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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/29/42

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ASW attack at 46,48

Japanese Ships
PG Sozan Maru
PG Shotoku Maru
PG Shosei Maru
PG Shoei Maru
PG Shinko Maru #5
PG Shinko Maru #2
PG Shinko Maru #1
PG Shinko Maru #3

Allied Ships
SS O16

8 PG escort of a big TK convoy going to Japan. This is North of the Philipines in the Formosa straits. The sub wasn´t spotted so I was quite amazed as this is the area where I have the most ac on nav search, mostly DinahIIs, some IJA dive bombers and even an IJA daitai of Helens. The PGs all failed to locate the sub but they did their job and prevented the sub from getting a shot at my oil loaden TKs...

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Naval bombardment of Suva, at 86,114 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

5 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
CL Concord
CL Marblehead, Shell hits 2
CL Detroit
CL Raleigh

Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 2
Port supply hits 3

the light cruisers don´t do much damage... I´m sure the enemy CVs have already left the area, with the recent developments I would bet they are heading for Timor or Northern Australia as Miller seems to fear my counterinvasion of Timor...

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Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 11
B5N Kate x 5
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 104

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 21

Aircraft Attacking:
34 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 188
B5N Kate x 10
Ki-27 Nate x 35
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 147

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 163

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Koumac , at 67,111


Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 116
P-40E Warhawk x 24


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 24

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x P-40E Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet
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Naval bombardment of Suva, at 86,114 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

3 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
CL Concord
CL Marblehead
CL Detroit
CL Raleigh

Japanese ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 7
Port supply hits 2

The cruisers bombard during the night AND during the day! This is new to me - saying this after years of playing [X(] - as I always experienced the TF bombarding during the night if set to retire and bombarding at the end of the day when set to patrol do not retire. But I´ve never seen one TF bombarding TWICE a day...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 276767 troops, 2737 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 4856

Defending force 76190 troops, 7 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2405

Japanese max assault: 4146 - adjusted assault: 1520 [8|]

Allied max defense: 2119 - adjusted defense: 1862

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 8) [8|][8|]


Japanese ground losses:
6132 casualties reported
Guns lost 116
Vehicles lost 6

Allied ground losses:
2487 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

lol, how much more ridicoulos can it get... 6th attack I guess, once we were able to knock down a fort... well, no matter how many more casualties we take, this base will fall, even if the next 20 attacks look like this... sooner or later there are no Chinese left, even if they will still be sitting behind level 8 forts... this is also new to me as hundreds of combat engineers normally don´t need a dozen attempts to take down one fort level, especially if the enemy is mostly or even totally out of suplly.

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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8298 troops, 283 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1031

Defending force 20221 troops, 131 guns, 175 vehicles, Assault Value = 330



Allied ground losses:
119 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16044 troops, 201 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3525

Defending force 218010 troops, 661 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5840



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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 74437 troops, 645 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2014

Defending force 71075 troops, 861 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1453


Japanese ground losses:
76 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Dili

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 6952 troops, 210 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1232

Defending force 67269 troops, 519 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1424


Japanese ground losses:
696 casualties reported [8|]
Guns lost 8


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Ground combat at Suva

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 18111 troops, 190 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 680

Defending force 14990 troops, 72 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 287


Japanese ground losses:
43 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

couple of Allied divisions at Suva now, not much fighting power left... Miller has worn down his divisions with the landings at Noumea and Nandi and this wasn´t a must as he could have done that with far fewer casualties. With level 5 forts and a wooden hex I´m not even sure the Allied can take the base, a couple of lucky die rolls for us and the base will hold...

looks like the fact that we closed down Lautern stopped all Allied bomber attacks on Dili and Koepang also as Miller seems not to be willing to fight my Cap over Timor at the moment. I´m sure he will launch one big strike again when his bombers have a good morale again, but it is buying us time and that´s not good for our enemy...

We have an interesting discussion, again I hope Miller doesn´t mind me posting his email and my reply.

Miller:

Evening. I know most IJN subs get an increase in durability to make them less likely to die against allied ASW in this mod. However, I was puzzled at how poor my ASW was until I looked at the weapons stats...........the allied DC's have had their depth rating reduced to less than the IJN....ridiculous!

Basically it means your subs are immune to attack in deep water hexes, unless they meet a TF containing 12+ DDs.........


Well, I didn´t understand that at all so I´ve looked up the stats in the editor and replied:

Hmm, never heard of that and I couldn´t find anything about that in the readme of the mod. And from my experience I can´t confirm that either, I had never anything like immune IJN subs, no matter if I was playing the IJN or Allied side.

Let´s see, all stats from the editor:

IJN subs durability 30-33 with the highest classes at 36. USN fleet subs durability 30 with the highest being the Balao class with 40.

Depth charges:

IJN

Type 91 effect 220

Type 95 effect 325

Type 2 effect 357

USN

MK6 effect 300

MK7 effect 700

MK7m1 effect 600

MK9 effect 200 (with a three times higher accuracy than the IJN types)

All Allied depth charges have a better accuracy. Why you think that the Allied depth charges were reduced to half of the IJN is beyond me, in fact they mostly have DOUBLE the effect with a higher accuracy than the IJN depth charges. This together with the common ASW rating of a USN DD of 6 vs a IJN DD with 4 makes one USN DD 3 (in words: THREE) times as effective as an IJN DD. And the British DDs are worth 4 times an IJN DD.

