tow at the breaker’s yard later that year.



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Hmm, I'd like to see a story type AAR for this one:

Commander of Chinese forces: "We are out of supply men, we need to forage, FORAGE! pick those berries men! Careful not those ones, there those blue ones! Now you guys, we need to make some spears for our next shock attack."

Commander of Russian forces: "Be sure to eat your beans men, we're outnumbered 5-1. What? We don't have beans?"

Commander of Aussie forces: "Raise armored periscope"

Commander of British and Indian Forces: "Hmm, whats for dinner in this city? Dirt? Concrete? Bricks? At least we have sea water to drink."

Commander of US forces: "The good news is that thanks to those new jet engines our bombers now have 1 inch armor plate in addition to thier normal bomb load. The bad news is that our navy pilots are getting awfully bored sitting on land."
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Do the Allies have any flattops left by now?

Terje
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("She is to be torpedoed!")
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ORIGINAL: terje439

Do the Allies have any flattops left by now?

Terje


they surely have. I don´t know which or how many exactly but I guess the Allies should be able to field something like 300-500 carrier based ac. This includes CVs, CVLs and CVEs so it´s not as if there would be 5 Essex class carriers around, which there surely aren´t. 400 carrier based ac coming from CVEs are not comparable with 400 carrier based ac coming from CVs as the CVE squadrons are of poor quality and can´t be compared to the 80+ experienced squadrons I faced around the Gilberts.

Guess the enemy shouldn´t have more than one or two fleet carriers at the moment.
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ORIGINAL: terje439

Do the Allies have any flattops left by now?

Terje

At least two:

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And Castor, they must break you!



Flattop as a hairstyle ;)

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ORIGINAL: Zond
ORIGINAL: terje439

Do the Allies have any flattops left by now?

Terje

At least two:

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Flattop as a hairstyle ;)




you know what happened to Ivan Drago... [;)]
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/09/43

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Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66

Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 47
A6M3a Zero x 27
B5N Kate x 54
Ki-61 Ic x 91

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 48

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-61 Ic bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 196
D3A Val x 3
A6M5c Zeke x 47
A6M3a Zero x 62
B5N Kate x 16
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 70
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 12
Ki-61 Ic x 70

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 234

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Ulan-Ude , at 61,10


Allied aircraft
Pe-2 x 129


Allied aircraft losses
Pe-2: 4 destroyed, 13 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
323 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 46

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Pe-2 bombing at 9000 feet

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Day Air attack on 20th Division, at 22,4


Allied aircraft
Barracuda x 24
Spitfire Vb x 6
Vengeance I x 10
Hurricane IIc x 9


Allied aircraft losses
Barracuda: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
Vengeance I: 2 damaged
Hurricane IIc: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
62 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 47th Division, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 5
Hurricane IIc x 6
B-25J Mitchell x 9


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 2 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
66 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on 108th Region Fortress, at 65,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 49
D3A Val x 24
A6M3a Zero x 24
P1Y Frances x 25
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 128
Ki-61 Ic x 97

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-61 Ic bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 108th Region Fortress, at 65,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 27
D3A Val x 17
B5N Kate x 17
P1Y Frances x 52
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 12

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on TF, near Colombo at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 37
P1Y Frances x 48
Ki-49 Helen x 11

Allied aircraft
Corsair IV x 3
Beaufighter VIF x 8
Beaufighter VIC x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
P1Y Frances: 3 destroyed, 8 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter VIF: 4 destroyed
Beaufighter VIC: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Empire Citizen
MSW Rampur
AK Samphire, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Samtucky
AK Samur, Torpedo hits 1
AK Samoa
AK Samvern, Bomb hits 3, on fire
AK Samariz, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Empire Brutus, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Samoine, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Sampip
AK Samovar
AK Empire Beatrice, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Sampan


Allied ground losses:
36 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 3000 feet
4 x P1Y Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet

we keep attacking shipping at Colombo... I would have preferred to see attacks against the British CA but we attacked only some merchants, achieving not really a devastating effect... guess one AK is lost... Corsairs from Battler obviously made it to Colombo´s airfield but three of them on Cap aren´t a massive threat either... it looks like bigbaba is picking up troops from Ceylon... I would have done that differently but hey, who am I to give tips... [;)]

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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 48262 troops, 480 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1501

Defending force 82184 troops, 835 guns, 262 vehicles, Assault Value = 1599



Allied ground losses:
36 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Cairns

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 160455 troops, 1828 guns, 19 vehicles, Assault Value = 3345

