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Aug 20, 42

While Japs are busy and NZ, I quietly moved all my assets to Capetown then to Aden. Now I'm bringing the whole pacific fleet and Royal Navy to Counterattack Japs in India!


We have a HR that I can't started an amphibious attack from an off-map base. That means I have to bring my whole task force to Karachi first then head somewhere else.

So today, my whole fleet jumped out the wormhole and arrived at Karachi.
We killed more than 100 Jap planes on naval attack and escort with a loss of 16 wildcats, and an AP full of soldiers. Not too bad for the first day.
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Karachi at 40,8

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 113 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 33 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 28
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 45



Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 26
F4F-4 Wildcat x 125


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 16 destroyed, 4 damaged
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
xAP Dunera
DD Sterett


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Morning Air attack on TF, near Karachi at 40,8

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
B5N2 Kate x 27



Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 22
F4F-4 Wildcat x 110


Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 2 destroyed

Allied Ships
xAP Aorangi
AP Harris, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
xAP Bloemfontein, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Wilson
DD Stack
xAK Gard
DD Sterett
AP Zeilin


Allied ground losses:
1273 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 131 destroyed, 53 disabled
Engineers: 8 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 77 (75 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 28 (26 destroyed, 2 disabled)


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Morning Air attack on TF, near Karachi at 40,8

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 95 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 31 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 18



Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 22
F4F-4 Wildcat x 93


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-Ia Helen: 6 destroyed

No Allied losses


Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Karachi at 40,8

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 60 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D3A1 Val x 30



Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 19
F4F-4 Wildcat x 82


Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 19 destroyed

No Allied losses


Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Karachi at 40,8

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 116 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 33 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 26
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 5



Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 22
F4F-4 Wildcat x 98


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 5 destroyed

No Allied losses



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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Karachi at 40,8

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 108 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 35 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 2
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 26
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 18



Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 19
F4F-4 Wildcat x 88


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 6 destroyed
Ki-49-Ia Helen: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed

Aug 23, 42

My whole fleet are heading towards Socotra, and were attacked by Japs again!

Repulse need some time in yard, sys 15 and flt 12, not too bad.
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Socotra at 21,6

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 107 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 37 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 57
G4M1 Betty x 36



Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 26
F4F-4 Wildcat x 138


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 11 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 11 destroyed, 1 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat: 6 destroyed

Allied Ships
BB North Carolina
xAP Santa Inez
BC Repulse, Torpedo hits 1
xAP Lurline, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CV Enterprise
xAK Modjekerto


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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Socotra at 21,6

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 16
G4M1 Betty x 11



Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 18
F4F-4 Wildcat x 98


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed

Aug 25, 42

India

I sent in a British brigade to land at Socotra, the scout reported that there are only 5,000 Japs on the island. Most of them are non-combat troops. My main wave will come in tomorrow.

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Invasion Support action off Socotra (14,8)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

29 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
xAP Duntroon
DD O'Brien


Allied ground losses:
36 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards


OZ

we managed to shot down 20 Tojo and 20 Ki-45 KAIa Nick in central Australia today. And the intelligence shows there are a huge army marching on the trails towards Alice Spring. My estimate would be 5000 AV Jap troops,including a lot of tanks and Divisions.
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Morning Air attack on Tennant Creek , at 76,137

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 41
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 17



Allied aircraft
DB-7B x 16
B-25C Mitchell x 23
B-26 Marauder x 11
B-26B Marauder x 24


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 17 damaged
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 5 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
DB-7B: 1 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged
B-26 Marauder: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
B-26B Marauder: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 13
Runway hits 54


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Morning Air attack on Tennant Creek , at 76,137

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 36
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 13



Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk IA x 49


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk IA: 6 destroyed



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Morning Air attack on Tennant Creek , at 76,137

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 24
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 10



Allied aircraft
P-38E Lightning x 7


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed

No Allied losses



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Morning Air attack on Tennant Creek , at 76,137

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 15
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 10



Allied aircraft
P-38E Lightning x 5


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed

No Allied losses

Aug 27, 42


My troops took back Socotra with ease.
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Ground combat at Socotra (14,8)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 22802 troops, 431 guns, 406 vehicles, Assault Value = 914

Defending force 5906 troops, 54 guns, 76 vehicles, Assault Value = 57

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Allied adjusted assault: 532

Japanese adjusted defense: 12

Allied assault odds: 44 to 1 (fort level 1)