IJN subs aren´t any harder to sink in this mod than in stock.


this was yesterday evening and I haven´t looked for turns since then but I´m excited to read Miller´s reply. [;)]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/30/42

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Naval bombardment of Suva, at 86,114

Allied Ships
CL Concord
CL Marblehead
CL Detroit
CL Raleigh

Japanese ground losses:
33 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 8
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 4

this time the Allied CLs only did a bombardment during the night, but during the day we still spotted an Allied TF in the hex... [&:]

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Sub attack near Saipan at 63,64

Japanese Ships
AP Baikal Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Pompano

this sub was spotted a couple of days ago and I was to lazy to send an ASW TF from Truk and after checking a couple of TFs going and coming from Truk I thought that none would pass the Saipan hex... well, one out of a dozen or so did and of course the spotted sub scored a hit out of a 2 torp salvo. The AP is dead, with 68 flt and 40 fires there´s no way it will survive at the level 3 port of Saipan... [8|]

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Sub attack near Saipan at 63,64

Japanese Ships
AP Atuta Maru

Allied Ships
SS Pompano

another attack on the same convoy, again only a 2 torp salvo.... torps missed....

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Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5
B5N Kate x 5
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 104

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 17

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 2
A-20B Boston x 6


No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x A-20B Boston bombing at 5000 feet
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Sub attack near Saipan at 63,64

Japanese Ships
AP Baikal Maru, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Pompano

and Ponpano´s third attack today, the already doomed Baikal Maru is hit but the torps failed to detonate. It was the third 2 torp salvo...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14227 troops, 458 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4535

Defending force 73495 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2254



Allied ground losses:
99 casualties reported

at least all our failed attacks reduced also the defenders av by some 600-700 points... means around 120 av for each failed attack... So only 15+ more attacks and the base surely surrenders...

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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8275 troops, 283 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1031

Defending force 19988 troops, 130 guns, 171 vehicles, Assault Value = 326



Allied ground losses:
66 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 1


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16044 troops, 201 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3525

Defending force 217802 troops, 651 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5841



Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported

looks like Kweiyang´s defenders reached their max av again, it hasn´t been growing anymore. This is good news as this tells me that the supply situation of the rest of China isn´t far from what it should be. When I look at all the corps and divisions here then they are all totally understrenght and don´t seem to get reinforcements due to supply shortage. They also don´t seem to recover disabled squads anymore. [:)]

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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 74538 troops, 645 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2021

Defending force 71067 troops, 858 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1454


Japanese ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

it´s nearly 43 and this is all the Allied have in India and that is pretty surprising to me. I guess I will have at least 6-12 months until the Allied troop strenght due to reinforcements at Karachi grows to frightening numbers again. Excellent!

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Ground combat at Suva

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 26728 troops, 353 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 887

Defending force 14414 troops, 69 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 269


Japanese ground losses:
3 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Dili

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 6962 troops, 212 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1255

Defending force 62507 troops, 329 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1276


Japanese ground losses:
193 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

hopefully the casualties from the art bombardments stay in this range now... 200 is ok, 600-1000 each turn is depressing...

A comparably slow day for this AAR...

ORIGINAL: Xxzard

A comparably slow day for this AAR...

hehe! There´s life besides WITP - little, but there is! [;)] Wasn´t able to do a turn on Wednesday so the AAR sloooowed down...

The AAR started November 08 and we´ve nearly done a year´s game time, so on average we did nearly 4 turns a day! Not that bad. [:D]

Three turns done yesterday evening, the first one is a bloody one...


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/01/42

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Sub attack near Maumere at 28,73

Japanese Ships
APD APD-35, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
APD APD-38
APD APD-36
APD APD-33
APD APD-32
APD APD-31

Allied Ships
SS KVIII, hits 8, on fire

Sent an ASW killer group to attack the spotted sub at Maumere and a killer gets... killed... Chance to survive the torp hit is around 0.2%, takes four days to get to Kendari and the ship has 87 flt and 32 fires... in return we achieve a hit and 7 near misses... and SS KX was hit by a Helen on nav search...

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Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5
B5N Kate x 5
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 104

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 25

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77 [:D]

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 201 [X(]

Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 1
P-38G Lightning x 36

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 7 destroyed, 12 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
PBY Catalina: 1 damaged
P-38G Lightning: 28 destroyed

Miller sent a sweep from Derby and this time EVERYTHING went in our favour! First, we get a huge Cap, 201 out of 285 fighters in the air - that is huge for Japanese terms. And we bounce the incoming twin tailed devils nearly for the whole engagement. With the bounce the Tojos became killers, without it they are dogs in fighter vs fighter engagements. What really was shocking for me is the fact that the Lightnings are totally hard to down even when being shot from short range from behind. A Warhawk is being shot down from behind 3 out of 4 times, a Lightning 1 out of times, the bastards are nearly as hard to down as a bomber, thank god there are only 30 eaach month coming out of the factory until mid 43. I don´t want to think about how hard it will be to take one down when not being shot from behind. And normally you more or less only get "shots from behind" when you get the bounce. In the end we nearly trade 1 Tojo for 4 Lightnings.

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Day Air attack on Dili , at 31,77


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 62
B-25C Mitchell x 200


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
84 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Port hits 9
Port supply hits 28

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet

Dili? Why the Lightning sweep and not all bombers attacking Koepang? well, serves me good... the supply hits stay really concerning, but the port hits do nothing, the damage is repaired within one turn and the forts are slooowly growing now being at 1 (17%). I had half a dozen construction btn there but with the air and ground attacks they were totally wrecked and I had to pull them out again. As it is now, there are around 120 eng from the inf units I have there.