Defending force 70680 troops, 521 guns, 51 vehicles, Assault Value = 1114



Allied ground losses:
35 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Townsville

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7793 troops, 254 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5756

Defending force 136831 troops, 1161 guns, 551 vehicles, Assault Value = 2301



Allied ground losses:
214 casualties reported
Guns lost 3


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 21379 troops, 226 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 1338

Defending force 127034 troops, 218 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2416



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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 65042 troops, 743 guns, 262 vehicles, Assault Value = 1599

Defending force 73712 troops, 733 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 1501


Japanese ground losses:
75 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1


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Ground combat at Iman

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3899 troops, 32 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 565

Defending force 20805 troops, 212 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 434



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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 17523 troops, 170 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2416

Defending force 67931 troops, 654 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 1338



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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 113322 troops, 948 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 3409

Defending force 95619 troops, 964 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1968


Japanese ground losses:
99 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Guns lost 3


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Ground combat at Townsville

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 68805 troops, 903 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 2298

Defending force 293791 troops, 3240 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 5756


Japanese ground losses:
83 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Cairns

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 46919 troops, 491 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 1111

Defending force 196657 troops, 2000 guns, 19 vehicles, Assault Value = 3345


Japanese ground losses:
48 casualties reported



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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/10/43

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Day Air attack on Goodenough island , at 56,93


Allied aircraft
PB2Y Coronado x 5
PV-1 Ventura x 50
PB4Y Liberator x 12


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 4 damaged
PB4Y Liberator: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
26 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 57

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing at 15000 feet

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Day Air attack on Charter Towers , at 45,103


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 12
Liberator VI x 28
PV-1 Ventura x 14
B-25J Mitchell x 8
B-17E Fortress x 41
B-24D Liberator x 118
B-24J Liberator x 31


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 damaged
Liberator VI: 3 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 8 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
228 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Airbase hits 18
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 220

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing at 15000 feet

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Day Air attack on Baker Island , at 94,92


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 46
Liberator VI x 15
F-5A Lightning x 5
PV-1 Ventura x 11
PB4Y Liberator x 11
B-24J Liberator x 12


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 4 damaged
Liberator VI: 2 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged
PB4Y Liberator: 2 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 56

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 19000 feet

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Day Air attack on 20th Division, at 22,4


Allied aircraft
Barracuda x 21
Spitfire Vb x 6
Vengeance I x 12
Hurricane IIc x 8


Allied aircraft losses
Barracuda: 3 damaged
Vengeance I: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
Hurricane IIc: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
36 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on 107th Region Fortress, at 64,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 24
D3A Val x 24
A6M3a Zero x 80
B5N Kate x 117
P1Y Frances x 55
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 33
Ki-61 Ic x 10

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
45 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 108th Region Fortress, at 65,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 45
D3A Val x 22
A6M3a Zero x 25
P1Y Frances x 24
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 126
Ki-61 Ic x 91

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x Ki-61 Ic bombing at 2000 feet
26 x Ki-61 Ic bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 108th Region Fortress, at 65,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 25
D3A Val x 17
B5N Kate x 15
P1Y Frances x 51
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 12

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet

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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 70693 troops, 737 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 1498

Defending force 81774 troops, 818 guns, 262 vehicles, Assault Value = 1594



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Ground combat at Cairns

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 160441 troops, 1831 guns, 19 vehicles, Assault Value = 3338

Defending force 70753 troops, 524 guns, 52 vehicles, Assault Value = 1113



Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Townsville

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7915 troops, 258 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5791

Defending force 136886 troops, 1165 guns, 552 vehicles, Assault Value = 2301



Allied ground losses:
157 casualties reported
Guns lost 5


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 21463 troops, 230 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 1342

Defending force 127129 troops, 218 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2416



Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 64814 troops, 728 guns, 262 vehicles, Assault Value = 1594

Defending force 73733 troops, 737 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 1498


Japanese ground losses:
21 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Iman

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3884 troops, 31 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 562

Defending force 20868 troops, 211 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 437



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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 17509 troops, 170 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2416

Defending force 68044 troops, 657 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 1342



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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 113600 troops, 955 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 3438

Defending force 95707 troops, 958 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1975


Japanese ground losses:
210 casualties reported
Guns lost 18

Allied ground losses:
43 casualties reported
Guns lost 7


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Ground combat at Cairns

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 46944 troops, 494 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 1111

Defending force 196578 troops, 2003 guns, 19 vehicles, Assault Value = 3338


Japanese ground losses:
24 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Townsville

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 68885 troops, 905 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 2296

Defending force 294792 troops, 3268 guns, 25 vehicles, Assault Value = 5791


Japanese ground losses:
48 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


bigbaba keeps telling me that something will happen soon and this should end this boring phase but I have yet to identify any major invasion preparations. No air offensives that could be seen as pre invasion work, no subs, no ships... nothing... the only thing going on at the moment are a couple of my divisions moving on Alice Springs. We identified two units there and as there are also enemy ac I guess this means something like a division and a base force...

if bigbaba is really up to a major amphibious operation then I´m going to expect another slaughter...
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RE: it goes on...

