Hell Hath Not Frozen Over (Lowpe (A) vs Scout (J) ... Open)

[Lowpe]

Dec 29th 1941

American soldiers and engineers seize Marcus Island in the Central Pacific.

Plans for an airbase surrounded by water....

[RangerJoe]

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

Plans for an airbase surrounded by water....

Ummm, isn't that called an aircraft carrier? [&:]

[RangerJoe]

Minami-Tori-shima (南鳥島, lit. "Southern Bird Island"), also known as Marcus Island, is an isolated Japanese coral atoll in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, located some 1,848 kilometers (1,148 mi) southeast of Tokyo and 1,267 km (787 mi) east of the closest Japanese island, South Iwo Jima of the Ogasawara Islands, and nearly on a straight line between mainland Tokyo and Wake Island, 1,415 km (879 mi) further to the east-southeast. The closest island to Minami-Tori-shima is East Island in the Mariana Islands, which is 1,015 km (631 mi) to the west-southwest.

It is the easternmost territory belonging to Japan, and the only Japanese territory on the Pacific Plate, past the Japan Trench. Although small (1.51 km2 (1 sq mi)) it is of strategic importance, as it enables Japan to claim a 428,875 square kilometers (165,589.6 sq mi) exclusive economic zone in the surrounding waters. It is also the easternmost territory of Tokyo, being administratively part of Ogasawara village. There is no population of civilians, except personnel of the Japan Meteorological Agency, JSDF, and Japan Coast Guard serving temporary tours of duty on the island.

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After the start of World War II the Japanese garrison stationed on the island consisted of the 742 man Minami-Tori-shima Guard Unit, under the command of Rear Admiral Masata Matsubara and the 2,005 man 12th Independent Mixed Regiment of the Imperial Japanese Army, under the command of Colonel Yoshiichi Sakata.[15] The United States Navy bombed it repeatedly in 1942[16] and in 1943,[17] but never attempted to capture it (the island was featured in the U.S. film The Fighting Lady). Japan was able to resupply the garrison by submarine, using a channel, still visible today, cut through the reef on the northwest side of the island. The island was subject to repeated U.S. air attacks during World War II and finally surrendered when the destroyer USS Bagley arrived on 31 August 1945.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minami-Tori-shima

[scout1]

Though Marcus is a marketing stunt .... the Allies continue to do well against IJ Amphib TF's due to the Navy's lack of adequate protection .... The Army hotheads are demanding control .....

[scout1]

Meanwhile, all contact has been lost with the IJN Air Arm .... The Flattop drivers appear to be in mutiny .... Where have they gone ?

[Jorge_Stanbury]

ORIGINAL: scout1

Meanwhile, all contact has been lost with the IJN Air Arm .... The Flattop drivers appear to be in mutiny .... Where have they gone ?

TURKEY TROTS TO WATER GG FROM KAIGUN INFO CTF SEVENTY-SEVEN X WHERE IS RPT WHERE IS KIDO BUTAI RR THE WORLD WONDERS

[offenseman]

ORIGINAL: Jorge_Stanbury

ORIGINAL: scout1

Meanwhile, all contact has been lost with the IJN Air Arm .... The Flattop drivers appear to be in mutiny .... Where have they gone ?

TURKEY TROTS TO WATER GG FROM KAIGUN INFO CTF SEVENTY-SEVEN X WHERE IS RPT WHERE IS KIDO BUTAI RR THE WORLD WONDERS

Brilliant!

[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: scout1

Meanwhile, all contact has been lost with the IJN Air Arm .... The Flattop drivers appear to be in mutiny .... Where have they gone ?

The entire IJN is absent, allowing the Allied fleets to run riot over three separate invasion forces, Thundering Herd escapes almost unscathed....

The Allies pretty much have freedom of movement in all of December 1941.

[scout1]

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

ORIGINAL: scout1

Meanwhile, all contact has been lost with the IJN Air Arm .... The Flattop drivers appear to be in mutiny .... Where have they gone ?

The entire IJN is absent, allowing the Allied fleets to run riot over three separate invasion forces, Thundering Herd escapes almost unscathed....

The Allies pretty much have freedom of movement in all of December 1941.

I blame Fletcher

[scout1]

ORIGINAL: scout1

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

ORIGINAL: scout1

Meanwhile, all contact has been lost with the IJN Air Arm .... The Flattop drivers appear to be in mutiny .... Where have they gone ?

The entire IJN is absent, allowing the Allied fleets to run riot over three separate invasion forces, Thundering Herd escapes almost unscathed....

The Allies pretty much have freedom of movement in all of December 1941.

I blame Fletcher

And myself

[rustysi]

Time for seppuku?[&:]

[Bif1961]

Don't lose your heads he doesn't have the guts to commit seppuku.

[rustysi]

Dude?[:D]