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 161
B5N Kate x 12
G4M1 Betty x 23
Ki-27 Nate x 35
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 152

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
52 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 73
Port fuel hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Koumac , at 67,111


Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 146
P-40E Warhawk x 30


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 28

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x P-40E Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet

in four months those USMC squadrons will rule the skies when flying Corsairs... say good bye air superiority...

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Here we go... [8|]

Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 136

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 3
B-17E Fortress x 111
LB-30 Liberator x 29
B-24D Liberator x 108

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 10 destroyed, 116 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 3 destroyed
B-17E Fortress: 5 destroyed, 101 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 2 destroyed, 25 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 15 destroyed, 78 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
186 casualties reported

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 41

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet
3 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 10000 feet
7 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 10000 feet

Miller again was lucky! Why? Because in the morning phase the staging base (Wyndham) of the 4Es was clouded and therefor they didn´t attack right after the Lightnings when we still had 190 fighters in the air. In the afternoon, weather was better, the bombers attacked and our Cap level was back at was it usually is - at best around 50%. The bombers are met by 136 IJA fighters and many turn back but morale surely was high within the Allied bomber groups as they only turned back in small numbers like 3-5 bombers each time. Watching the replay I was sure that the fighters won´t be able to defend the base and there will surely be a lot of bombers dropping their bombs on the base.

The losses of the 4E bombers are depressing again, even though more than those shot down immedietely during the replay are lost a2a in the end... For example, only TWO of the 78 damaged B-24 crashed after the replay. 6 more B-17 (out of 101 damaged) and 5 LB-30 (out of 25 damaged) crashed after the replay. The around 80-90 bombers that attack the base kill 20 fighters on the ground, the base ends the turn with only 22 remaining damage to the airbase, the runways are repaired immediately. My problem stays mainly the same even if it didn´t turn out to be catastrophic today. There are just too many fighters staying on the ground, this means there are more bombers coming through, less being shot down and more fighters are destroyed on the ground. But it could have gone FAR worse also today, so there´s no reason to really complain I gues...



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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14186 troops, 458 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4618

Defending force 73461 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2257



Allied ground losses:
179 casualties reported

we will attack soon again...

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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8296 troops, 286 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1030

Defending force 19658 troops, 123 guns, 168 vehicles, Assault Value = 323



Allied ground losses:
52 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16061 troops, 201 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3524

Defending force 217479 troops, 637 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5847



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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 74716 troops, 650 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2023

Defending force 70973 troops, 862 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1452



Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Suva

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 35531 troops, 502 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 887

Defending force 13835 troops, 67 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 255


Japanese ground losses:
44 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/02/42

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Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5
B5N Kate x 5
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 136

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 20

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 2
A-20B Boston x 3


No Allied losses

Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x A-20B Boston bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on 74th Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 25
Ki-49 Helen x 27

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
61 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 72nd Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-21 Sally x 39
Ki-49 Helen x 73

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
77 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet

those attacks aren´t really worth it I guess, the enemy is surely out of supply anyway and it doesn´t matter if two of the 15 or more units are disrupted or not, with the high fort levels my divisions will probably get shredded again... deliberate attack tomorrow...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14246 troops, 458 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4734

Defending force 73191 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2262



Allied ground losses:
106 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Chengtu

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14531 troops, 178 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 311

Defending force 18464 troops, 108 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 359

we moved three bgds to Chengtu (coming over the trails from the East). One arrived and the other two should arrive within tomorrow. We encounter a Chinese corps and two base forces, there must also be a HQ because recon tells us that there are four units at the base but HQ units don´t show up during the replay. It´s a clear hex, there are hopefully not max fort numbers and the hex is surely perfectly supplied as Chengtu is the most important supply base for the Chinese. So with three bgds it will be a tough fight I guess, I fear the base will hold. Chengtu has 300 resources and also a couple of hundred auto supply so moving to this base is essential for the war in China because even if we don´t take the base, we stop the supply generation from the resource center (the autosupply still arrives) but none of the supply will flow out of the base anymore. This means the Chinese lost another 600 (I guess) supplies each day from yesterday on when my first unit entered the hex. So I estimate the remaining supply being 600-700 each day for the rest of China and 20.000 supplies each month is probably not enough to even feed the 500.000+ Chinese troops in the remaining Central and West China bases. [&o]


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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8369 troops, 287 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1031

Defending force 19606 troops, 120 guns, 168 vehicles, Assault Value = 324



Allied ground losses:
67 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 2

We will also attack Myitkina soon...

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16061 troops, 201 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3524

Defending force 216943 troops, 630 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5838



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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 74819 troops, 650 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 2030

Defending force 71013 troops, 866 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1453


Japanese ground losses:
54 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
33 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Suva

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 35859 troops, 509 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 895

Defending force 13719 troops, 62 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 247

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 3

Allied max assault: 725 - adjusted assault: 440

Japanese max defense: 251 - adjusted defense: 613

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 3)


Japanese ground losses:
325 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

Allied ground losses:
851 casualties reported
Guns lost 41

hehe, the 4 wrecked Allied divisions are far from being combat effective. Unfortunately they knock down a fort level but it will take some more time to see the base surrendering... and time is all we need...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/03/42

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TF 89 encounters mine field at Lautem (33,78)

Japanese Ships
DD Kawakaze, Mine hits 1, on fire

not surprising... [8|]

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese Ships
CA Tone
CA Chikuma
CA Takao
CA Atago
CA Chokai
CA Haguro
CA Nachi
DD Kuroshio, Shell hits 1
DD Oyashio
DD Natsushio
DD Arashi
DD Tanikaze
DD Natsugumo
DD Yamagumo

Allied Ships
PT PT-145, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
PT PT-171
PT PT-173

three TFs, two bombardment TFs and a surface combat TF, one of the bombardment TFs attacks the PTs...

