Stuped Mestakes

[Knavey]

In the rush to get the game, I accidentally did NOT order the manual. I only did the digital download and did not realize it. Oh well.

[jomni]

January 42:  I left my bomber groups in Indochina in Naval mode despite having cleared South China Sea of Allied ships.  Naval transports appear at Burma (Moulmein).  Bombers go for them unescorted because of the long range.  Most of my fighters are busy gaining air supperiority in Singapore.  Result: 30 bombers shot down by the notorious AVG.  3 Air Groups now out of action until enough replacements are shipped. [:@]

[Hokum]

Thinking that 4 heavy cruisers and of bunch of DDs would do the trick against the Boise at Davao.

[gladiatt]

original WITP, not AE, but still:

thinking 2 australians CA (Canberra and can't remenber the other)+4DD could match a jap surface TF.....and discover 6CA 2CL and 12 DD.....jap player just loose CL Katori for all australians ships [8|]

[Gilbert]

ORIGINAL: gladiatt

original WITP, not AE, but still:

thinking 2 australians CA (Canberra and can't remenber the other)+4DD could match a jap surface TF.....and discover 6CA 2CL and 12 DD.....jap player just loose CL Katori for all australians ships [8|]

Probably HMAS Australia.
Regards
Gilbert

[Sardaukar]

Trying to send 3 AGPs from DEI to Sydney via Perth (planned to use then to support PTs in SW Pac, especially in Port Moresby). They were all proptly torpedoed and sunk by same IJN submarine during same 2-day turn just south of Melbourne....

[Bullwinkle58]

ORIGINAL: JohnDillworth

Evacuating the AVG squadrons but forgetting the AVG ground staff

I never took them off rest and they got slaughtered sitting around the bar. Planes never took to the air!

I did this with Bataan. Got distracted, thought I had another day of pesky Japanese bombardment, left "lots" of units resting and--BAM! 74,500 POWs. (Sorry about that Death March, guys.)

Good thing I'm restarting Any Day Now . . .

Two interface dreams: 1. A "Rest X Days then revert to Combat" right-arrow, and an 2. "Auto-convert back to Combat at destination" toggle.

[Swayin]

Sending my Carrier TFs into Betty range for negligible reasons .. and then regretting it.

[Djordje]

Being lazy with sending japanese invasions, thinking "I have time"... Sending troops that took HK north to inland China... It's middle of March now and I am still fighting for Singapore, Moulmein is a fortress and all I managed to conquer is north of Borneo and few worthless cities in China.

[Swayin]

Two interface dreams: 1. A "Rest X Days then revert to Combat" right-arrow, and an 2. "Auto-convert back to Combat at destination" toggle.

Nice. Or even a "rest until disruption reaches X, then revert to combat" ...

[Alikchi2]

I spelled 'mistake' wrong once.. pretty ironic..

Or how about sailing into carrier battle with half of your Kates grounded [X(]

[Terminus]

Only half? Pfffft... I've gone in with an entire CAG sitting on the deck, and the crews listening to a VD lecture.

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Terminus

Only half? Pfffft... I've gone in with an entire CAG sitting on the deck, and the crews listening to a VD lecture.

Geez, Terminus. Where was their last port of call? I've got to reroute some convoys...

[morganbj]

San Fransico, obviously.

[Tazo]

Playing too often with threat tolerance, direct ways and remain on station or reaction radius buttons... got involved several times in stupid fights or undesired withdrawals or having dozen of subs pursuing a few convoys instead of reaching their patrol zones just by forgoting about coming back to the appropriate status/radius... Not big mistakes just annoying. To avoid checking this up all the time I decided to apply systematic doctrines when defining missions - no order change later[:-].
 
A classical one. Having once a big invasion convoy loading troops/supply then puting it in stand by a few days to coordinate with the incoming naval sweeping operation to repulse various TFs - thus secretly unloading[8|] - then sending it empty for a 6 day dangerous but crucial travel... then sending it back when realizing[&:] but of course the crucial target hex was lost[:@] before reloading the desappointed soldiers[X(]...
 
I should add that sending a 12DD TF to raid my fast BB Surf TF[8D] was a big experimental mistake of an opponent. Indeed allied DD's had always been no match vs jap BB/CA's in my multiple surface combats - at long/medium range during day combat BBs are now real monsters against small ships exploding one by one whereas during night CA LR torp are even more terrible - and the beta patch seems to allow catching DD escorts+convoys more often than before - no more quasi-automatic escape[:D] so by insisting... my "moonlight night convoy hunting jap surface TFs" achieved bloody surprises and hurted repeatedly my opponents this week. A lot of marines swimming back...
 
TZ

[Smeulders]

Important ships in front line bases should never be placed under pierside repair for minor damage. If you do, they can't get away when the KB comes calling.

[devoncop]

Not changing the combat mode of an amphibious task force that having successfully invaded Guadalcanal was then loaded up with supplies and oil and confused with a second amphib task force and sent to amphibiously assault another Jap held island..... It gloriously stormed ashore with full bombardment support....... and unloaded half the oil and supplies to the grateful Jap garrison ....[:@].... [:D]

[Smeulders]

Consider it a plot to confuse the Japanese intelligence [:)]

[John Lansford]

ORIGINAL: Smeulders

Important ships in front line bases should never be placed under pierside repair for minor damage. If you do, they can't get away when the KB comes calling.

I had PoW sitting at Surabaya undergoing pierside repair (too big for the shipyard) when a mini-KB showed up and began sinking all my transport TF's. I sweated bullets for several turns until they left, having never bombed Surabaya's port.

[Kull]

ORIGINAL: Grognerd

I thought I read a post to send all your AP's to Cape Town for troops and your tankers and AK's to Aden to pick up oil and supplies. It was the other way around. Took a month to sort out that routing mess.

ORIGINAL: devoncop

Not changing the combat mode of an amphibious task force that having successfully invaded Guadalcanal was then loaded up with supplies and oil and confused with a second amphib task force and sent to amphibiously assault another Jap held island..... It gloriously stormed ashore with full bombardment support....... and unloaded half the oil and supplies to the grateful Jap garrison ......

I love these logistics "Tales of Folly" even more than the combat "oopsies". They immediately convey a visual of some poor Lieutenant (who drew the short straw) quivering before the Admiral's desk, as the be-starred one looks up over his glasses and loudly exclaims, "You people did WHAT??!!??"

[:D]