Allied forces CAPTURE Socotra !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), disruption(-), preparation(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1309 casualties reported
Squads: 13 destroyed, 26 disabled
Non Combat: 57 destroyed, 104 disabled
Engineers: 75 destroyed, 9 disabled
Guns lost 30 (18 destroyed, 12 disabled)
Vehicles lost 92 (59 destroyed, 33 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
182 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled


Assaulting units:
16th British Brigade
23rd British Brigade
14th British Brigade
8th Indian Division
I Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
XXI Corps Engineer Battalion

Defending units:
7th JAAF Base Force
3rd Engineer Construction Battalion
30th JNAF AF Unit
19th JNAF AF Unit
22nd Air Flotilla
31st Special Base Force /3


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3rd Engineer Construction Battalion Wiped Out at Socotra by attrition!!!

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30th JNAF AF Unit Wiped Out at Socotra by attrition!!!


Japanese Unit(s) surrounded at Socotra

Sep 01, 42

NZ

Jap troops marched into Wellington
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Ground combat at Wellington (112,191)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4552 troops, 188 guns, 191 vehicles, Assault Value = 2736

Defending force 50487 troops, 834 guns, 1206 vehicles, Assault Value = 1565

Japanese ground losses:
442 casualties reported
Squads: 15 destroyed, 36 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 10 (2 destroyed, 8 disabled)
Vehicles lost 16 (8 destroyed, 8 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
77 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)


Assaulting units:
56th Infantry Brigade
34th Division
15th Division
4th Guards Division
40th Division
8th Ind.Mixed Brigade
Sasebo 3rd SNLF
Guards Mixed Brigade
16th Guards Regiment
42nd Infantry Regiment
113th Infantry Regiment
Yokosuka 5th SNLF
2nd Mobile Infantry Regiment
1st Mobile Infantry Regiment
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
17th Army
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
2nd Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
14th NZ Brigade
Manawatu's (Mtd) Regiment
11th NZ Brigade
Nth Auckland (Mtd) Regiment
3rd NZ Brigade
Well'n's East (Mtd) Regiment
148th Infantry Regimental Combat Team
1st Army Tank Brigade
145th Infantry Regiment
Wellington Fortress
32nd Infantry Division
Auckland (Mtd) Rifl Regiment
7th NZ Brigade
Q Alexandra's (Mtd) Regiment
Waikito (Mtd) Rifle Regiment
2nd NZ Brigade
12th NZ Brigade
33rd Medium Regiment
15th NZ AA Bde
2nd RNZAF Base Force
N Force Detachment
RNZF OTU Wellington
21st NZ Pioneer Coy
16th NZ AA Bde
New Zealand Command
3rd NZ Division
97th Coast AA Regiment
24th NZ Pioneer Coy

Sep 05, 42

Japs suffered 18,000 casualties in their first attempt to capture Wellington. They will learn something from here.
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Ground combat at Wellington (112,191)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 146296 troops, 1477 guns, 599 vehicles, Assault Value = 5067

Defending force 50362 troops, 834 guns, 1201 vehicles, Assault Value = 1567

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 3

Japanese adjusted assault: 2326

Allied adjusted defense: 3769

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 3)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
17668 casualties reported
Squads: 215 destroyed, 1336 disabled
Non Combat: 31 destroyed, 139 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 58 disabled
Guns lost 152 (42 destroyed, 110 disabled)
Vehicles lost 74 (40 destroyed, 34 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
1371 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 115 disabled
Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 99 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 23 disabled
Guns lost 41 (1 destroyed, 40 disabled)
Vehicles lost 146 (13 destroyed, 133 disabled)


Assaulting units:
1st Mobile Infantry Regiment
Maizuru 3rd SNLF
56th Infantry Brigade
15th Division
40th Division
18th Division
2nd Mobile Infantry Regiment
38th Division
52nd Infantry Brigade
16th Naval Guard Unit
34th Division
85th Naval Guard Unit
113th Infantry Regiment
4th Guards Division
16th Guards Regiment
Imperial Guards Division
18th Naval Guard Unit
88th Naval Guard Unit
Sasebo 3rd SNLF
42nd Infantry Regiment
Yokosuka 5th SNLF
8th Ind.Mixed Brigade
Guards Mixed Brigade
53rd Division
19th Naval Guard Unit
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
17th Army
2nd Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
Well'n's East (Mtd) Regiment
1st Army Tank Brigade
3rd NZ Brigade
Q Alexandra's (Mtd) Regiment
Auckland (Mtd) Rifl Regiment
2nd NZ Brigade
145th Infantry Regiment
148th Infantry Regimental Combat Team
14th NZ Brigade
7th NZ Brigade
Waikito (Mtd) Rifle Regiment
11th NZ Brigade
Wellington Fortress
32nd Infantry Division
Nth Auckland (Mtd) Regiment
Manawatu's (Mtd) Regiment
12th NZ Brigade
3rd NZ Division
2nd RNZAF Base Force
15th NZ AA Bde
RNZF OTU Wellington
N Force Detachment
16th NZ AA Bde
97th Coast AA Regiment
New Zealand Command
21st NZ Pioneer Coy
33rd Medium Regiment
24th NZ Pioneer Coy