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese Ships
CA Tone
CA Chikuma
CA Takao
CA Atago
CA Chokai
CA Haguro
CA Nachi
DD Kuroshio
DD Oyashio, Shell hits 1
DD Natsushio
DD Arashi, Shell hits 3, on fire [8|][8|][8|] 20mm Oerlikon hits...
DD Tanikaze, Shell hits 1
DD Natsugumo, Shell hits 1
DD Yamagumo

Allied Ships
PT PT-150
PT PT-165, Shell hits 25, and is sunk
PT PT-183

one DD down due to the mine hit, another one down due to 3 20mm Oerlikon hits... the DD ends up with 30 sys, 27flt and 12 fire!!! 3x20mm Oerlikon salvos... it´s not the exception that one 20mm Oerlikon hit does in a DD it´s the norm in this game unfortunately...

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese Ships
CA Tone
CA Chikuma
CA Takao
CA Atago
CA Chokai
CA Haguro
CA Nachi
DD Kuroshio
DD Oyashio, Torpedo hits 1, on fire [8|]
DD Natsushio
DD Arashi, Shell hits 4, on fire
DD Tanikaze
DD Natsugumo
DD Yamagumo

Allied Ships
PT PT-171, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT PT-173, Shell hits 89, and is sunk

we surprise the PTs and a DD is not surprised to be hit by a torp... one DD down due to a VH2, one down due to the mighty 20mm Oerlikons, one DD down due to a torp... 4 PTs destroyed so far...

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese Ships
CA Tone
CA Chikuma
CA Takao
CA Atago
CA Chokai
CA Haguro
CA Nachi
DD Kuroshio
DD Oyashio, on fire
DD Natsushio
DD Arashi, on fire
DD Tanikaze
DD Natsugumo
DD Yamagumo

Allied Ships
PT PT-150, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
PT PT-183

5 PTs sunk...

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese Ships
CA Tone
CA Chikuma
CA Takao
CA Atago
CA Chokai
CA Haguro
CA Nachi
DD Kuroshio
DD Oyashio, on fire
DD Natsushio
DD Arashi, on fire
DD Tanikaze
DD Natsugumo
DD Yamagumo

Allied Ships
PT PT-183, Shell hits 6, and is sunk

all six PTs sunk now... during the Allied order phase: "click" 12 new PTs pop up... [8|]

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Naval bombardment of Lautem, at 33,78

Japanese Ships
CA Nachi
CA Haguro
CA Chokai
CA Atago
CA Takao
CA Chikuma
CA Tone


Allied ground losses:
801 casualties reported
Guns lost 12

Runway hits 9
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 1

yesterday, our recon suddenly showed 200 Allied bombers at the base, I guess Miller moved in bombers to surprise me but due to the airfield damage still being to high they didn´t launch. Tried for days to bomb the base but my bombers refused to attack so I had to send in the cruisers again. But the damage done is... well, the combat report speaks for itself. Of course also the enemy bombers left the base again. That´s also a nice feature in WITP (for both sides), ac can fly in and out of bases that are totally damaged... lol...

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Naval bombardment of Lautem, at 33,78

Japanese Ships
CA Kako
CA Furutaka
CA Aoba
CA Kumano
CA Suzuya
CA Mikuma
CA Ashigara


Allied ground losses:
378 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

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

also the second bombardment is pathetic. Again three DDs heavily damaged for nothing, I´m pretty sure none will sink though. But would the enemy base be operational and would there be bombers, I guess we would have lost three DDs today... for 6 PTs destroyed and not much more damage...

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Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5
B5N Kate x 5
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 139

No Japanese losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 17

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 30
G3M Nell x 53
G4M1 Betty x 115

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 4 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
PBY Catalina: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported

Airbase hits 6
Runway hits 51

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 16000 feet

the base should be totally damaged, we´ve lost 4 ac in this raid...

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Day Air attack on Koumac , at 67,111


Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 167


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 15

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x F4F-4 Wildcat bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 3
A-20B Boston x 11


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x A-20B Boston bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on 53rd Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 32
Ki-21 Sally x 34
Ki-49 Helen x 61

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
34 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 87th Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 3
Ki-21 Sally x 16
Ki-49 Helen x 32

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet


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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 279239 troops, 2606 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 4810

Defending force 73076 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2277

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 7

Japanese max assault: 4575 - adjusted assault: 2375

Allied max defense: 1874 - adjusted defense: 2456

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 7)


Japanese ground losses:
5641 casualties reported
Guns lost 109
Vehicles lost 3

Allied ground losses:
2961 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

we narrowly missed the 1:1 but at least this time the engineers were able to knock a fort down... our losses are slightly going down now and the enemy´s losses are going up...

