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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/26/42

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TF 11 encounters mine field at Noumea (68,113)

Japanese Ships
MSW Mejima Maru

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Day Air attack on Pakhoi , at 39,39

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 47
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 213

No Japanese losses

Port supply hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 56th Brigade, at 30,99


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 17
TBD Devastator x 12
Buffalo I x 7
Hurricane IIb x 9
Hudson I x 6


Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 6 damaged
TBD Devastator: 1 damaged
Hurricane IIb: 2 damaged
Hudson I: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
73 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 8th Tank Regiment, at 45,102


Allied aircraft
F.K.51 x 1


No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on 56th Division, at 44,102


Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 11
Kittyhawk I x 7
Hudson I x 3
Beaufort V-IX x 7
A-20B Boston x 3


Allied aircraft losses
Wirraway: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
Beaufort V-IX: 3 damaged
A-20B Boston: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
21 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Hudson I bombing at 20000 feet
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Day Air attack on 56th Division, at 44,102


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 3
Hudson I x 2


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet
2 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st Tank Regiment, at 45,102


Allied aircraft
F.K.51 x 1
A-20B Boston x 9
B-25C Mitchell x 16


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
145 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 9

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 11000 feet

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Day Air attack on 14th Tank Regiment, at 45,102


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 16
F.K.51 x 1
A-20B Boston x 17
B-25C Mitchell x 28


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
107 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 5

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 14th Tank Regiment, at 45,102


Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 24


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 11000 feet


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Ground combat at 45,102

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 18684 troops, 2 guns, 1217 vehicles, Assault Value = 728

Defending force 8222 troops, 76 guns, 106 vehicles, Assault Value = 59

Japanese max assault: 446 - adjusted assault: 359

Allied max defense: 53 - adjusted defense: 17

Japanese assault odds: 21 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
249 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 22

Allied ground losses:
826 casualties reported
Guns lost 29
Vehicles lost 18


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

EXCELLENT! Unbelievable for me, but Swift only had a HQ, an anti tank unit and a small tank regiment behind his Army even though he could see my TK rgts marching cross country to cut him off. All the air attacks so far hit us hard but with only 50 assault points I wonder if he thought he could stop us. Our TK rgts are now marching on Charter Towers with two divs still having order to cut the enemy Army off towards the South.



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Ground combat at 44,102

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 145084 troops, 1563 guns, 57 vehicles, Assault Value = 3094

Defending force 65026 troops, 560 guns, 99 vehicles, Assault Value = 1580



Allied ground losses:
123 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at 45,30

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 68404 troops, 778 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 1480

Defending force 102852 troops, 13 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3110



Allied ground losses:
60 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Kunming

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14342 troops, 462 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6420

Defending force 84698 troops, 39 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1795



Allied ground losses:
284 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 151241 troops, 1345 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4410

Defending force 120267 troops, 1305 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2454


Japanese ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at 44,102

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 62948 troops, 557 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1574

Defending force 175718 troops, 1583 guns, 57 vehicles, Assault Value = 3094


Japanese ground losses:
175 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/27/42

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Day Air attack on Pakhoi , at 39,39

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 64
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 212

No Japanese losses

Port supply hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Johnston Island , at 102,74


Allied aircraft
PB2Y Coronado x 3
B-17E Fortress x 49
LB-30 Liberator x 14
B-24D Liberator x 75


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 1 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
27 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 25
Port fuel hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 18000 feet

expecting the enemy invasion within the next two or three weeks.

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The usual bombings of our troops in Australia...

Day Air attack on 4th Division, at 44,102


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 7


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 38th Division, at 30,99


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 14
TBD Devastator x 12
Catalina I x 2
Buffalo I x 9
Hurricane IIb x 7
Hudson I x 8


Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 5 damaged
TBD Devastator: 1 damaged
Catalina I: 1 damaged
Hudson I: 1 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
36 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 4th Tank Regiment, at 45,102


Allied aircraft
F.K.51 x 1
A-20B Boston x 9
B-25C Mitchell x 16


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
81 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 5

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 8th Tank Regiment, at 45,102


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 15
F.K.51 x 1
A-20B Boston x 15
B-25C Mitchell x 20


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
91 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 7

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 18th Division, at 44,102


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 3
Hudson I x 2


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 3 damaged
Hudson I: 2 damaged

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

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet
2 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 2nd Tank Regiment, at 45,102


Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 24


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
184 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 12

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 14th Tank Regiment, at 45,102


Allied aircraft
F.K.51 x 1
A-20B Boston x 6
B-25C Mitchell x 12


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x A-20B Boston bombing at 11000 feet


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Ground combat at 44,102

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 145174 troops, 1574 guns, 58 vehicles, Assault Value = 3095

Defending force 64850 troops, 557 guns, 99 vehicles, Assault Value = 1573



Allied ground losses:
56 casualties reported


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Ground combat at 45,30

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 68432 troops, 779 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 1480

Defending force 102730 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3119



Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kunming

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14352 troops, 463 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6140

Defending force 86050 troops, 55 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1857



Allied ground losses:
283 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 151074 troops, 1339 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4422

Defending force 120268 troops, 1305 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 2455

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/28/42

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Day Air attack on Johnston Island , at 102,74


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 18


Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 8

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

Swift has built up French Frigate Schoals to level 2 port and airfield and is operating B-25 out of it now. A dark, fat aircraft symbol over the base... didn´t know that Michtels even attack from level 2 airfields...

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Day Air attack on Johnston Island , at 102,74


Allied aircraft
PB2Y Coronado x 2
B-17E Fortress x 43
LB-30 Liberator x 15
B-24D Liberator x 39


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 7 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 1 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 6 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Runway hits 10
Port fuel hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 18000 feet
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Day Air attack on 4th Division, at 44,102


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 6


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 6 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 7th Tank Regiment, at 45,102


Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 33


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
101 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 5

Aircraft Attacking:
33 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 2nd Tank Regiment, at 45,102


Allied aircraft
F.K.51 x 1
A-20B Boston x 9
B-25C Mitchell x 15


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
64 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 3

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 14th Tank Regiment, at 45,102


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 14
F.K.51 x 1
A-20B Boston x 17
B-25C Mitchell x 23


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
54 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 3

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 11000 feet

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Day Air attack on 5th New Chinese Corps, at 44,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-49 Helen x 192

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
186 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet

on the road NE of Chungking. A division has orders to clear the hexes of those one or two Chinese units...

