The Allied Juggernaut just started. Cav Corp(J) V Dean(A)

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Feb 18th 43,

well, today went well for me sweep could have gone better but bombers found a whole nest of Japanese planes in Rangoon and he tried to sweep and bomb Magwe to no effect.

Also a TF of mine was sent into Rangoon to find ships and get a bombardment off no bombardment but this tf got it hard.

Day Time Surface Combat, near Rangoon at 54,53, Range 5,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Yubari, Shell hits 1
DD Tamanami
DD Ayanami
TB Chidori, Shell hits 1
TB Tomozuru
TB Kari, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
CA Hawkins, Shell hits 1
DD Nizam
CL Georges Leygues, Shell hits 3
DD Maori, Shell hits 1
DD Mohawk, Shell hits 1
DD Kelvin
DD Kipling

Day Time Surface Combat, near Rangoon at 54,53, Range 1,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Yubari, Shell hits 3
DD Tamanami, Shell hits 2
DD Ayanami, Shell hits 2
TB Chidori
TB Tomozuru, Shell hits 15, and is sunk
TB Kari

Allied Ships
DD Paul Jones
DD Tjerk Hiddes, Shell hits 5, heavy fires
DD Van Galen, Shell hits 4, on fire
DD Le Toulon
DD Lively, Shell hits 2

Day Time Surface Combat, near Rangoon at 54,53, Range 1,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Yubari, on fire
DD Tamanami, Shell hits 9, heavy fires
DD Ayanami, Shell hits 2, on fire
TB Chidori
TB Kari

Allied Ships
DD Paul Jones
DD Tjerk Hiddes, Shell hits 14, and is sunk
DD Van Galen, Shell hits 8, heavy fires
DD Le Toulon
DD Lively, Shell hits 25, and is sunk

Day Time Surface Combat, near Rangoon at 54,53, Range 1,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Yubari, on fire
TB Chidori

Allied Ships
DD Paul Jones, Shell hits 20, and is sunk

Day Time Surface Combat, near Rangoon at 54,54, Range 5,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Yubari, Shell hits 3, heavy fires
TB Chidori, Shell hits 8, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CA Hawkins, Shell hits 2
DD Nizam
CL Georges Leygues
DD Maori
DD Mohawk, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Kelvin
DD Kipling

so 4 allied DD's for about 3 of his

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Feb 19th 43,

Sub attack near Balikpapan at 66,100

Japanese Ships
PB Keijo Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PB Yokae Maru
PB Takuna Maru #6

Allied Ships
SS Finback
the days air losses

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Navy

at the moment

I currently have




current navy arrives.
2 CV 4 Cvl's 5 CVE's, 3 BB's, 3 Cl's, 2 Cas, 27 DD's, 5 DE's, 22 SS's Feb-June 43

CVs 4, cvls 4, 9 CVES, 3 BBs, 1 BC, 1 CB, 6 CLs, 3 CAs, 1 CLAA, 97 DDs, 43 DEs, 50 SS July-Dec

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Feb 20th 43,

bombarding Gasmata to hopefully get the base faster.

Night Naval bombardment of Gasmata at 103,127

Allied Ships
BB Beatty
BB Prince of Wales
BB Indiana
BB Colorado
BC Hood
CA Cumberland
CL Concord
CL Mauritius

Japanese ground losses:
526 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 15 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled)

my subs doing some work.

Sub attack near Balikpapan at 66,100

Japanese Ships
PB Heiei Maru #7, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Kingfish

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Feb 21st 43,

more sub action
Sub attack near Balikpapan at 65,99

Japanese Ships
PB Heiei Maru #7, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Blackfish

invasion of Eniwetok

Night Naval bombardment of Eniwetok at 127,108 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
H8K1 Emily: 3 damaged

48 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
AV Kamoi, Shell hits 1



BB Dunkerque
BB Queen Elizabeth
CA Dorsetshire
CA Wichita
CL Panama
CL De Ruyter
CLAA Tillamook, Shell hits 1
DD Drayton
DD Mahan
DD Stack
DD Ralph Talbot
DD Blue
DD Bagley
DD Morris
DD Walke

Japanese ground losses:
165 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled

the attack went more poorly then i thought I'll try and leave the unit here get some more reinforcments and try and bombard the base daily.