Sep 07, 42

My catalina works again. But they seem not go out attack ships everyday. Even there are targets all over the sea my catalina only fly every a few days.

Japs are pulling out of Wellington and they want to siege the city again with small amount of troops.
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 97,131

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 5 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes


Allied aircraft
PBY-5A Catalina x 10


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAK Yuzan Maru, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
xAK Zuisyo Maru
xAK Toho Maru, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk

Japanese ground losses:
1057 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 28 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 33 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 39 (35 destroyed, 4 disabled)



Aircraft Attacking:
10 x PBY-5A Catalina launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo

Sep 08, 42

50 Zeros were brought down by my LRCAP at northeast Australia. I can anticipate the next move of Jap is landing somewhere in the northeast corner of Austalia(cooktown, cains, etc...maybe townsville)

I'm too weak right now and don't have much resource to repulse him from landing at Australia land.
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Morning Air attack on Cooktown , at 92,137

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 70 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 25
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 45
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 37



Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk IA x 12
P-40E Warhawk x 21


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 8 destroyed
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged
Ki-49-Ia Helen: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 13



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Afternoon Air attack on Cairns , at 92,140

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 43 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 82



Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk IA x 11
P-40E Warhawk x 24


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 9 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk IA: 2 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 3 destroyed

Sep 09, 42

All the sudden Cooktown and Cains were suppressed by Jap naval bombardment fleet. They stay at 9 hex away and come in at the night, and i don't have anything on hand that can really hurt them.

Japanese paras dropped at Portland Road, which is north of Cooktown. It's a dot hex with a potential to build up to lv9 airfield.

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Ground combat at Portland Roads (91,132)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 651 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 31

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0

Japanese adjusted assault: 22

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 22 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Portland Roads !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-)



Assaulting units:
1st Raiding Rgt /1

Sep 10, 42

When Japs started their Australia Campaign,

Allied start to move and begin our India counter attack.

For some reason my transports jump out the wormhole 1 day earlier than i expected, and they are not covered by my carriers. Luckily the Japanese naval attack was moderate. And the losses are acceptable for a major operation.
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Karachi at 40,8

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 51 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 20



No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
xAK Admiral Wood, Bomb hits 1
xAP Duchess of Bedford
xAP Etolin
xAK City of Exeter, Bomb hits 1
xAK Si Kiang, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Santa Rita
xAK Clan Macilwraith, Bomb hits 2, heavy damage


Allied ground losses:
73 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)


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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Karachi at 40,8

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 57 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 27



Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
xAP Boschfontein, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
AP American Legion, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAK West Isleta
xAK Dundula
xAK Atlanta City
xAK Florence Luckenbach
xAK Maridal, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires
xAK Birminghan City, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage


Allied ground losses:
3846 casualties reported
Squads: 184 destroyed, 71 disabled
Non Combat: 224 destroyed, 91 disabled
Engineers: 45 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 124 (124 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 50 (50 destroyed, 0 disabled)



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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Karachi at 40,8

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 43 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 20



No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
xAK Clan Lamont, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAP Santa Maria
xAK Shirina
xAP Dunera
xAK Waipo
xAK Ekma
xAK Makena, Bomb hits 1, on fire


Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Sep 11, 42

I transferred hundreds of planes from Socotra to Karachi and ordered them to bomb Hyderabrad(sindh).
Over 300 japanese planes are shot down or destroyed on the ground. It's a day of glory for the Allied. And it cast a beam of light to the gloomy allied future.