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Ground combat at 44,102

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 145427 troops, 1586 guns, 58 vehicles, Assault Value = 3102

Defending force 64747 troops, 557 guns, 100 vehicles, Assault Value = 1573



Allied ground losses:
63 casualties reported


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Ground combat at 45,30

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 68409 troops, 777 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 1477

Defending force 102553 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3112



Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kunming

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14282 troops, 462 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6085

Defending force 87140 troops, 77 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1895



Allied ground losses:
223 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 150979 troops, 1334 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4430

Defending force 120362 troops, 1311 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 2455


Japanese ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/29/42

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Day Air attack on Pakhoi , at 39,39

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 80
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 215

No Japanese losses

Port hits 5
Port supply hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 4th Division, at 44,102


Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 2
Hudson I x 3
Beaufort V-IX x 6
A-20B Boston x 3


Allied aircraft losses
Beaufort V-IX: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
40 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Hudson I bombing at 20000 feet
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Day Air attack on 48th Division, at 44,102


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 3
Hudson I x 3


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 damaged
Hudson I: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet
3 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 7th Tank Regiment, at 45,102


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 17
F.K.51 x 1
A-20B Boston x 22
B-25C Mitchell x 38


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
88 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 5

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 33rd Division, at 44,102


Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 10
Kittyhawk I x 9
Hudson I x 3
Beaufort V-IX x 9
A-20B Boston x 3


Allied aircraft losses
Wirraway: 7 damaged
Beaufort V-IX: 6 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Hudson I bombing at 20000 feet
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Day Air attack on 14th Tank Regiment, at 45,102


Allied aircraft
F.K.51 x 1
A-20B Boston x 9
B-25C Mitchell x 15


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 14th Tank Regiment, at 45,102


Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 24


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
42 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 4

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 11000 feet

just like every other days in the past weeks, our TK rgts are hit hard but they entered Charter Towers and I ordered a shock attack - which I expect to fail, but I just have to try it. Half of my rgts are highly disrupted and none has more than half of the needed supply due to the long supply line from Darwin.

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Ground combat at 44,102

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 145325 troops, 1584 guns, 59 vehicles, Assault Value = 3106

Defending force 64756 troops, 562 guns, 100 vehicles, Assault Value = 1572



Allied ground losses:
66 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kunming

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14295 troops, 460 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6136

Defending force 87983 troops, 99 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1937



Allied ground losses:
39 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 150854 troops, 1324 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4433

Defending force 120441 troops, 1311 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 2456


Japanese ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

seems like the game is getting more interesting...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/30/42

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Day Air attack on Johnston Island , at 102,74


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 19


Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 20000 feet
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Day Air attack on Johnston Island , at 102,74

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
PB2Y Coronado x 5
B-17E Fortress x 43
LB-30 Liberator x 20
B-24D Liberator x 53

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
PB2Y Coronado: 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 2 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
29 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 28
Port fuel hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 18000 feet
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Day Air attack on 65th Brigade, at 30,99


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 19
TBD Devastator x 12
Buffalo I x 8
Hurricane IIb x 11
Hudson I x 12


Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 4 damaged
TBD Devastator: 6 damaged
Hurricane IIb: 1 damaged
Hudson I: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
67 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet

the usual raids against Johnston Island and the usual raids that hit my TK rgts hard...

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Day Air attack on 1st Tank Regiment, at 45,103


Allied aircraft
F.K.51 x 1
A-20B Boston x 12
B-25C Mitchell x 20


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 3

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 2nd Tank Regiment, at 45,103


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 5
Hudson I x 3


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 3

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 14th Tank Regiment, at 45,103


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 15
F.K.51 x 2
A-20B Boston x 19
B-25C Mitchell x 23


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
46 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 5

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 14th Tank Regiment, at 45,103


Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 24


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 96th Chinese Corps, at 39,33

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 3
Ki-49 Helen x 54

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
50 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 16000 feet

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Day Air attack on 100th Chinese Corps, at 39,33

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 32
Ki-49 Helen x 154

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
106 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 16000 feet


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Ground combat at Charter Towers

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 17292 troops, 1 guns, 1121 vehicles, Assault Value = 663

Defending force 19711 troops, 89 guns, 77 vehicles, Assault Value = 110

Japanese max assault: 662 - adjusted assault: 191 [:(]

Allied max defense: 114 - adjusted defense: 150

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 5)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 4


Japanese ground losses:
213 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 30

Allied ground losses:
856 casualties reported
Guns lost 12

Charter Towers is defended by 4 base forces, the TK rgt that was forced to retreat a couple of days ago and an AA rgt. 5 of my TK rgts showed an assault value of 0!! [X(] during the replay, this is from the endless air attacks and only 4 TK rgts had a very low av which leads to a 1:1. The bad news here is that we spotted an enemy unit coming down from Cairns now which will open the path for the enemy Army to retreat on the railway back to Charter Towers. If my tanks won´t be able to take the base (which I seriously doubt) then our offensive has failed and we will retreat North in the near future. This also means that Allied LBA alone made my offensive fail. Which means also that those couple of hundred bombers saved the whole continent from being lost. [X(]


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Ground combat at 44,102

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 145426 troops, 1598 guns, 59 vehicles, Assault Value = 3109

Defending force 64671 troops, 561 guns, 100 vehicles, Assault Value = 1570



Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kunming [8D]

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 325660 troops, 3338 guns, 44 vehicles, Assault Value = 6248

Defending force 89159 troops, 114 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1965

Japanese max assault: 5890 - adjusted assault: 4980 [X(]

Allied max defense: 1977 - adjusted defense: 953 [X(]

Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 3)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Kunming base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
3945 casualties reported
Guns lost 151
Vehicles lost 6

Allied ground losses:
3752 casualties reported
Guns lost 68


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

I was absolutely surprised that the enemy resistance collapsed today! Some 40 units retreated North, China is decimated to Chungking, Yunan and Chengtu. Though in fact I only took 4 or 5 bases in whole China by force as all other bases were abandoned by Swift (including the whole North of China). The good news: KUNMING´S RESOURCE CENTER (300) IS COMPLETELY UNDAMAGED! [&o][&o] As this resource center was the reason for our offensive here, we see it as a 100% success! The Allied lost some 140 points for ground losses today, we lost 10.


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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 150570 troops, 1317 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4437

Defending force 75242 troops, 791 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1492


and here´s the development around Johnston Island: ENEMY INVASION FLEET SPOTTED! I´m pretty sure that this is the upcoming invasion but we will know for sure next turn if those TFs move slowly towards Johnston. Perhaps those TFs are just half a dozen bombardment TFs that are now operating under CV cover (we spotted CV Wasp). Could be plausible also when I look at their position because when they went in directly from Pearl the last times we saw those 9 Betty attacks that failed to locate the TFs. This should have made Swift more carefully... [8|]

KB is in position with the search planes only set to 2 hexes range as there are several US subs West of Johnston and I don´t want to give Swift intel about my TF in this region. My Betties at Palmyra are set to 11 hexes (they´ve got 54 Zeroes as escorts) as this is the range from Palmyra to Johnston and so we should be able to attack the invasion TF with escorts as cover. Hopefully we will be able to locate the enemy TFs this time, when they even will be at our own base. We will try to wear down the Allied CV fighters a bit with LBA and then send in KB. If we send KB in, we expect heavy losses though as even without a single enemy fighter left, the bombers will mostly get through to bomb our CVs.

the Allied CV and invasion fleet has not moved a single hex and is still 5 hexes NE of Johnston...


