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ORIGINAL: witpqs

I'm curious. Have you found a bunch of these kinds of orders? I'm thinking back to the historical role-play you guys did earlier involving Australia's policies at the time, for example.

witpqs;

Some of the material, especially the pre-Pearl Harbor stuff are verbatim transcirpts of written or spoken orders of historical figures (ie., Sec Stinson's diary, orders to Kimmel and Short before Pearl Harbor, Churchill's orders to Wavell), some are fictional comments from historical figures with fidelity to their historical roles (ie. Ghormely and Halsey, Wavell, etc), some are actual photocopies from period documents (the Bolivian tin mine for eg. and some of the correspondence to the Australian Government...these from the on-line FDR library and the Official Australian war history website). Some are recreations of historical events where the participants are not known to me (fight over overtime on Singapore fortifications)

Of course, as the "game" progresses, we will likely diverge from the historical outcome (for eg...the fall of Singapore was about right temporally, but 50,000 troops didnt get away [:)]) Even so, you have to admit the gane designers and testers have got this remarkably right. Fantastic wargame. Cheers!

And some are purely fictional...for eg. Maj Legree who achieved some fame in a civilian role some 90 years earlier.

ORIGINAL: Terminus

I think they're more or less making this stuff up... Especially the date on that last memo...

'42 was a leap year dude. [;)]

Quite a big leap...[:D]

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This photo of HMS Glasgow firing on a Japanese merchant ship off Tobolai was taken on the night of March 3, 1942. 3 Japanese ships were sunk and the rest scattered, Allied forces returned to Batavia unharmed.

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Clippings from Australian Newspapers:

"Escorted by two American carriers, the Cruiser rushed into position off Sumatra and launched her plane" [:D][:D]

I was wondering about that myself. Why didn't the two carriers join in the fun and launch their a/c?

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

"Escorted by two American carriers, the Cruiser rushed into position off Sumatra and launched her plane" [:D][:D]

Gotta give some experience to the little guy...or maybe he outranked them!

ORIGINAL: Mark VII

I was wondering about that myself. Why didn't the two carriers join in the fun and launch their a/c?

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

"Escorted by two American carriers, the Cruiser rushed into position off Sumatra and launched her plane" [:D][:D]

The clouds interrupted a perfectly good day for sunning on the deck, so the USN pilots returned to their wardrooms in a huff. The Admiral was not happy. If not for the lost opportunity, it was funny. Perhaps 170 bombers ready and armed and the only attck is by a lone Walrus.

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as always the best thing i read when i wake up in the morning.
keep it up!

Molto grazie Gen

Isn't MacArthur needed in the PI or something?







PS...the clerk mistyped "coordination"...it wasn't MacArthur's fault