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Feb 22nd 43,

heavy sbd 3 losses wasn't expecting air to be back so soon plus none of my escort went in.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Manus at 101,119

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 13
A6M5b Zero x 11
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 5
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 1

Allied aircraft
SBD-3 Dauntless cvl x 33

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
SBD-3 Dauntless cvl: 18 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Izumo Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Daijukyo Maru

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Feb 23rd 43,

bombardment of Eniwetok

Night Naval bombardment of Eniwetok at 127,108 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
H8K1 Emily: 13 damaged
H8K1 Emily: 1 destroyed on ground
H6K5 Mavis: 23 damaged
H6K5 Mavis: 1 destroyed on ground

38 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
BB Dunkerque, Shell hits 2
BB Queen Elizabeth
CA Dorsetshire
CA Wichita
CL Panama
CL De Ruyter
CLAA Tillamook
DD Drayton
DD Mahan
DD Stack
DD Ralph Talbot
DD Blue
DD Bagley
DD Morris
DD Walke

Japanese ground losses:
198 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Guns lost 11 (2 destroyed, 9 disabled)

more troop landings at Kusaie

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Feb 24th 43,

The invasion of wake should happen today got a good amount of hits on troops here.

Afternoon Air attack on 4th Base Force, at 136,98 (Wake Island)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
Swordfish II x 44
Albacore I x 12
F4F-4 Wildcat x 75
SBD-3 Dauntless cvl x 120
TBF-1 Avenger x 33

Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish II: 1 damaged
SBD-3 Dauntless cvl: 6 damaged
TBF-1 Avenger: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
747 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 36 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 12 (6 destroyed, 6 disabled)

Pre-Invasion action off Wake Island (136,98) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

133 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
BB Washington, Shell hits 2
BB Idaho
BC Constellation
CA Indianapolis
LST-447
AP President Jackson

Japanese ground losses:
755 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled
Non Combat: 26 destroyed, 54 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 36 (24 destroyed, 12 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
49 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

welp even with all the extra support it seems also wake is a tough nut to crack hmm I'll pick this unit back up and retreat for now I'll need atleast a div plus for these islands good thing to note.

Ground combat at Wake Island (136,98)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 3224 troops, 56 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 116

Defending force 5663 troops, 96 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 140

Allied adjusted assault: 0

Japanese adjusted defense: 74

Allied assault odds: 1 to 99 (fort level 4)

Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), fatigue(-), supply(-)

Japanese ground losses:
252 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 18 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
1009 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 82 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled

Assaulting units:
25th Infantry/A Div /6

Defending units:
82nd Naval Guard Unit
63rd Naval Guard Unit
Wake Coastal Gun Battalion
45th Field AA Battalion
232nd Air Defense AA Battalion
4th Base Force

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Feb 25th 43,

he hit some of my transports a kusaie err.

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kusaie Island at 125,118

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 72 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M4 Zero x 9
B6N1 Jill (CVL) x 11
N1K1 Rex x 10

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
xAP Koolama, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Tjitjalengka, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Limerick

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kusaie Island at 125,118

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 91 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D4Y1 Judy (CVL) x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
D4Y1 Judy (CVL): 2 damaged

Allied Ships
xAP Limerick, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP North Coast, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Monterey, Bomb hits 1
xAP Koolama, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
AMC Victor Schoelcher
xAP Tjitjalengka, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
xAP Mariposa

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Feb 26th 43,

well it seems I got pushed of Eniwetok ouch at least one div will be out of action for a while as part of it got destroyed and another part hurt badly.

Ground combat at Eniwetok (127,108)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 4642 troops, 65 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 158

Defending force 2816 troops, 52 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 27

Japanese adjusted assault: 89

Allied adjusted defense: 4

Japanese assault odds: 22 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
97 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
3238 casualties reported
Squads: 118 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 204 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 56 (56 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 3 (3 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

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Feb 27th 43,

hitting manus tonight with ships some cargo ships were found.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Manus at 101,119, Range 9,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
xAKL Kaito Maru, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
xAKL Tenposan Maru, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Eiwa Maru, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
xAKL Amoy Maru, Shell hits 10, and is sunk

Allied Ships
BB Colorado
CA Cumberland
CL Mauritius
CL Concord
DD Radford
DD Bailey
DD Russell
DD O'Brien
DD Fanning
DD Aylwin
DD Worden
BB Strasbourg