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/01/42

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Day Air attack on 1st Reserve Tank Regiment, at 45,103


Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 9
Kittyhawk I x 9
Beaufort V-IX x 10
A-20B Boston x 3


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
44 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Beaufort V-IX bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st Reserve Tank Regiment, at 45,103


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 3


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 65th Brigade, at 30,99


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 18
TBD Devastator x 11
Buffalo I x 9
Hurricane IIb x 11
Hudson I x 9


Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 4 damaged
TBD Devastator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 4th Tank Regiment, at 45,103


Allied aircraft
F.K.51 x 1


No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on 7th Tank Regiment, at 45,103


Allied aircraft
F.K.51 x 1
A-20B Boston x 11
B-25C Mitchell x 19


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
59 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 5

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 7th Tank Regiment, at 45,103


Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 32


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
44 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 8th Tank Regiment, at 45,103


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 15
F.K.51 x 1
A-20B Boston x 17
B-25C Mitchell x 31


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
174 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 8

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 8th Tank Regiment, at 45,103


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 3


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 5th Division, at 44,102


Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 6
A-20B Boston x 3


Allied aircraft losses
A-20B Boston: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Hudson I bombing at 20000 feet
3 x A-20B Boston bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st Tank Regiment, at 45,103


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 4
Hudson I x 3


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
44 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 4

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet

more and more attacks on my TK rgts... [:(]

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Ground combat at Charter Towers

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 16392 troops, 0 guns, 1056 vehicles, Assault Value = 615

Defending force 27499 troops, 110 guns, 87 vehicles, Assault Value = 150

Japanese max assault: 550 - adjusted assault: 94

Allied max defense: 143 - adjusted defense: 155

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


Japanese ground losses:
586 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 42

Allied ground losses:
1073 casualties reported
Guns lost 17
Vehicles lost 7

not surprisingly our attacks completely fails, our TK rgts are totally worn out by the constant air attacks and within the next 3 turns they will cut off if they are not able to move out to the West.

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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 150608 troops, 1312 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4450

Defending force 75304 troops, 794 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1491

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/02/42

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Day Air attack on Pakhoi , at 39,39

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 81
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 179

No Japanese losses

Port hits 3
Port supply hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 65th Brigade, at 30,99


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 16
TBD Devastator x 11
Buffalo I x 9
Hurricane IIb x 11
Hudson I x 6


Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 3 damaged
TBD Devastator: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 33rd Division, at 44,102


Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 2
Hudson I x 3
A-20B Boston x 3


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Hudson I bombing at 20000 feet
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Day Air attack on 18th Division, at 44,102


Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 10
Hudson I x 3
A-20B Boston x 3


Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 1 destroyed
A-20B Boston: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
3 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Hudson I bombing at 20000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st Tank Regiment, at 45,103


Allied aircraft
F.K.51 x 1


No Allied losses

no attacks on my TK rgts today...


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Ground combat at 44,102

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 152845 troops, 1585 guns, 59 vehicles, Assault Value = 3113

Defending force 64642 troops, 563 guns, 99 vehicles, Assault Value = 1570

Japanese max assault: 2906 - adjusted assault: 654 [8|]

Allied max defense: 1567 - adjusted defense: 1790

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
5728 casualties reported [8|]
Guns lost 186
Vehicles lost 11

Allied ground losses:
1202 casualties reported
Guns lost 43
Vehicles lost 1

well, my troops have more supply than they need, we have HQs in the hex, support is green, no disruption, clear hex. The enemy is cut off, has surely not as much supply as he needs and voilà, our adjusted av is only 20% of what it should be and my troops get shredded.

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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 150412 troops, 1309 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4447

Defending force 75281 troops, 799 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1488

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/03/42

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ASW attack at 104,71

Japanese Ships
SS I-9

Allied Ships
SC SC-740
SC SC-739
DD Bancroft
DD McCalla

Swift sends some ASW forces to hunt my subs around Johnston. Never saw such an ASW TF though with DDs and SCs mixed in a TF.

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I really don´t know, am I lucky or totally unlucky all the time when playing WITP PBEM [&:]

Sub attack at 104,69

Japanese Ships
SS I-164

Allied Ships
BB Colorado, Torpedo hits 2
DD Jarvis
DD Ralph Talbot

We sent a sub to the hex where all those Allied TFs are sitting and I-164 attacks Colorado that is only accompied by a small escort. Our sub fires only 2 torps from the rear tubes and BOTH hit! [X(] Normally I see one hit (if there even is a hit) out of 6 torps. But then? Colorado isn´t heavily damaged, heck the ship isn´t even on fire... [&:] [X(] The BB will probably retire with 13 sys and 19 flt damage...

when I think about my PBEM against PzJg Hortlund, he sunk Yorktown immediately with two torps (she had no flt damage before) just two hexes off Brisbane and my two torps don´t even cause serious damage to the old BB. Oh well...[>:]

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ASW attack at 104,69

Japanese Ships
SS I-164, hits 2

Allied Ships
DD Crosby
DD Hull
DD Clark
DD Phelps
BB Arizona
BB Maryland

lots of TFs in this hex...

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ASW attack at 104,69

Japanese Ships
SS I-164

Allied Ships
CL Nashville
DD Hammann
DD Meade

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Day Air attack on Johnston Island , at 102,74


Allied aircraft
PB2Y Coronado x 4
B-24D Liberator x 60


Allied aircraft losses
PB2Y Coronado: 2 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported

Port fuel hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 20000 feet
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Day Air attack on 48th Division, at 44,102


Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 3


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Hudson I bombing at 20000 feet
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Day Air attack on 4th Tank Regiment, at 45,103


Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 2
F.K.51 x 2
Beaufort V-IX x 6
A-20B Boston x 9
B-25C Mitchell x 15


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
38 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 5

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x A-20B Boston bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 4th Tank Regiment, at 45,103


Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 13


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 56th Division, at 44,102


Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 3
A-20B Boston x 3


Allied aircraft losses
A-20B Boston: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Hudson I bombing at 20000 feet
3 x A-20B Boston bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st Tank Regiment, at 45,103


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 17
F.K.51 x 1
A-20B Boston x 22
B-25C Mitchell x 29


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
75 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 8

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 6th Tank Regiment, at 45,103


Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 9
Kittyhawk I x 9
Beaufort V-IX x 12
A-20B Boston x 3


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Beaufort V-IX bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 6th Tank Regiment, at 45,103


Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 9


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 6th Tank Regiment, at 45,103


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 8


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 11000 feet

the usual attacks on my TK rgts in Australia...