Million tons of supplies and hundreds of thousands troops are unloading and Lv9 Karachi port safely.
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Morning Air attack on Karachi , at 40,8

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 20



Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 28
Spitfire VIII x 32
P-40E Warhawk x 75
F4F-4 Wildcat x 146


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 8 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Martlet II: 2 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat: 2 destroyed


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Morning Air attack on Karachi , at 40,8

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 41 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 26



Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 19
Spitfire VIII x 32
P-40E Warhawk x 71
F4F-4 Wildcat x 140


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 10 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat: 2 destroyed


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Morning Air attack on Karachi , at 40,8

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 124 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 41 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24



Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 17
Spitfire VIII x 32
P-40E Warhawk x 65
F4F-4 Wildcat x 123


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 3 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat: 4 destroyed



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Morning Air attack on Karachi , at 40,8

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 101 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 36



Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 15
Spitfire VIII x 31
P-40E Warhawk x 58
F4F-4 Wildcat x 105


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 5 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat: 4 destroyed


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Morning Air attack on Hyderabad (Sindh) , at 42,10

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 54



Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 19
F4F-3 Wildcat x 28
SBD-3 Dauntless x 106


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 12 damaged
A6M2 Zero: 9 destroyed on ground
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 5 destroyed on ground
G3M3 Nell: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-46-II Dinah: 2 destroyed on ground
B5N2 Kate: 2 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
Martlet II: 3 destroyed
F4F-3 Wildcat: 6 destroyed
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 destroyed, 10 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 15



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Morning Air attack on Hyderabad (Sindh) , at 42,10

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 23



Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 12
Hudson IIIa x 3
Wellington Ic x 98
B-25C Mitchell x 37


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 23 damaged
A6M2 Zero: 16 destroyed on ground
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 4 destroyed on ground
B5N2 Kate: 6 destroyed on ground
G3M3 Nell: 4 destroyed on ground
Ki-46-II Dinah: 3 destroyed on ground
Ki-15-II Babs: 1 destroyed on ground
B5N1 Kate: 5 destroyed on ground
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed on ground
B4Y1 Jean: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged
Wellington Ic: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 9 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Airbase hits 36
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 64



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Morning Air attack on Hyderabad (Sindh) , at 42,10

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15



Allied aircraft
Hudson IIIa x 9
Wellington Ic x 16


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson IIIa: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Wellington Ic: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged



Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 2



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Karachi at 40,8

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 88 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 32 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 33



Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 7
Spitfire VIII x 29
P-40E Warhawk x 49
F4F-4 Wildcat x 87


Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 14 destroyed

No Allied losses



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Karachi at 40,8

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 114 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 48 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 30
B5N2 Kate x 27



Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 6
Spitfire VIII x 21
P-39D Airacobra x 16
P-40E Warhawk x 41
F4F-4 Wildcat x 75


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 12 destroyed
B5N2 Kate: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed

Allied Ships
xAK Steel Inventor, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Robert Luckenbach
xAK Puerto Rican
xAK San Simeon
xAP Lancashire, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk


Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 23 (23 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 7 (7 destroyed, 0 disabled)



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Karachi at 40,8

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 65 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 30



Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 6
Spitfire VIII x 13
P-39D Airacobra x 16
P-40E Warhawk x 32
F4F-4 Wildcat x 58


Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 8 destroyed

No Allied losses


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Morning Air attack on TF, near Karachi at 40,8

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 33 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 22
B4Y1 Jean x 31
B5N1 Kate x 45
B5N2 Kate x 50



Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 6
Spitfire VIII x 12
P-39D Airacobra x 16
P-40E Warhawk x 25
F4F-4 Wildcat x 55


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 9 destroyed
B4Y1 Jean: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
B5N1 Kate: 11 destroyed, 5 damaged
B5N1 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak
B5N2 Kate: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
AP President Adams, Bomb hits 1
AP Wharton, Bomb hits 2, on fire
xAK Admiral Williams, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAK San Anselmo
xAK Admiral Chase
xAK Mahimahi
xAK Lillian Luckenbach, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Jeff Davis
AP President Jackson, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP J. Franklin Bell, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Leonard Wood, Bomb hits 2
AP President Hayes
xAK Clan Macquarrie
xAK Mana, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Admiral Nulton
xAK Susan Luckenbach, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
xAK Makua
xAK Andrea Luckenbach
AKV Doryssa
xAK Wilhelmina, Bomb hits 1
xAK West Camargo
xAK West Isleta
xAK Makawao, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAK Wind Rush, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
xAK Lancaster, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
AP Crescent City, Bomb hits 3, on fire
AKV Malancha, Bomb hits 2, on fire
xAK Admiral Cole, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Ewa, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Admiral Senn, Bomb hits 2, on fire
xAP Etolin, Bomb hits 3
xAK Steel Exporter, Bomb hits 1, on fire


Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 33 (15 destroyed, 18 disabled)



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Karachi at 40,8

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 67 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B5N2 Kate x 18



Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 4
Spitfire VIII x 9
P-39D Airacobra x 6
P-40E Warhawk x 21
F4F-4 Wildcat x 50


Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 6 destroyed

No Allied losses



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Karachi at 40,8

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B4Y1 Jean x 16



Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 4
Spitfire VIII x 9
P-39D Airacobra x 6
P-40E Warhawk x 20
F4F-4 Wildcat x 46


Japanese aircraft losses
B4Y1 Jean: 3 destroyed

No Allied losses

Sep 13, 42

We destroyed another Japanese key airfield in the Karachi area - Surat. 150 Japanese planes were torched on the ground.
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Morning Air attack on Surat , at 39,20

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 22



Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 80


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 22 damaged
A6M2 Zero: 27 destroyed on ground
B4Y1 Jean: 17 destroyed on ground
B5N2 Kate: 19 destroyed on ground
B5N1 Kate: 3 destroyed on ground
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 4 destroyed on ground
D3A1 Val: 6 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington Ic: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
58 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled



Airbase hits 76
Airbase supply hits 16
Runway hits 109


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Morning Air attack on Surat , at 39,20

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 22



Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 31


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 22 damaged
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed on ground
B4Y1 Jean: 1 destroyed on ground
B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington Ic: 2 destroyed, 9 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Airbase hits 7
Runway hits 19



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Morning Air attack on 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion, at 40,8 (Karachi)

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 10
Spitfire VIII x 20
Hurricane XIIb x 20
P-39D Airacobra x 30
P-40E Warhawk x 33
SBD-3 Dauntless x 100


Allied aircraft losses
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese ground losses:
99 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)



And we unloaded almost 120,000 troops at Karachi.
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Ground combat at Karachi (40,8)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 190546 troops, 2864 guns, 3589 vehicles, Assault Value = 7692

Defending force 51455 troops, 597 guns, 336 vehicles, Assault Value = 1699

Japanese ground losses:
97 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
Madras Police Battalion
2nd British Division
254th Armoured Brigade
Karachi Fortress
2nd USMC Parachute Battalion
73rd Motorised Brigade
6/6th Rajputna Battalion
36th Chinese Division
26th Indian Brigade
31st Armoured Division
26th Indian Division
20th Indian Division
46th Indian Brigade
14th Indian Division
19th Indian Division
267th Armoured Brigade
6th Indian Division
1st Somerset LI Battalion
98th Indian Brigade
3rd USMC Parachute Battalion
2nd Reserve Division
17th Indian Division
8th Indian Brigade
10th Indian Division
16th Light Cavalry Regiment
96th Chinese Division
6th Chinese Corps
2nd NZ Division
1st USMC Parachute Battalion
Waziristan Division
3rd Cavalry Regiment
99th Indian Brigade
200th Chinese Division
100th Indian Brigade
7th Indian Division
75th IAC Regiment
Punjab Division
7th New Chinese Corps
70th British Division
45th Indian Brigade
2nd Hyder Lancers Regiment
23rd Indian Division
5th Indian Division
1st Madras Construction Battalion
1st Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
3rd Hyderabad Base Force
1st Bengal Construction Battalion
12th Indian Engineer Battalion
95th Heavy AA Regiment
1st Central India Base Force
48th Light AA Regiment
AHQ India
1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment
26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
6th Medium Regiment
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
24th Indian Engineer Battalion
1st Indian Light AA Regiment
Pathan Construction Battalion
2nd Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
2nd West Coast Base Force
RAF 223 Group Wing
1st West Coast Base Force
4th NW Frontier Base Force
27th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
1st Bombay Construction Battalion
RAF 225 Group Wing
3rd Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
1st South India Base Force
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
India Command
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
23rd AA Bde
Sikh Construction Battalion
77th Heavy AA Regiment
1st HK&S Heavy AA Regiment

Defending units:
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
63rd Infantry Group
5th Recon Regiment
62nd Infantry Group
112th Infantry Regiment
Kure 3rd SNLF
64th Infantry Group
61st Infantry Group
2nd Formosa Inf. Regiment
2nd Sasebo SNLF Coy
5th Amphibious Brigade
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Mortar Battalion
56th Field Artillery Regiment
14th Army
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
5th Field Artillery Regiment
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Sep 14, 42