Night Time Surface Combat, near Manus at 101,119, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
xAK Nanrei Maru, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Magane Maru, Shell hits 2
PB Ogashima, Shell hits 10, and is sunk

Allied Ships
BB Colorado
CA Cumberland
CL Mauritius
CL Concord
DD Radford
DD Bailey
DD Russell
DD O'Brien
DD Fanning
DD Aylwin
DD Worden
BB Strasbourg

Night Naval bombardment of Manus at 101,119

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 20 damaged
A6M5 Zero: 3 destroyed on ground
A6M5b Zero: 6 damaged
A6M5b Zero: 1 destroyed on ground
A6M4 Zero: 27 damaged
A6M4 Zero: 3 destroyed on ground

Allied Ships
BB Strasbourg
BB Colorado
CA Cumberland
CL Concord
CL Mauritius

Japanese ground losses:
113 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Kuaise island finally captured start building the base up for further operation into copac

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Feb 28th 43,

bombardment of Manus

Night Naval bombardment of Manus at 101,119

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 26 damaged
A6M5 Zero: 3 destroyed on ground
A6M4 Zero: 9 damaged
A6M4 Zero: 4 destroyed on ground
A6M5b Zero: 7 damaged
A6M5b Zero: 3 destroyed on ground

Allied Ships
BB Beatty
BB Prince of Wales
BB Indiana
BC Hood

Japanese ground losses:
240 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 13

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Mar 1st 43,

very nice month for me hellcats activate, and British avengers as well.

quite day otherwise.

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Mar 2nd 43,

nothing happens

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Mar 3rd 43,

my carriers went to protect ships at Kusaie and were able to get some easy kills.

Afternoon Air attack on 1st Marine/B Division, at 125,118 (Kusaie Island)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 112 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G5N3 Liz x 15

Allied aircraft
Seafire IIc x 72
F2A-2 Buffalo x 13
F4F-4 Wildcat x 27
F6F-3 Hellcat (cvl) x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
G5N3 Liz: 8 destroyed, 2 damaged

Jap sub sunk finally clearing out subs in the rear.

Submarine attack near San Francisco at 215,71

Japanese Ships
SS I-2, hits 18, and is sunk

Allied Ships
DD Kingston
DD Hobby
DD Strong

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Mar 4th 43,

Nothing much

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Mar 5th 43,

another dread sub sunk.

Sub attack near Tagula Island at 105,136

Japanese Ships
SS I-158, hits 23, and is sunk

Allied Ships
DD Smith
DD Shaw
DD Anderson

my subs get some action in today as well.

Submarine attack near Kushiro at 124,54

Japanese Ships
xAK Nitiran Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Swordfish

Sub attack near Sampit at 57,100

Japanese Ships
PB Nikkai Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PC PB-55

Allied Ships
SS Drum

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Mar 6th 43,

more sub-action on my part.

Submarine attack near Bihoro at 124,50

Japanese Ships
xAK Shinanogawa Maru, Torpedo hits 1

Allied Ships
SS Pompano

I try to attack units blocking the road that goes to Chian ma.

Ground combat at 60,48 (near Taung Gyi)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 21289 troops, 317 guns, 376 vehicles, Assault Value = 746

Defending force 13419 troops, 161 guns, 98 vehicles, Assault Value = 401

Allied adjusted assault: 360

Japanese adjusted defense: 814

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2

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

Japanese ground losses:
584 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 57 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled

Allied ground losses:
732 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 64 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Guns lost 19 (2 destroyed, 17 disabled)
Vehicles lost 17 (2 destroyed, 15 disabled)

Assaulting units:
43rd Cavalry Regiment
34th Indian Division
70th British/B Division
70th British/C Division
IV Indian Corps

Defending units:
6th RTA/C Division
18th/A Division
RTA Cavalry Division
18th/B Division
36th Field AA Battalion
2nd Mobile Field Artillery Regiment

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Mar 7th 43,

my sub doing some more work.

Sub attack near Sampit at 57,100

Japanese Ships
PC PB-55, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
PB Muro Maru

Allied Ships
SS Drum

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Mar 10th 43,

my subs did some good work today.

Sub attack near Shimizu at 112,62

Japanese Ships
xAK Sinkyo Maru, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Halibut

Submarine attack near Shimizu at 112,62

Japanese Ships
xAK Izan Maru, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Pollack