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ASW attack at 104,69

Japanese Ships
SS I-164

Allied Ships
DD Monssen
DD Grayson

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ASW attack at 104,69

Japanese Ships
SS I-164

Allied Ships
DD Lardner
DD Buchanan
DD Laffey
DD Aaron Ward

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ASW attack at 104,69

Japanese Ships
SS I-164

Allied Ships
DD Patterson
DD Mugford


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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 150500 troops, 1310 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4460

Defending force 75332 troops, 799 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1488


Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/04/42

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Day Air attack on 38th Division, at 30,99


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 17
TBD Devastator x 12
Catalina I x 2
Buffalo I x 9
Hurricane IIb x 11
Hudson I x 9


Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 3 damaged
TBD Devastator: 2 damaged
Catalina I: 1 damaged
Hurricane IIb: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
93 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 2nd Tank Regiment, at 45,103


Allied aircraft
F.K.51 x 1


No Allied losses


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Ground combat at Charter Towers

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3731 troops, 29 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 133

Defending force 15450 troops, 0 guns, 988 vehicles, Assault Value = 563


Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 150610 troops, 1311 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4464

Defending force 97980 troops, 1069 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1972

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/05/42

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Sub attack at 104,69

Japanese Ships
SS I-21

Allied Ships
AK Kahuku, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Mapele
DD Lawrence
DD Sands
DD Humphreys
DD Kilty
DD Kennison
MSW Canso
MSW Bayfield
MSW Nipigon
MSW Bellechasse
MSW Ungava
MSW Quatsino
MSW Outarde
MSW Wasaga
MSW Igonish
PC Tiger
PG Moncton
PG Charleston
SC SC-700
SC SC-699


Allied ground losses:
68 casualties reported

I have sent I-21 (that has lost her Glen to carrier born fighters) into the hex with the enemy invasion fleet and she sinks an AK. Parts of the 25th USA division drowned. Swift told me that he´s hit by the ship movement bug and all those TFs don´t move at all, so I told him I won´t send anymore subs into this hex. Amazing that I-21 gets away unharmed against this super escort.

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ASW attack at 104,69

Japanese Ships
SS I-21

Allied Ships
DD Stack
DD Lang

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Day Air attack on Johnston Island , at 102,74

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
PB2Y Coronado x 4
B-17E Fortress x 31
B-24D Liberator x 50

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
PB2Y Coronado: 2 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 5 damaged

Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on 65th Brigade, at 30,99


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 16
TBD Devastator x 11
Buffalo I x 9
Hurricane IIb x 9
Hudson I x 9


Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
TBD Devastator: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
37 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st Tank Regiment, at 45,103


Allied aircraft
F.K.51 x 1


No Allied losses

our TK regiments at Charter Towers are also hit by the movement bug (the game is still full of bugs [8|]). We have a valid supply path but the TK rgts moved 59 miles and are now stuck... [8|]

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ASW attack at 104,69

Japanese Ships
SS I-21, hits 2

Allied Ships
AK Mapele
CA Minneapolis
DD Lawrence
DD Sands
DD Humphreys
DD Kilty
DD Kennison
MSW Canso
MSW Bayfield
MSW Nipigon
MSW Bellechasse
MSW Ungava
MSW Quatsino
MSW Outarde
MSW Wasaga
MSW Igonish
PC Tiger
PG Moncton
PG Charleston
SC SC-700

the rest of the day I-21 is attacked on and on by angry escorts...

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ASW attack at 104,69

Japanese Ships
SS I-21

Allied Ships
DD Rathburne
DD Kane
DD Hatfield
DD Dent
DD Talbot
DD Schley

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ASW attack at 104,69

Japanese Ships
SS I-21

Allied Ships
DD Selfridge
DD Sterett

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ASW attack at 104,69

Japanese Ships
SS I-21

Allied Ships
DD Bagley
DD Morris
DD Russell
DD Farenholt

really amazing that I-21 only suffered one hit and a near miss by a mousetrap (probably fow, sys3 flt3).


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Ground combat at 44,30

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 22391 troops, 251 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 954

Defending force 3583 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 75



Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Charter Towers

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3783 troops, 34 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 136

Defending force 15448 troops, 1 guns, 987 vehicles, Assault Value = 562


Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 150523 troops, 1308 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4462

Defending force 98192 troops, 1068 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1976


Japanese ground losses:
47 casualties reported

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/06/42

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TF 1141 encounters mine field at Johnston Island (102,74)

Allied Ships
MSW Starling

lonely MSW enters Johnston... my CD guns (of which there are plenty, well supplied and not disrupted) do nothing... [8|]

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TF 1134 encounters mine field at Johnston Island (102,74)

Allied Ships
DD Hull

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Day Air attack on Pakhoi , at 39,39

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 54
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 246

No Japanese losses

Port hits 4
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Chengtu , at 41,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 221

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 26000 feet
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Day Air attack on Johnston Island , at 102,74


Allied aircraft
PB2Y Coronado x 4
B-17E Fortress x 42
B-24D Liberator x 64


Allied aircraft losses
PB2Y Coronado: 2 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 16

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on 38th Division, at 30,99


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 15
TBD Devastator x 10
Catalina I x 2
Buffalo I x 9
Hurricane IIb x 10
Hudson I x 9


Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
Hurricane IIb: 2 damaged
Hudson I: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
38 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on 4th Tank Regiment, at 45,103


Allied aircraft
F.K.51 x 1
A-20B Boston x 10
B-25C Mitchell x 15


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
46 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 3

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 11000 feet

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Day Air attack on 6th Tank Regiment, at 45,103


Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 9
Hurricane IIb x 17
Kittyhawk I x 9
F.K.51 x 1
Hudson I x 3
Beaufort V-IX x 10
A-20B Boston x 22
B-25C Mitchell x 26


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
55 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 3

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 14th Tank Regiment, at 45,103


Allied aircraft
F.K.51 x 1


No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on 14th Tank Regiment, at 45,103


Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 33


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
44 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 3

Aircraft Attacking:
33 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Johnston Island at 102,74 [X(][X(][X(]

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 48
G3M Nell x 20
G4M1 Betty x 29

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 20 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 21 damaged

Allied Ships
BB Mississippi, Torpedo hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
BB Maryland, Torpedo hits 2, on fire
BB Pennsylvania, Torpedo hits 2, on fire
BB Arizona
BB Nevada, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet

Swift sent in his old BBs and this time we launch a strike from Palmyra! Out of 126 torp bombers there, 49 decide to attack this super high value TF. Still, we manage to sink BB Mississippi and to damage 3 more BBs. With BB Colorado damaged earlier by a sub we already have damaged 4 BBs in the fight for Johnston. The goal why I took all those bases far out of our main defensive line in the Pacific was to inflict losses within every Allied attempt to retake them. We don´t have them heavily garrisoned but enough troops to damage every counterattack. Taking Johnston was obviously worth it as I´m already yet really satisfied with the damage we have done and the invasion hasn´t even took place yet. We lose a dozen bombers to flak today, half a dozen pilots are lost.

Swift told me that he had ordered P40-B from Frechn Frigate Schoals on LRCAP (6 hexes) and he can´t understand why there weren´t any fighters over his BBs. Well, I can: P40-B normal range is 5 hexes and LRCAP can only be flown within normal range! [;)] Even with some 20+ P-40B over the BBs, they would have never been enough to prevent the slow battlewaggons from this disaster.