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/11/43

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Sub attack at 13,23

Japanese Ships
SS I-21, hits 3

Allied Ships
AK Samarovsk, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Sammex
MSW Baroda
MSW Patna
MSW Rampur
DD Rotherham
DD Roebuck
DD Rocket
DD Relentless
DD Redoubt
DD Rapid


Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

one of the troop carrying AKs leaving Ceylon is torped, our sub receives three near misses in return...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 202
D3A Val x 27
A6M5c Zeke x 46
A6M3a Zero x 35
B5N Kate x 16
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 35
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 12

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 113
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Goodenough island , at 56,93

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
PB2Y Coronado x 4
PV-1 Ventura x 45
PB4Y Liberator x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
H8K Emily: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 5 damaged
PB4Y Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
37 casualties reported

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 49

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on Charter Towers , at 45,103


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 8
Liberator VI x 19
PV-1 Ventura x 12
B-17E Fortress x 31
B-24D Liberator x 72
B-24J Liberator x 17


Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 2 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 7 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
297 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 183

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on Baker Island , at 94,92


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 32
Liberator VI x 11
F-5A Lightning x 4
PV-1 Ventura x 10
PB4Y Liberator x 8
B-24J Liberator x 9


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 5 damaged
Liberator VI: 1 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 2 damaged
PB4Y Liberator: 1 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
25 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 20

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 19000 feet

Baker Island seems to be the only logical target IMO... everything else should be off limits for the Allied at the moment...


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Day Air attack on 13th Division, at 21,3


Allied aircraft
Corsair IV x 7
Spitfire Vb x 19
Liberator VI x 20


Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 13 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
43 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Liberator VI bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on 36th Division, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 6
Hurricane IIc x 6


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Hurricane IIc: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 7th Mongolian Cavalry Division, at 47,36


Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 6


Allied aircraft losses
B-25J Mitchell: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on 47th Division, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 6


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 107th Region Fortress, at 64,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 22
D3A Val x 24
A6M3a Zero x 83
B5N Kate x 109
P1Y Frances x 62
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 31
Ki-61 Ic x 12

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 108th Region Fortress, at 65,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 48
D3A Val x 24
A6M3a Zero x 24
P1Y Frances x 24
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 129
Ki-61 Ic x 90

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-61 Ic bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on 108th Region Fortress, at 65,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 24
D3A Val x 14
B5N Kate x 13
P1Y Frances x 58
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 9

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 11,23

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 6
P1Y Frances x 29

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y Frances: 1 destroyed, 15 damaged

Allied Ships
CA Sussex
AK Samsylvan, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Samoa
AK Samovar, Torpedo hits 1
AK Sampip, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Samota, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Rotherham, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage


Allied ground losses:
55 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x P1Y Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet

we keep attacking the Ceylon convoy but unfortunately the bombers didn´t concentrate their attacks on the heavy British cruiser... one of those things I don´t understand, why is this heavy cruiser in this TF? No reason to risk it...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Colombo at 14,24

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 45
P1Y Frances x 13
Ki-49 Helen x 30

Allied aircraft
Corsair IV x 3
Beaufighter VIF x 13
Beaufighter VIC x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 1 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 10 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Corsair IV: 3 damaged
Beaufighter VIF: 1 damaged
Beaufighter VIC: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Samur
AK Samarina, Bomb hits 2
AK Sampa

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 3000 feet

We launched strikes from Bangalore and Madras today...