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Ground combat at Chengtu

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14510 troops, 177 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 951

Defending force 18424 troops, 108 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 359



Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8369 troops, 287 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1031

Defending force 19446 troops, 120 guns, 162 vehicles, Assault Value = 322



Allied ground losses:
91 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16017 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3521

Defending force 216661 troops, 617 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5834



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Ground combat at Chengtu

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 10630 troops, 72 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 359

Defending force 44762 troops, 540 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 951


Japanese ground losses:
3 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 74989 troops, 650 guns, 9 vehicles, Assault Value = 2037

Defending force 70977 troops, 867 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1454


Japanese ground losses:
83 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

Allied ground losses:
30 casualties reported
Guns lost 5


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Ground combat at Suva

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 34820 troops, 436 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 821

Defending force 13305 troops, 51 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 224


Japanese ground losses:
79 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/04/42

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Sub attack at 13,85

Japanese Ships
SS I-176

Allied Ships
AR Sidney Hauptmann
CA Frobisher
DD Banckert
DD Evertsen
DD Crane
DD King

[:(] 6 torps miss the AR during a night attack. This is in the shipping lanes West of Broome. As you can see Miller also moves a heavy cruiser into the area again. The 4 DDs are all only second class...

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Sub attack at 15,85

Japanese Ships
SS I-164

Allied Ships
DD Crane
CA Frobisher
CLAA Caradoc
DD Banckert
DD Evertsen
DD King
AR Sidney Hauptmann
AR Crown City

[:(] 4 torps missed the DD during the day, the Allied TF ends up four hexes West of Broome. Looks like Miller is up to something again, otherwise there wouldn´t be a reason to move those ARs into he area I guess... it´s been some time when the Allied carriers disappeared, perhaps they will show up in this area soon...

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Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5
B5N Kate x 5
G4M1 Betty x 28
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 142

No Japanese losses

Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 35

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 126
B5N Kate x 12
G4M1 Betty x 24
Ki-27 Nate x 35
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 152
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 118
Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Koumac , at 67,111


Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 167
SBD Dauntless x 15


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 32

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x F4F-4 Wildcat bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 3rd New Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 32
Ki-21 Sally x 25
Ki-49 Helen x 90

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
54 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 20th Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 4
Ki-21 Sally x 30
Ki-49 Helen x 19

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
52 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet

no less of 6 Helens were lost in these two attacks. Flying from Homan to Sian, 2 hexes... 6 op losses, 6 pilots lost, all high exp... totally crazy... 80 B-24 damaged, flying 9 hexes, 1 lost...[8|]

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14147 troops, 456 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4416

Defending force 69506 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2077



Allied ground losses:
159 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Chengtu

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 44670 troops, 542 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 951

Defending force 18374 troops, 108 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 359



Allied ground losses:
41 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8406 troops, 290 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1031

Defending force 19296 troops, 117 guns, 161 vehicles, Assault Value = 324



Allied ground losses:
74 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16029 troops, 201 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3523

Defending force 216305 troops, 605 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5831



Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Chengtu

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 10610 troops, 72 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 359

Defending force 44670 troops, 542 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 951


Japanese ground losses:
66 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 75142 troops, 646 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 2042

Defending force 70941 troops, 863 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1455


Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Guns lost 3


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Ground combat at Suva

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 35050 troops, 439 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 830

Defending force 13265 troops, 49 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 223


Japanese ground losses:
116 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Two weeks ago, CL Agano joined the fleet and today the mighty BB Musashi left Japan to join the IJN at the front! After the loss of BB Hyuga we now have one BB more than at the start of the conflict...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/05/42

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ASW attack near Saipan at 63,64

Japanese Ships
PC Ch 24
PC Takunan Maru #10
PC Takuna Maru #7
PC Takuna Maru #6
PC Showa Maru #5
PC Showa Maru #3

Allied Ships
SS Pompano

Pompano is still sitting at Saipa and so I´ve moved some PC to the base... all fail to locate the sub...

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ASW attack near Saipan at 63,64

Japanese Ships
PC Ch 24
PC Takunan Maru #10
PC Takuna Maru #7
PC Takuna Maru #6
PC Showa Maru #5
PC Showa Maru #3

Allied Ships
SS Pompano, hits 1

second round, one near miss... guess the sub will move out tomorrow...

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ASW attack near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese Ships
APD APD-38
APD APD-36
APD APD-33
APD APD-32
APD APD-31

Allied Ships
SS O21

all APDs fail to locate the sub...

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Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 116
Ki-46-II Dinah x 3

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 15 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 55

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet

amazingly enough not a single ac of this strike was lost... not even one...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 125
B5N Kate x 12
G4M1 Betty x 24
Ki-27 Nate x 35
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 152
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 150

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Koumac , at 67,111


Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 150
SBD Dauntless x 16


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 23

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x F4F-4 Wildcat bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 3
A-20B Boston x 12


No Allied losses

Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x A-20B Boston bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on Sasebo 2nd SNLF, at 86,114


Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 20


Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 6 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x P-40E Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 79th Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 4
Ki-21 Sally x 11
Ki-49 Helen x 23

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 54th Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 32
Ki-21 Sally x 47
Ki-49 Helen x 60

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
139 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet


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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14215 troops, 458 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4535

Defending force 69438 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2079



Allied ground losses:
87 casualties reported

deliberate attack in two turns again...

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Ground combat at Chengtu

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 44505 troops, 538 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 948

Defending force 18312 troops, 108 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 357



Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

unfortunately I do have supply issues here. It seems easier to supply the five Allied divisions at Dili over 120 miles of trail than to supply my troops here in China... as soon as there will be more supply I will order the first attack...