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ASW attack at 103,72

Japanese Ships
SS I-8

Allied Ships
SC SC-738
SC SC-648
SC SC-638
SC SC-636
DD Caldwell


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Ground combat at 44,30

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 45225 troops, 522 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 1493

Defending force 3572 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 74

Japanese max assault: 1768 - adjusted assault: 2380

Allied max defense: 70 - adjusted defense: 13

Japanese assault odds: 183 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
66 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Allied ground losses:
263 casualties reported


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

North East of Chungking, we clear the road...

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Ground combat at Charter Towers

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3867 troops, 37 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 137

Defending force 15090 troops, 0 guns, 966 vehicles, Assault Value = 555


Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

all my troops in Eastern Australia aren´t moving anymore, they are stuck at 59 miles... this really sucks... oh well, who cares, I´m only losing half of the Southern Area Army to the ground movement bug...

there will be the time when I will be so sick of those bugs that I will just delete this game from my harddisc. All that I need is another game that has more than two or three different units available for a whole nation...

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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 150307 troops, 1301 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4466

Defending force 98285 troops, 1073 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1978

Second Allied BB sunk since the beginning of hostilities! IJN torpedoe bombers sink USS Mississippi off Johnston Island while damaging three other US BBs with torpedoes! BANZAI! BANZAI! BANZAI!


USS Mississippi (BB-41, later AG-128), 1917-1956

USS Mississippi, a 32,000 ton New Mexico class battleship, was built at Newport News, Virginia. She was commissioned in December 1917, and operated in the western Atlantic area until July 1919, when she transited the Panama Canal to the Pacific. Over more than a decade, she operated with the fleet's other battleships, conducting exercises and training operations in the Pacific and in the Caribbean. During gunnery practice on 12 June 1924, she suffered a turret fire that took the lives of 48 of her crew. Mississippi steamed to Australia on a U.S. Fleet good will tour in mid-1925.

During 1931-33 , Mississippi underwent a major modernization that gave her an all-new superstructure, improved armament and enhanced protection. She returned to the Pacific in October 1934 to resume her earlier pattern of regular exercises, Fleet Problems and training. In June 1941, in response to the deteriorating war situation in Europe, she was brought back to the Atlantic, operating between the United States and Iceland during much of the rest of that year.

In early 1942, after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Mississippi rejoined the Pacific Fleet. She spent most of 1942 along the U.S. west coast and went to the South Pacific late in that year. In 1943, she took part operations against Kiska Island, in the Aleutians, and in the capture of the Gilbert Islands. During the latter operation, on 29 November 1943, Mississippi experienced another turret explosion, which took 43 lives. Following repairs, she participated in the capture of Kwajalein in February 1944 and bombarded Japanese-held islands in February and March. Later in the year, she was part of the force that invaded Peleliu and Leyte and defeated a Japanese task force in the Battle of Surigao Strait. Mississippi provided gunfire support for the Lingayen landings in January 1945 and for the conquest of Okinawa in March-June. The battleship was damaged by suicide planes in both operations. She was present in Tokyo Bay on 2 September 1945, when Japan formally surrendered and returned to the United States soon thereafter.

Mississippi was converted to a gunnery training and weapons development ship in 1946, and given the new hull number AG-128. In this role, she carried a variety of old and new guns and radars, while serving with the Operational Development Force in the Atlantic. During the mid-1950s, she was test ship for the Navy's first surface-to-air guided missile, the "Terrier". Decommissioned in September 1956, USS Mississippi was sold for scrapping in November of that year, after almost forty years of service.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/07/42

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Sub attack near Johnston Island at 102,74

Japanese Ships
SS I-7, hits 3

Allied Ships
DMS Trevor
DMS Wasmuth
DMS Chandler
DMS Boggs
DMS Zane
DMS Hovey

DMS trying to clear mines at Johnston. Even though that there´s still a minefield, they are not clearing any mines... [&:] I-7 takes 7 near misses...

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Day Air attack on Pakhoi , at 39,39

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 79
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 205

No Japanese losses

Port supply hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
34 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Johnston Island , at 102,74


Allied aircraft
PB2Y Coronado x 3
B-17E Fortress x 44
B-24D Liberator x 60


Allied aircraft losses
PB2Y Coronado: 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 24
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st Tank Regiment, at 45,103


Allied aircraft
F.K.51 x 1


No Allied losses


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Ground combat at Charter Towers

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3931 troops, 40 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 168

Defending force 14925 troops, 0 guns, 955 vehicles, Assault Value = 548


Japanese ground losses:
24 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

all my LCUs are still stuck at 59 miles...[:@] yes, I have a valid supply path, yes I have set a friendly base as destination...

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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 150203 troops, 1306 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4467

Defending force 98367 troops, 1071 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1980

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/08/42

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Day Air attack on Jorhat , at 35,24

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 6

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 4 destroyed

first action of the Tojo, taking down 4 obsolete Buffalos for no loss within the Tojos. Still, wacthing the replay, I´m not impressed about the gun value of the Tojo as it took at least three damaged Buffalos for one shot down...

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Day Air attack on Johnston Island , at 102,74


Allied aircraft
PB2Y Coronado x 2
B-17E Fortress x 44
B-24D Liberator x 56


Allied aircraft losses
PB2Y Coronado: 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 6 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged

Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 16000 feet

wonder when Swift decides to send in his invasion as it seems all his TFs can move now...

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Day Air attack on 1st Reserve Tank Regiment, at 45,103


Allied aircraft
F.K.51 x 1
A-20B Boston x 3
B-25C Mitchell x 6


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 38th Division, at 30,100


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 16
TBD Devastator x 12
Catalina I x 2
Buffalo I x 9
Hurricane IIb x 10
Kittyhawk I x 9
Hudson I x 9


Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 11 damaged
TBD Devastator: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Catalina I: 1 damaged
Hurricane IIb: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 4th Tank Regiment, at 45,103


Allied aircraft
F.K.51 x 1


No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on Imperial Guards Division, at 44,103


Allied aircraft
F.K.51 x 2
A-20B Boston x 18
B-25C Mitchell x 31


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
36 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 2nd Tank Regiment, at 45,103


Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 9
Hurricane IIb x 16
Kittyhawk I x 9
F.K.51 x 1
Hudson I x 3
Beaufort V-IX x 16
A-20B Boston x 11
B-25C Mitchell x 9


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 11000 feet

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Day Air attack on 38th Division, at 30,100


Allied aircraft
Catalina I x 1


Allied aircraft losses
Catalina I: 1 damaged

all units stuck in Australia...[:@]

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Ground combat at Charter Towers

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 6749 troops, 51 guns, 9 vehicles, Assault Value = 174

Defending force 14703 troops, 0 guns, 942 vehicles, Assault Value = 543


Japanese ground losses:
30 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 5


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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 150073 troops, 1309 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4468

Defending force 98345 troops, 1074 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1980


Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Alice Springs

Allied Deliberate attack [X(]

Attacking force 47545 troops, 398 guns, 36 vehicles, Assault Value = 1021

Defending force 54141 troops, 547 guns, 35 vehicles, Assault Value = 1063

Allied max assault: 1093 - adjusted assault: 1300 [X(]

Japanese max defense: 808 - adjusted defense: 738

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
602 casualties reported
Guns lost 59
Vehicles lost 7

Allied ground losses:
646 casualties reported
Guns lost 12
Vehicles lost 5

now isn´t that great? While our adjusted assault values are cut down to 20% regularly, the Australian divs even have a higher av than their normal av... [8|] this while we have an experience of 90+ and the Australian divs max 60...

a black day for us...