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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 70703 troops, 745 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 1499

Defending force 81315 troops, 810 guns, 261 vehicles, Assault Value = 1586



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Ground combat at Cairns

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 160508 troops, 1829 guns, 19 vehicles, Assault Value = 3340

Defending force 70770 troops, 527 guns, 52 vehicles, Assault Value = 1114



Allied ground losses:
77 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Townsville

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7956 troops, 261 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5818

Defending force 136870 troops, 1166 guns, 553 vehicles, Assault Value = 2300



Allied ground losses:
115 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 21410 troops, 230 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1345

Defending force 127052 troops, 216 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2415



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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 64495 troops, 722 guns, 261 vehicles, Assault Value = 1586

Defending force 73703 troops, 745 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 1499


Japanese ground losses:
60 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
Vehicles lost 1


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Ground combat at Iman

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3864 troops, 31 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 560

Defending force 20894 troops, 212 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 438



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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 17422 troops, 168 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2415

Defending force 68013 troops, 660 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1345



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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 113877 troops, 959 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 3454

Defending force 95140 troops, 932 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1957


Japanese ground losses:
197 casualties reported
Guns lost 12

Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Guns lost 3


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Ground combat at Cairns

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 46954 troops, 497 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 1107

Defending force 196602 troops, 2002 guns, 19 vehicles, Assault Value = 3340


Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Townsville

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 69073 troops, 911 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 2297

Defending force 295626 troops, 3301 guns, 25 vehicles, Assault Value = 5818


Japanese ground losses:
61 casualties reported

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RE: it goes on...

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/12/43

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Sub attack at 58,113

Japanese Ships
SS I-157

Allied Ships
AK Marcus Daly, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
MSW Lark

medium sized AK takes a torp between New Caledonia and Australia... one torp means usually nothing...

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Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66

Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 30
A6M3a Zero x 27
B5N Kate x 54
Ki-61 Ic x 96

No Japanese losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 46

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-61 Ic bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 231
D3A Val x 27
A6M5c Zeke x 44
A6M3a Zero x 62
B5N Kate x 16
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 69
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 12
Ki-61 Ic x 70

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 221

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on Baker Island , at 94,92


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 35
Liberator VI x 9
F-5A Lightning x 4
PV-1 Ventura x 10
B-24J Liberator x 7


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 damaged
Liberator VI: 2 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
33 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Runway hits 19

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Wellington III bombing at 19000 feet
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Day Air attack on Ulan-Ude , at 61,10


Allied aircraft
Yak-9D x 51
Pe-2 x 159


Allied aircraft losses
Pe-2: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
225 casualties reported

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 49

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Pe-2 bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on 40th Division, at 21,3


Allied aircraft
Corsair IV x 8
Spitfire Vb x 14
Liberator VI x 13
P-47D Thunderbolt x 39


Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
42 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Liberator VI bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on 36th Division, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
P-40N Warhawk x 9


Allied aircraft losses
P-40N Warhawk: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x P-40N Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 47th Division, at 43,32


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 6
Hurricane IIc x 6


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 1 damaged
Hurricane IIc: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
26 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 107th Region Fortress, at 64,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 25
D3A Val x 27
A6M3a Zero x 91
B5N Kate x 121
P1Y Frances x 62
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 33
Ki-61 Ic x 12

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 108th Region Fortress, at 65,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 24
D3A Val x 17
B5N Kate x 17
P1Y Frances x 52
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 10

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet
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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 70748 troops, 747 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 1497

Defending force 81008 troops, 796 guns, 260 vehicles, Assault Value = 1581



Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Cairns

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 160553 troops, 1835 guns, 19 vehicles, Assault Value = 3342

Defending force 70654 troops, 528 guns, 52 vehicles, Assault Value = 1110



Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Townsville

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7990 troops, 262 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5837

Defending force 137168 troops, 1166 guns, 551 vehicles, Assault Value = 2300



Allied ground losses:
184 casualties reported
Guns lost 3


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 21356 troops, 228 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1348

Defending force 126983 troops, 216 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2413



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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 64298 troops, 708 guns, 260 vehicles, Assault Value = 1581

Defending force 73808 troops, 747 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 1497


Japanese ground losses:
99 casualties reported
Guns lost 7


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Ground combat at Iman

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3844 troops, 31 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 559

Defending force 20952 troops, 212 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 441



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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 17410 troops, 168 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2413

Defending force 67995 troops, 657 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1348


Japanese ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 113932 troops, 958 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 3461

Defending force 94951 troops, 925 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 1950


Japanese ground losses:
319 casualties reported
Guns lost 12

Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Cairns

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 46964 troops, 497 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 1109

Defending force 196656 troops, 2008 guns, 19 vehicles, Assault Value = 3342


Japanese ground losses:
56 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Townsville

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 69231 troops, 911 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 2295

Defending force 296360 troops, 3336 guns, 26 vehicles, Assault Value = 5837


Japanese ground losses:
56 casualties reported


in China the starving Chinese Army is on the move to the East, attempting to cross the river one hex West of Changsha...
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