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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8386 troops, 290 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1030

Defending force 19128 troops, 117 guns, 161 vehicles, Assault Value = 319



Allied ground losses:
66 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16033 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3520

Defending force 215743 troops, 597 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5818

Kweiyang´s assault value is going down!!! Must mean the enemy is starving as my bombardments do no damaged at all... excellent... [:)]

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Ground combat at Chengtu

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 10588 troops, 72 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 357

Defending force 44505 troops, 538 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 948


Japanese ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Karachi

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 75303 troops, 645 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 2052

Defending force 70983 troops, 862 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1453


Japanese ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Suva

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 35239 troops, 443 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 837

Defending force 13106 troops, 47 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 214


Japanese ground losses:
86 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


Miller stays on the lucky side of the flip coin as we moved in a hundred Nells/Betties that all took off to attack the AR/CA/CL/DD TF we tried to attack with subs yesterday but the FAILED to locate the target. It must have been a huge strike as all my daitais were highly fatigued... [:(][:(] He get´s away once again...

One and a half days without an update and my AAR drops back into the middle of the second page. Speaks for a very active forum and this of a years old game! Excellent gentlemen! [&o]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/06/42

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Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 2
B5N Kate x 2
G4M1 Betty x 18
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 72

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 17

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 126
B5N Kate x 12
G4M1 Betty x 26
Ki-27 Nate x 35
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 152
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
43 casualties reported

Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 144
Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Koumac , at 67,111


Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 156
SBD Dauntless x 16


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 35

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x F4F-4 Wildcat bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 3
A-20B Boston x 11


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x A-20B Boston bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on Sasebo 2nd SNLF, at 86,114


Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 29


Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
28 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x P-40E Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 178

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 18
B-24D Liberator x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 36 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 11 destroyed
B-24D Liberator: 3 destroyed, 15 damaged

Japanese Ships
APD APD-38
APD APD-32

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet

now that´s something I like, a couple of 4E bomber groups are set to nav attack and they try to attack shipping at Koepang where they are met by a nice number of Tojos on Cap. Still 100 sitting on the ground but if I just would like to get 65-70% fighters more often into the air... The Liberator bomber crews had low morale and unfortunately turned back soon but the the Fortress´ crews push their attack through to attack our APD ASW TF. I was amazed that bombers made it through as I didn´t think it would be possible, not even in Nikmod. 7 B-17 dropped their load but missed our precious APDs which will be moved out immediately again as I don´t want to risk them that way. A nice result today, 17 4Es are lost for no result... [:D]



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Sub attack at 18,85

Japanese Ships
SS I-19

Allied Ships
AR Crown City, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Banckert
DD Crane
DD Evertsen
DD King
CA Frobisher

while this TF was spotted North of Derby already and unsuccesfully attacked by 100 IJN long range bombers, it turned West again to end up in the same hex as I-19 which attacked (and sunk [:)]) AR Crown City! Third sub attack on this TF and the first kill!

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14191 troops, 455 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4626

Defending force 69741 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2102



Allied ground losses:
61 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8406 troops, 290 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1030

Defending force 18972 troops, 116 guns, 159 vehicles, Assault Value = 313



Allied ground losses:
81 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16069 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3521

Defending force 215690 troops, 595 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5807



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Ground combat at Chengtu

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 10610 troops, 72 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 359

Defending force 44368 troops, 534 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 946


Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Suva

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 36580 troops, 462 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 846

Defending force 13016 troops, 49 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 208


Japanese ground losses:
38 casualties reported
Guns lost 2


all in all, a very nice turn for us...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/07/42

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Sub attack at 29,75

Japanese Ships
AG AG-5089, Shell hits 3

Allied Ships
SS O21

12,7mm MG hits, the barge will live on... [:D]

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Sub attack near Saipan at 63,64

Japanese Ships
PC Takunan Maru #10
PC Ch 24
PC Takuna Maru #7
PC Takuna Maru #6
PC Showa Maru #5
PC Showa Maru #3

Allied Ships
SS Pompano, hits 3

now Pompano dares to attack my ASW group... three near misses... wonder if Miller deliberately keeps the sub at Saipan...

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Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5
B5N Kate x 5
G4M1 Betty x 28
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 141

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 15

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 126
B5N Kate x 12
G4M1 Betty x 24
Ki-27 Nate x 35
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 152
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 153
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Koumac , at 67,111


Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 163
SBD Dauntless x 14


No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 19

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x F4F-4 Wildcat bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 3
A-20B Boston x 9


No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x A-20B Boston bombing at 5000 feet

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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 57695 troops, 814 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 1028

Defending force 18829 troops, 112 guns, 158 vehicles, Assault Value = 312

Japanese max assault: 1009 - adjusted assault: 822

Allied max defense: 289 - adjusted defense: 241

Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 9) [:D]

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 8


Japanese ground losses:
630 casualties reported
Guns lost 16
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
180 casualties reported

3:1? A nice result already. We moved an inf unit onto the trails South East of Myitkina so this means there shouldn´t be a retreat path for the British Army. With a 3:1 already we will order a shock attack for the next time... Only the 18th UK division still shows oer 200 assault value, all the bgds and other troops here show 0 av...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 280633 troops, 2477 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 4745

Defending force 70150 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2131

Japanese max assault: 4482 - adjusted assault: 2659

Allied max defense: 1788 - adjusted defense: 1539

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 7)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 6


Japanese ground losses:
4130 casualties reported
Guns lost 64
Vehicles lost 4

Allied ground losses:
2724 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

1:1 and another fort level down. Yet again the combat eng failed to reduce a fort level - can´t belive it... but we´re nearing our goal, no doubt the base will fall...