With the support of the whole pacific fleet and royal navy, and half of the allied air force. British, Indian, New Zealand and Chinese and US troops kicked the 80,000 Japanese troops out of Karachi. Though the casualties are higher than expected, it's still a great victory.
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Night Naval bombardment of Karachi at 40,8

Allied Ships
BB Prince of Wales
BB North Carolina
CA Exeter
CA Devonshire
CA Vincennes
CA Quincy
CA San Francisco
CA Minneapolis
CA Astoria
CA Chicago
CA Louisville
CA Chester
CA Northampton
CA Portland
DD Dale
DD Worden
DD MacDonough
DD Selfridge
DD Cushing
DD Grayson

Japanese ground losses:
213 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)

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Night Naval bombardment of Karachi at 40,8

Allied Ships
DD Humphreys
DD Norman
DD Thracian
DD Thanet
DD Tenedos
DD Stronghold
DD Arunta
DD Stewart
DD Pope
DD Parrott
DD Paul Jones
DD John D. Edwards
DD Bancroft


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Naval bombardment of Karachi at 40,8

Allied Ships
BB Resolution
BB Ramillies
BB Royal Sovereign
BB Revenge
BB Valiant
BB Warspite
BB Mississippi
BB New Mexico
BB Idaho
BB Colorado
CL Capetown
CL Caradoc
CL Newcastle
CL Enterprise
CLAA San Juan
CLAA San Diego
CLAA Atlanta
DD McCall
DD Gridley
DD Craven
DD Bagley
DD Russell
DD Mustin
DD Hammann
DD Anderson

Japanese ground losses:
1530 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 82 disabled
Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 118 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 38 (3 destroyed, 35 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)


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Morning Air attack on 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 40,8 (Karachi)

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
Sea Hurricane Ib x 9
Martlet II x 10
Spitfire VIII x 23
Hurricane XIIb x 21
P-39D Airacobra x 24
P-40E Warhawk x 28
F4F-3 Wildcat x 7
F4F-4 Wildcat x 69
SBD-3 Dauntless x 105


Allied aircraft losses
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
87 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)


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Morning Air attack on 17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment, at 40,8 (Karachi)

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
Sea Hurricane Ib x 18
Martlet II x 6
Blenheim IV x 12
Hudson IIIa x 12
Spitfire VIII x 16
Wellington Ic x 95
Hurricane XIIb x 12
B-25C Mitchell x 37
P-39D Airacobra x 32
P-40E Warhawk x 50
F4F-3 Wildcat x 2
F4F-4 Wildcat x 62


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington Ic: 4 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
428 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 33 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 64 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 32 (2 destroyed, 30 disabled)
Vehicles lost 19 (1 destroyed, 18 disabled)



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Ground combat at Karachi (40,8)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 206935 troops, 2918 guns, 3709 vehicles, Assault Value = 7706

Defending force 49436 troops, 591 guns, 333 vehicles, Assault Value = 1587

Allied adjusted assault: 9971

Japanese adjusted defense: 1903

Allied assault odds: 5 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
9774 casualties reported
Squads: 239 destroyed, 261 disabled
Non Combat: 260 destroyed, 103 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 165 (80 destroyed, 85 disabled)
Vehicles lost 129 (60 destroyed, 69 disabled)
Units retreated 22


Allied ground losses:
27536 casualties reported
Squads: 252 destroyed, 1923 disabled
Non Combat: 147 destroyed, 436 disabled
Engineers: 34 destroyed, 283 disabled
Guns lost 259 (21 destroyed, 238 disabled)
Vehicles lost 129 (12 destroyed, 117 disabled)
Units destroyed 1


Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
7th New Chinese Corps
Madras Police Battalion
2nd Hyder Lancers Regiment
200th Chinese Division
31st Armoured Division
36th Chinese Division
75th IAC Regiment
7th Indian Division
6th Chinese Corps
73rd Motorised Brigade
Waziristan Division
98th Indian Brigade
10th Indian Division
6/6th Rajputna Battalion
96th Chinese Division
2nd Reserve Division
100th Indian Brigade
19th Indian Division
46th Indian Brigade
70th British Division
2nd British Division
267th Armoured Brigade
20th Indian Division
17th Indian Division
26th Indian Brigade
254th Armoured Brigade
2nd NZ Division
Punjab Division
23rd Indian Division
3rd USMC Parachute Battalion
Karachi Fortress
1st USMC Parachute Battalion
1st Somerset LI Battalion
26th Indian Division
2nd USMC Parachute Battalion
6th Indian Division
8th Indian Brigade
14th Indian Division
5th Indian Division
77th Heavy AA Regiment
4th NW Frontier Base Force
RAF 223 Group Wing
AHQ India
1st West Coast Base Force
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
Pathan Construction Battalion
27th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
RAF 225 Group Wing
2nd West Coast Base Force
3rd Hyderabad Base Force
1st Bombay Construction Battalion
24th Indian Engineer Battalion
23rd AA Bde
1st Central India Base Force
6th Medium Regiment
1st Bengal Construction Battalion
Ceylon Base Force
26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
Sikh Construction Battalion
12th Indian Engineer Battalion
India Command
3rd Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
1st Indian Light AA Regiment
95th Heavy AA Regiment
1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
2nd Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
1st South India Base Force
1st Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
1st Madras Construction Battalion
48th Light AA Regiment
1st HK&S Heavy AA Regiment