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/09/42

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Sub attack near Johnston Island at 102,74

Japanese Ships
SS I-9

Allied Ships
MSW Starling, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

lonely Starling enters Johnston again and is sunk...

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Day Air attack on Pakhoi , at 39,39

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 78
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 244

No Japanese losses

Port hits 5
Port supply hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Johnston Island , at 102,74


Allied aircraft
PB2Y Coronado x 1
B-17E Fortress x 29
B-24D Liberator x 46


Allied aircraft losses
PB2Y Coronado: 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 5
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 16000 feet

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Day Air attack on 38th Division, at 30,100


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 9
TBD Devastator x 8
Catalina I x 2
Buffalo I x 5
Hurricane IIb x 8
Kittyhawk I x 6
Hudson I x 6


Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 3 damaged
TBD Devastator: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 4th Tank Regiment, at 45,103


Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 9
Kittyhawk I x 9
Hudson I x 3
Beaufort V-IX x 16
A-20B Boston x 3


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Wirraway bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Imperial Guards Division, at 44,103


Allied aircraft
F.K.51 x 2
A-20B Boston x 16
B-25C Mitchell x 29


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
116 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 2nd Tank Regiment, at 45,103


Allied aircraft
F.K.51 x 1


No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on 6th Tank Regiment, at 45,103


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 14
A-20B Boston x 8
B-25C Mitchell x 9


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 11000 feet

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Day Air attack on 14th Tank Regiment, at 45,103


Allied aircraft
F.K.51 x 1
A-20B Boston x 5
B-25C Mitchell x 6


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
26 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 38th Division, at 30,100


Allied aircraft
Catalina I x 1


Allied aircraft losses
Catalina I: 1 damaged


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Ground combat at Charter Towers

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 6835 troops, 53 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 178

Defending force 14429 troops, 0 guns, 925 vehicles, Assault Value = 534


Japanese ground losses:
33 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 2


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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 149956 troops, 1308 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4467

Defending force 98349 troops, 1072 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1978


Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Alice Springs [X(]

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 46631 troops, 374 guns, 30 vehicles, Assault Value = 953

Defending force 52572 troops, 474 guns, 25 vehicles, Assault Value = 1006

Allied max assault: 948 - adjusted assault: 761

Japanese max defense: 710 - adjusted defense: 358 [X(][X(]

Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 [:@]


Japanese ground losses:
813 casualties reported
Guns lost 32
Vehicles lost 3

Allied ground losses:
1111 casualties reported
Guns lost 27
Vehicles lost 2


Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

deliberate attack yesterday achieved a 1:1, our troops are 80% prepped for Alice Springs have full supply, 90+ exp and are not more than 30 disrupted, yet the Allied forces here seem to have no problems at all to force our units to retreat, losing all of their supply, 20% of their troops dead and another 10% disabled. [:(] I lose over 100 points for ground losses today! More than amazing, lower exp units with a lower assault value achieve a 2:1. I just can´t believe those borked ground combat results that WITP brings up. Getting even more angry when I see another 3500 assault points in Australia being stuck at 59 miles due to some kind of ground movement bug. Ground combat may be strange in WITP but ground movement has been completely bugged since some patch around 1.5 and it seems it was never looked at since then. It´s a pity.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/10/42

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Sub attack near French Frigate Shoal at 104,68

Japanese Ships
SS I-26

Allied Ships
BB Arizona, Torpedo hits 1
DD Phelps

Arizona is hit by the third sub launched torp but still she isn´t heavily damaged nor on fire... [8|] how lucky I am with the dices... I must be because my subs hit (and they are doing a good job at the moment), but why on earth are my torps just like firework crackers? [&:] Want to know how an old BB would look like after three IJN torps...

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ASW attack near French Frigate Shoal at 104,68

Japanese Ships
SS I-26, hits 6

Allied Ships
DD Bancroft
DD McCalla

5 near misses 1 hit, sub has to retire and will make it...

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Day Air attack on Pakhoi , at 39,39

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 79
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 251

No Japanese losses

Port hits 4
Port supply hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st Reserve Tank Regiment, at 45,103


Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 9
Kittyhawk I x 9
Hudson I x 5
Beaufort V-IX x 16
A-20B Boston x 3


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
52 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Wirraway bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 38th Division, at 30,99


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 12
TBD Devastator x 9
Catalina I x 2
Buffalo I x 8
Hurricane IIb x 10
Hudson I x 8


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x TBD Devastator bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on 4th Tank Regiment, at 45,103


Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 13


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on Imperial Guards Division, at 44,103


Allied aircraft
F.K.51 x 2
A-20B Boston x 15
B-25C Mitchell x 29


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st Tank Regiment, at 45,103


Allied aircraft
F.K.51 x 1


No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on 2nd Tank Regiment, at 45,103


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 15
F.K.51 x 1
A-20B Boston x 8
B-25C Mitchell x 11


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
88 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 5

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 2nd Tank Regiment, at 45,103


Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 18


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
52 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 11000 feet

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Ground combat at Charter Towers

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8251 troops, 78 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 192

Defending force 14010 troops, 0 guns, 899 vehicles, Assault Value = 523


Japanese ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 2


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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 150125 troops, 1307 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4470

Defending force 98438 troops, 1075 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1980


Japanese ground losses:
67 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/11/42

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ASW attack near French Frigate Shoal at 104,68

Japanese Ships
SS I-8

Allied Ships
DD Ralph Talbot

French Frigate Shoal (level 2 port) is the main replenishment base for the US forces. Half a dozen TFs are spotted there.

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TF 1121 encounters mine field at Johnston Island (102,74)

Allied Ships
BB New Mexico, Mine hits 1

next BB damaged! If I would play as the Allied I would call it already yet a disaster. 1 BB sunk and half a dozen more damaged already! [X(]

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Naval bombardment of Johnston Island, at 102,74

the mine hit screws up the bombardment...