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Ground combat at Chengtu

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 44375 troops, 532 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 947

Defending force 18294 troops, 108 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 359

Japanese max assault: 895 - adjusted assault: 707

Allied max defense: 392 - adjusted defense: 1129

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 9) [:(]


Japanese ground losses:
426 casualties reported
Guns lost 9

Allied ground losses:
85 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

ouch, fort level 9. Didn´t expect it to be that high but in fact it´s not really surprising as the enemy had a year time to build them up... no chance for our three bgds to overcome the single Chinese corps that seems to be at full strenght and well supplied... we will have to wait until Sian has fallen and then we have to build up the airfield (only level 1 at the moment) to fly ground attacks against the corps at Chengtu... or we have to move in two more divisions...

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16051 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3522

Defending force 215411 troops, 590 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5798

they are starving... [&o] they are starving... [&o] they are starving... [&o]

10 points av down and I´m sure the av will drop every day now. Very good news indeed...


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Ground combat at Chengtu

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 10599 troops, 72 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 358

Defending force 43439 troops, 509 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 900



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Ground combat at Suva

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 36844 troops, 467 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 852

Defending force 13032 troops, 48 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 208


Japanese ground losses:
120 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

One year of war and the news agencies report another Japanese success!


If you can remember, many weeks ago, one of our subs attacked the heavily damaged heavy cruiser Exeter West of Broome and two torps slammed into the ship. It didn´t show up as sunk and I wasn´t 100% sure the cruiser would be lost but after checking the ship sunk list, CA Exeter showed up as sunk by Type 95 torps West of Broome! BANZAI! BANZAI! BANZAI!

Makes it four heavy cruisers sunk during the fighting North of Australia.


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/08/42

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Sub attack near Saipan at 63,64

Japanese Ships
PC Ch 24
PC Takunan Maru #10
PC Takuna Maru #7
PC Takuna Maru #6
PC Showa Maru #5
PC Showa Maru #3

Allied Ships
SS Pompano, hits 1

Pompano is still sitting at Saipan, again unsuccesfully attacking my ASW group. The PC strike back with one near miss... Pompano will run out of torps soon... guess one salvo left...

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Naval bombardment of Bulla, at 40,75


Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
Catalina I: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CA Kako
CA Aoba
CA Kumano
CA Ashigara


Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 14

Miller moved (probably airlifted) two units to Bulla and I´ve only noticed it because suddenly there were Catalinas flying nav search in this area. The cruisers don´t do much damage, I´m thinking of taking the island, there are enough troops around to do the job, recon only shows some 2-3000 troops on the island. Currently a level 2 airfield...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 126
B5N Kate x 12
G4M1 Betty x 23
Ki-27 Nate x 35
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 152
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 114

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Koumac , at 67,111


Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 162
SBD Dauntless x 15


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 30

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x F4F-4 Wildcat bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 3
A-20B Boston x 9


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x A-20B Boston bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on 27th Special Base Force, at 86,114


Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 37


Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed, 10 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x P-40E Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet

at least those training runs cause Allied fighters being shot down...

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Day Air attack on 79th Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-21 Sally x 42
Ki-49 Helen x 61

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
109 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on 53rd Chinese Corps, at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 14
Ki-49 Helen x 28

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
54 casualties reported

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

would like to see constant a2g attacks again...

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Ground combat at Sian [:(]

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 129457 troops, 1301 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4333

Defending force 66439 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1911

Japanese max assault: 1036 - adjusted assault: 499

Allied max defense: 1388 - adjusted defense: 1369

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 6)


Japanese ground losses:
2390 casualties reported
Guns lost 36

Allied ground losses:
1011 casualties reported

forgot to set all of my troops to defend again and half of my army attacked for no result of course... stupid me...

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Ground combat at Chengtu

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 43376 troops, 509 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 902

Defending force 18083 troops, 107 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 358



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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8416 troops, 289 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 967

Defending force 18558 troops, 110 guns, 155 vehicles, Assault Value = 308



Allied ground losses:
88 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16051 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3521

Defending force 215037 troops, 588 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5797



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Ground combat at Chengtu

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 10599 troops, 72 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 358

Defending force 43376 troops, 509 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 902


Japanese ground losses:
21 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Suva

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 37027 troops, 470 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 864

Defending force 12861 troops, 51 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 196


Japanese ground losses:
53 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

British admirality had to admit the loss of another cruiser. CA Exeter was lost all hands down due to a IJN sub attack off Australia´s North coast. BANZAI! BANZAI! BANZAI!





H. M. S. E X E T E R

YORK-Class cruiser ordered from HM Dockyard, Devonport on 15th March 1928 and laid down on 1st August that year. She was launched 13th July 1929 as the fifth RN ship to bear this name, introduced in 1680 for a 3rd Rate 70 gun ship. The last ship with the name was a Trawler hire for use as a minesweeper during WW1. Build was completed on 23rd July 1931 at a cost of £1,837, 415. The ship had a firm relationship with the City of Exeter throughout her service. This was continued when given to a Type 42 Destroyer on launch by Swan Hunter in 1978.