Defending units:
112th Infantry Regiment
Kure 3rd SNLF
5th Recon Regiment
61st Infantry Group
62nd Infantry Group
2nd Formosa Inf. Regiment
64th Infantry Group
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
63rd Infantry Group
2nd Sasebo SNLF Coy
5th Amphibious Brigade
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
5th Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Mortar Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
14th Army
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
56th Field Artillery Regiment
17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment

7th New Chinese Corp was the bravest unit and they fight till last man!
Hats off for their valor and sacrifice!

And respect to the Punjab Division too!

Sep 17, 42

The Japanese troops retreated from Karachi were caught by our armor spearhead and defeated again.
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ASW attack near Lahaina at 186,103

Japanese Ships
SS I-16

Allied Ships
AMC Cornwallis, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
AMC Monowai
AM Matai
AO Kanawha
TK Harpa
TK Gulfdawn
TK Mindanao
PC Crawford
PC Morris

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Morning Air attack on 5th Amphibious Brigade, at 40,9 , near Karachi

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 6
Spitfire VIII x 3
Hurricane XIIb x 19
F4F-4 Wildcat x 39
SBD-3 Dauntless x 106


Allied aircraft losses
SBD-3 Dauntless: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
162 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


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Morning Air attack on 2nd Mortar Battalion, at 40,9 , near Karachi

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 12
Buffalo I x 8
Hudson IIIa x 11
Hurricane I Trop x 5
Hurricane IIb Trop x 6
Hurricane IIc Trop x 17
Mohawk IV x 8
Spitfire VIII x 5
Wellington Ic x 102
B-25C Mitchell x 28
P-39D Airacobra x 9
P-40E Warhawk x 15


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington Ic: 7 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
844 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 24 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 109 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 78 (5 destroyed, 73 disabled)
Vehicles lost 21 (1 destroyed, 20 disabled)



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Ground combat at 40,9 (near Karachi)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 64407 troops, 1257 guns, 1538 vehicles, Assault Value = 3830

Defending force 18194 troops, 163 guns, 72 vehicles, Assault Value = 500

Allied adjusted assault: 1205

Japanese adjusted defense: 114

Allied assault odds: 10 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: disruption(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
6526 casualties reported
Squads: 77 destroyed, 32 disabled
Non Combat: 312 destroyed, 27 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 21 (11 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Vehicles lost 22 (15 destroyed, 7 disabled)
Units retreated 6


Allied ground losses:
1286 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 115 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 26 disabled
Vehicles lost 5 (2 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Units pursuing 7

Sep 18, 42

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Ground combat at 41,10 (near Hyderabad (Sindh))

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3198 troops, 23 guns, 318 vehicles, Assault Value = 277

Defending force 12679 troops, 144 guns, 58 vehicles, Assault Value = 330

Allied adjusted assault: 163

Japanese adjusted defense: 117

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), experience(-)
Attacker: morale(-)

Japanese ground losses:
1185 casualties reported
Squads: 10 destroyed, 43 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
254 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 21 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled


Assaulting units:
254th Armoured Brigade
267th Armoured Brigade

Defending units:
64th Infantry Group
62nd Infantry Group
61st Infantry Group
112th Infantry Regiment
14th Army

Sep 19, 42

NZ

Japs started to invaded south island of NZ.
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Pre-Invasion action off Greymouth (107,191)

4 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
PC Ashi
PC Kaki
PC Take
PB Tatsumiya Maru
PB Taiko Maru
PB Shotoku Maru
PB Shoei Maru
PB Nikkai Maru
PB Nanpo Maru
AMC Bankok Maru
E Ishigaki

I moved in some Armor to beat the failed Jap para raid.
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Ground combat at Nelson NZ (110,191)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 810 troops, 4 guns, 58 vehicles, Assault Value = 52

Defending force 288 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 19

Allied adjusted assault: 12

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 12 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), preparation(-)
experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
54 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Assaulting units:
Nelson/Marlb. (Mtd) Regiment
Nelson Base Force

Defending units:
3rd Raiding Rgt /1

Sep 20, 42

I have to say that today's para operation has a deep impact on the course of the war until now(May, 43). And it's amazing how some small things can make such a huge different.