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Sub attack at 103,72

Japanese Ships
SS I-31

Allied Ships
AK John Adams, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Mormacland
AK Olopana
DD Lawrence
DD Sands
DD Humphreys
DD Kilty
DD Kennison
MSW Canso
MSW Bayfield
MSW Nipigon


Allied ground losses:
33 casualties reported

another AK is sunk! [:D]

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Sub attack near French Frigate Shoal at 104,68

Japanese Ships
SS I-8

Allied Ships
DD Blue

6 torps miss DD Blue. It really looks like Swift is short on DDs as most of his TFs only have a really small DD escort.[&:]

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Sub attack at 103,72 [:D]

Japanese Ships
SS I-31

Allied Ships
BB North Carolina, Torpedo hits 2
DD Patterson
DD Mugford

Again I could cheer about a sub hitting an enemy BB. This time a modern one is hit, but again we see no further damage, not even fires. [&:] Really wonder if those hits are all just FOW... [:(]

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Day Air attack on Chengtu , at 41,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 244

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 3 destroyed, 9 damaged


Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 71

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on 65th Brigade, at 30,99


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 17
TBD Devastator x 12
Buffalo I x 9
Hurricane IIb x 11
Hudson I x 9


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
69 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 7th Tank Regiment, at 45,103


Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 9
Kittyhawk I x 9
F.K.51 x 1
Hudson I x 3
Beaufort V-IX x 14
A-20B Boston x 6
B-25C Mitchell x 6


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
57 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 7

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on Imperial Guards Division, at 44,103


Allied aircraft
F.K.51 x 2
A-20B Boston x 16
B-25C Mitchell x 24


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 11000 feet

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Day Air attack on 1st Tank Regiment, at 45,103


Allied aircraft
F.K.51 x 1


No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on 2nd Tank Regiment, at 45,103


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 17
F.K.51 x 1
A-20B Boston x 8
B-25C Mitchell x 6


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on Dimapur , at 33,23

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 32

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 3 destroyed, 7 damaged

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Day Air attack on Johnston Island , at 102,74


Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 8
SBD Dauntless x 111
TBD Devastator x 26 [&:]
TBF Avenger x 30


Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 2 destroyed, 61 damaged
TBD Devastator: 9 damaged
TBF Avenger: 11 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
42 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 45

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet

we will see the invasion going in tomorrow. But now look at the CV TFs! Swift is still using Devastators, even though he must have enough Avengers! Hard to understand but that´s fine with me. Same as in Burma where he still is using Buffalos even though he has more than enough Hurricanes and Spitfires.



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ASW attack at 103,72

Japanese Ships
SS I-31

Allied Ships
DD Rathburne
DD Kane
DD Hatfield
DD Dent
DD Talbot
DD Schley
DD Fox
DD Allen
AK Cold Brook
MSW Lockeport
PG Vancouver
PG Dawson

the invasion TF has a real big escort. Glad we get away once again, but this will surely change sooner or later...

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Ground combat at 40,32

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 57462 troops, 849 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 5408

Defending force 3600 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0

Japanese max assault: 836 - adjusted assault: 380

Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 11

Japanese assault odds: 34 to 1



Allied ground losses:
144 casualties reported


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

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Ground combat at Charter Towers

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8322 troops, 79 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 195

Defending force 13828 troops, 0 guns, 888 vehicles, Assault Value = 518


Japanese ground losses:
74 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 11


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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 149912 troops, 1298 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4467

Defending force 98417 troops, 1074 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1979


Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported

The Allied invasion is going in and as mentioned before, it´s already now a complete disaster IMO!


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/12/42

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ASW attack at 102,73

Japanese Ships
SS I-162

Allied Ships
DD Selfridge
DD Sterett

We are really taking advantage of the small numbers of escorts!

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ASW attack at 102,73

Japanese Ships
SS I-162, hits 5

Allied Ships
AK San Gabriel
DD Lawrence
DD Sands
DD Humphreys
DD Kilty
DD Kennison
MSW Canso
MSW Bayfield
MSW Nipigon
MSW Bellechasse
MSW Ungava
MSW Quatsino
MSW Outarde
MSW Wasaga
MSW Igonish
PC Tiger
PG Moncton
PG Charleston
SC SC-700
SC SC-699
SC SC-641
SC SC-522
SC SC-709
SC SC-708
SC SC-707
SC SC-706
SC SC-705

but this mega escort scores. 4 near misses one real hit, sub has to retire, will probably make it.
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Sub attack at 102,72

Japanese Ships
SS I-9

Allied Ships
AE Mauna Loa, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DM Sicard
DM Pruitt
DM Preble
DM Montgomery
DM Gamble
APD Colhoun

What the hell are this AE and all those DM doing 2 hexes North West of Johnston?

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Naval bombardment of Johnston Island, at 102,74 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

22 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
BB Oklahoma, Shell hits 7

Japanese ground losses:
43 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

series of bombardments are going down on the defenders of Johnston Island! They withstand the bombardments bravely!

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Naval bombardment of Johnston Island, at 102,74

Allied Ships
BB South Dakota

Japanese ground losses:
230 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Runway hits 4
Port hits 1
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1

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Naval bombardment of Johnston Island, at 102,74

Allied Ships
BB California

Japanese ground losses:
297 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

Runway hits 8
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1

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Naval bombardment of Johnston Island, at 102,74

Allied Ships
BB West Virginia

Japanese ground losses:
89 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Runway hits 3
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1

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Naval bombardment of Johnston Island, at 102,74

Allied Ships
BB North Carolina

Japanese ground losses:
197 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

Runway hits 8
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 1

North Carolina was hit by two torps! Must have really been FOW... [8|]

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Naval bombardment of Johnston Island, at 102,74

Allied Ships
CL Helena
BB Tennessee

Japanese ground losses:
110 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 16
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 4

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TF 1035 encounters mine field at Johnston Island (102,74)

Allied Ships
MSW Canso
MSW Bayfield
MSW Nipigon
MSW Bellechasse
MSW Ungava
MSW Quatsino
MSW Outarde
MSW Wasaga
MSW Igonish
DD Sands
DD Kilty
PC Tiger
AK San Rafael, Mine hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Humphreys
DD Kennison
PG Charleston


Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

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Sub attack near Johnston Island at 102,74

Japanese Ships
SS I-154, hits 3, on fire

Allied Ships
AK Canadian
AK Aroostook
AK Fomalhaut
DD Rathburne
DD Kane
DD Hatfield
DD Dent
DD Talbot
DD Schley
DD Fox
DD Allen
CA Vincennes
AK Dorothy Philips
AK Exmoor
MSW Lockeport
PG Vancouver
PG Dawson
AP Mount McKinley
MSW Bobolink
MSW Vireo
MSW Turkey
AK Steel Seafarer
AK Libra
AK Bridge
AP St. Mihel
AP President Polk
MSW Grebe
MSW Tern
MSW Rail
MSW Penguin
PC Reliance

sub missed and takes one real hit, minor damage though...