Jodphur is very lightly defended, only a Jap battalion and some other small units. I want to copy Championzhao's success in early war to take it by paras. The plan is practical well executed except one thing!
My hundreds of bombers sit at home at not too bad weather day and didn't do what they supposed to do.
My paras went in alone and failed to take Jodphur. There was a chance that if I take Jodphur I will chase Japs all the way to Burma, and took back the whole India in a month. Because at this moments not many Japs troops are in India.

However, Japs managed to moved in a tank regiment the next day and it's not possible anymore to take Jodphur. And this failure, decided the strategic situation in India for the next couple of years. Just one small thing, has a huge impact, huge huge impact. You will understand what I'm saying later on.

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Ground combat at Jodphur (45,14)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 930 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 50

Defending force 1461 troops, 20 guns, 28 vehicles, Assault Value = 45

Allied adjusted assault: 4

Japanese adjusted defense: 16

Allied assault odds: 1 to 4 (fort level 0)

Combat modifiers
Defender: op mode(-), leaders(-), disruption(-), preparation(-)
fatigue(-), experience(-)
Attacker: op mode(-), shock(+), leaders(-)

Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
131 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 21 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
1st USMC Parachute Bn /1
2nd USMC Parachute Bn /1
3rd USMC Parachute Bn /1

Defending units:
III./124th Infantry Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
11th Air Defense AA Bn /2

Sep 22, 42

India

Eastern Army took back Hyderabad(sindh).

100,000 Japs who used to defend Karachi and Hyderabad(sindh) were trapped in the desert and they will be destroyed.

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Ground combat at Hyderabad (Sindh) (42,10)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 114609 troops, 1987 guns, 2634 vehicles, Assault Value = 3646

Defending force 8763 troops, 186 guns, 41 vehicles, Assault Value = 275

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 0

Allied adjusted assault: 2954

Japanese adjusted defense: 10

Allied assault odds: 295 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Hyderabad (Sindh) !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: op mode(-), disruption(-), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
9573 casualties reported
Squads: 213 destroyed, 45 disabled
Non Combat: 379 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 18 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 182 (175 destroyed, 7 disabled)
Vehicles lost 34 (34 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 7
Units destroyed 1


Allied ground losses:
696 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 95 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
Guns lost 16 (1 destroyed, 15 disabled)


Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
2nd British Division
2nd NZ Division
7th Indian Division
26th Indian Division
75th IAC Regiment
Waziristan Division
31st Armoured Division
14th Indian Division
20th Indian Division
10th Indian Division
6th Indian Division
5th Indian Division
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
95th Heavy AA Regiment
77th Heavy AA Regiment
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
6th Medium Regiment
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
63rd Infantry Group
2nd Sasebo SNLF Coy
5th Amphibious Brigade
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
56th Field Artillery Regiment
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Mortar Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment


NZ

Greymouth falls today.
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Ground combat at Greymouth (107,191)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 23752 troops, 272 guns, 415 vehicles, Assault Value = 751

Defending force 917 troops, 7 guns, 30 vehicles, Assault Value = 24

Japanese adjusted assault: 521

Allied adjusted defense: 13

Japanese assault odds: 40 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Greymouth !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
108 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
366 casualties reported
Squads: 19 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 7 (2 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Vehicles lost 23 (23 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 2


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
113th Infantry Regiment
Imperial Guards Division
Guards Tank Division
62nd Infantry Brigade
10th Garrison Unit
16th Guards Regiment

Defending units:
Canterbury Yeomanry Regiment
Greymouth Base Force


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Ground combat at Nelson NZ (110,191)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 800 troops, 4 guns, 58 vehicles, Assault Value = 52

Defending force 204 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 11

Allied adjusted assault: 86

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 86 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
208 casualties reported
Squads: 26 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1



Assaulting units:
Nelson/Marlb. (Mtd) Regiment
Nelson Base Force

Defending units:
3rd Raiding Rgt /1