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Sub attack near French Frigate Shoal at 104,68

Japanese Ships
SS I-8

Allied Ships
BB New Mexico
DD Dewey

New Mexico was lucky, 6 torps missed! Again only one DD as escort! Would my torps hit and also do damage (not what we were seeing so far) then those BBs would all be in real trouble in this area!

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Day Air attack on Johnston Island , at 102,74


Allied aircraft
PB2Y Coronado x 2
B-17E Fortress x 51


Allied aircraft losses
PB2Y Coronado: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 17

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on 7th Tank Regiment, at 45,103


Allied aircraft
F.K.51 x 1


No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on Imperial Guards Division, at 44,103


Allied aircraft
F.K.51 x 2
A-20B Boston x 15
B-25C Mitchell x 21


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
93 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 11000 feet

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Day Air attack on 2nd Tank Regiment, at 45,103


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 15
A-20B Boston x 6
B-25C Mitchell x 7


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Johnston Island at 102,74 [:D]

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 54
G3M Nell x 30
G4M1 Betty x 39

Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 19
F4F-4 Wildcat x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 6 destroyed, 5 damaged
G3M Nell: 2 destroyed, 12 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed, 19 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3 Wildcat: 19 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged

Allied Ships
CA Vincennes, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
CA Quincy, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP President Polk, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Fox
DD Rathburne
AK George H. Williams
AK Don Isidro, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AP Ruth Alexander, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
MSW Turkey


Allied ground losses:
62 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet

and here comes our first strike against the invasion from Palmyra. Enemy CVs still 2 hexes North of Johnston and our bombers are still set to 11 hexes range to have escorts. We don´t launch all 126 bombers but still we further work on the Allied disaster! Those two CAs should be in real trouble now. We also downed nearly two dozen high experienced Allied CV fighter pilots. Excellent, but our bomber and fighter pilots are racking up fatigue really fast at this range.

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Day Air attack on Johnston Island , at 102,74


Allied aircraft
PB2Y Coronado x 1
B-24D Liberator x 43


Allied aircraft losses
PB2Y Coronado: 1 destroyed

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 20000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Johnston Island at 102,74

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 37
G3M Nell x 3

Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 6
F4F-4 Wildcat x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged
G3M Nell: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3 Wildcat: 5 damaged
F4F-4 Wildcat: 4 damaged

Allied Ships
CA Minneapolis

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet

Our Zeroes had to fly twice today, resulting in fatigue over 40! They have been flown out of Palmyra and were replaced by two other daitais.

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Day Air attack on TF, near Johnston Island at 102,74

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5
G4M1 Betty x 14

Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 6
F4F-4 Wildcat x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3 Wildcat: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
CA Quincy, on fire, heavy damage
AK Alaskan
MSW Turkey

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet

fatigue seems to alreay affect our hit rate.

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ASW attack near Johnston Island at 102,74

Japanese Ships
SS I-154, hits 3

Allied Ships
AK Aroostook
DD Rathburne
DD Kane
DD Hatfield
DD Dent

another sub gets attacked...

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TF 1035 encounters mine field at Johnston Island (102,74)

TF 1035 troops unloading over beach at Johnston Island, 102,74


Allied Ships
MSW Canso
MSW Bayfield
MSW Nipigon
MSW Bellechasse
MSW Ungava
MSW Quatsino
MSW Outarde
MSW Wasaga
MSW Igonish
DD Humphreys
DD Kilty
DD Kennison
PG Moncton
PG Charleston
AK San Rafael, Mine hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
DD Sands
PC Tiger
DD Lawrence


Allied ground losses:
59 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Coastal Guns at Johnston Island, 102,74, firing at TF 1035
71 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
AK San Rafael, Shell hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
CA San Francisco, Shell hits 1
CA Minneapolis, Shell hits 1

Japanese ground losses:
41 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
1095 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

our CD units seem to be suppressed by the enemy CAs but at least over 1000 enemy troops are disabled form the landing... I have to say that the invasion timetable seems to be planned poorly by Swift´s admirals as this is already in the last phase during the afternoon and I highly doubt that he was able to unload everything at once! Plays in our cards! [8D]

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Ground combat at 44,102

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 119952 troops, 1235 guns, 30 vehicles, Assault Value = 2457

Defending force 62489 troops, 524 guns, 100 vehicles, Assault Value = 1529



Allied ground losses:
49 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Johnston Island

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7800 troops, 44 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 267

Defending force 9011 troops, 77 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 276 [:D]



Allied ground losses:
50 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Charter Towers

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8401 troops, 81 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 195

Defending force 13560 troops, 0 guns, 870 vehicles, Assault Value = 507


Japanese ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 2


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Ground combat at Chungking

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 149898 troops, 1288 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4462

Defending force 98551 troops, 1073 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1981


Japanese ground losses:
34 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Johnston Island

Allied Shock attack [:D]

Attacking force 8913 troops, 72 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 271

Defending force 14727 troops, 61 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 267

Allied max assault: 174 - adjusted assault: 19

Japanese max defense: 255 - adjusted defense: 484

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 9)


Japanese ground losses:
52 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Allied ground losses:
601 casualties reported
Guns lost 26
Vehicles lost 4

and here comes the shock attack! Only 60% of a US division is unloaded! What was Swift thinking that I have at Johnston? I consider 250 assault points not as a super high garisson, but he seems to really underestimated my strenght here! One division not being unloaded in one turn and a couple of support units will never take Johnston. This invasion (if not heavily reinforced) will fail - it won´t just be a disaster, it will completely fail with the forces on hand at the moment!

Air losses for today. Excellent, for the damage done!

ORIGINAL: castor troy
TF 1121 encounters mine field at Johnston Island (102,74)

Allied Ships
BB New Mexico, Mine hits 1

next BB damaged! If I would play as the Allied I would call it already yet a disaster. 1 BB sunk and half a dozen more damaged already! [X(]

Ive just got to ask...if you call that a disaster, then what did you call the Darwin operation? Please please let me read your AAR [;)]

ORIGINAL: Panzerjaeger Hortlund

ORIGINAL: castor troy
TF 1121 encounters mine field at Johnston Island (102,74)

Allied Ships
BB New Mexico, Mine hits 1

next BB damaged! If I would play as the Allied I would call it already yet a disaster. 1 BB sunk and half a dozen more damaged already! [X(]

Ive just got to ask...if you call that a disaster, then what did you call the Darwin operation? Please please let me read your AAR [;)]

I lost two BBs and that was exactly called: A DISASTER!

You will see within the next posts that Swift takes far more losses than I did at Darwin. And to recall the Darwin operation: if my CVs would have moved the 6 hexes instead of 4 (out of 8 for what reason ever) then I would have called it a big Allied victory, sinking 3 IJN CVs for nearly no loss, but the god of WITP, the dices, luck or whatever prevented my CVs from moving 80% of what they could move. So... feel glad that it went the way it went...

but besides that, should I post the intel screen and the whole map to make me feel fine again, when I compare the intel and map from my Japanese game against Swift to my Allied game against you? [;)]