B a t t l e H o n o u r s

SADRAS 1782 - PROVIDIEN 1782 - NEGAPATAM 1782 - TRINCOMALEE 1782 - RIVER PLATE 1939 - MALAYA 1942 - SUNDA STRAIT 1942 - FALKLAND ISLANDS 1982*

(* awarded to 6th ship)

H e r a l d i c D a t a

Badge : On a Field White, a demi-lion Red, crowned Gold, holding

an Orb Gold over wavelets Gold and Blue.

The Badge is derived from the arms of the city of Exeter

M o t t o

Semper fidelis : 'Ever Faithful'


S u m m a r y o f P r e – W a r Service

1 9 3 1

May

8th Commissioned for Trials.

15th Sailed for Clyde to carry out Acceptance Trials

26th Took return passage to Plymouth on completion of trials.

27th Arrived at Devonport.

30th Paid-off



June Deployed at Devonport and prepared for service.



July Dockyard build work completed

27th Commissioned for service in 2nd Cruiser Squadron, Atlantic Fleet.

28th At Exmouth for visit by dignitaries of City of Exeter.



August Worked up with ships of Squadron for operational service.

On completion took passage to Portsmouth to remedy defects found during

work-up and modifications.

September

14th During passage to join Atlantic Fleet at Invergordon changes in Pay to naval

personnel were announced and resulted in mutiny of some Atlantic Fleet

ship’s companies.

15th Arrived at Invergordon to find Fleet in state of confusion and disarray.

(Note : No sign of disaffection on board, presumably because ship was newly

commissioned and ship’s company not closely involved with the

increasing disquiet due to the inept way in which the Fleet had been

poorly advised about the 10% reduction in pay structure caused by

the current financial depression. Army and RAF personnel pay had

not been reduced. This subject is well documented.)

17th Fleet discipline restored and ships took passage to Home ports.

Passage to Plymouth



October Deployed at Plymouth

to December.



1 9 3 2



January Took part in Home Fleet Spring Cruise with ships of Squadron.

to March After completion of exercise programme and visits to ports in West Indies

returned to Plymouth.



April Deployed for visits to UK Ports including Liverpool, Ilfracombe and St Ives.

to June



July Attended Royal Review of Fleet by HM King George V



August After Leave period joined ships of Squadron for visit to Copenhagen as part of

to September British exhibition

(Note : Other ships in Squadron were HM Cruisers DORSETSHIRE, NORFOLK

and YORK.)



October Deployed with Squadron for exercises.

to December



1 9 3 3



January Squadron deployment included Spring Exercise programme with visits to

to March Spanish ports.



April Took part in further Squadron visits to Norway and Sweden,

to July



August Taken in hand for refit at Devonport



September Under refit



October

10th Recommissioned for service in 8th Cruiser Squadron on America and West

Indies Station.

Carried out shakedown prior to leaving Home waters.



November

13th Took passage from Plymouth to relieve HM Cruiser DURBAN at Gibraltar.

16th Arrived at Gibraltar.

28th Relieved HMS DURBAN in 8th Cruiser Squadron.



December Passage to join Squadron in Bermuda.

6th Arrived in West Indies.



1 9 3 4



Deployed with Squadron and served as part of South American Division

Carried out visits to ports in Brazil, Argentina and other countries.

(Note : Ships of Squadron also visited Falkland Islands and countries on

west coast.)



1 9 3 5



January Deployed for Squadron duties in South Atlantic.

to July



August Transferred for detached service in Mediterranean and sailed to reinforce

1st Cruiser Squadron at Alexandria.

(Note : This was part of British response to counter threat by Italy to invade

Abyssinia,)



September

5th Sailed from Port Stanley to join 1st Cruiser Squadron at Alexandria.

30th Joined HM Cruisers BERWICK, LONDON, SHROPSHIRE, SUSSEX and

AJAX at Alexandria.



October Took part in Mediterranean Fleet exercises and deployments in the eastern

to December Mediterranean



1 9 3 6



January Detached service with 1st Cruiser Squadron in continuation.

to June (Note : Mediterranean Fleet ships took part in combined exercises with

Home Fleet ships each Spring, usually in western Mediterranean and

Atlantic.)



July Released from detached service in Mediterranean to return to UK for refit and

recommissioning

14th Sailed from Alexandria.

27th Arrived at Devonport to refit and recommission.



August Under refit and Paid-off.

to November



December Carried out harbour trials.

29th Recommissioned for service on West Indies Station

31st Took passage from Plymouth to rejoin Squadron.



1 9 3 7



January

7th Arrived at St Vincent.

10th Passage to Montevideo to resume duties with Division in South Atlantic.



February Deployed in South Atlantic.

to April



May Took passage to Bermuda.



June Despatched to Trinidad with HM Cruiser AJAX to provide aid to civil power at

Trinidad following rioting. Royal Marines landed to protect oil installations.



July West Indies Squadron deployment in continuation.

to December



1 9 3 8





West Indies Station deployment in continuation including exercises with RCN

and visits to Ports in USA.

Deployed on west coast South America.



1 9 3 9



January During west coast deployment despatched with HMS AJAX to assist after

an earthquake at Talcahuana, Chile. Landed parties to help with rescue and

to restore essential services.



February At Talcahuana



March Return passage to Bermuda.



April Deployed with Squadron for visits and exercises

to July Prepared for return passage to Pay-off at Devonport



August Passage to Plymouth

17th Arrived at Devonport and commenced Leave Period.

Ship remained in commission in view of the deteriorating political situation.

23rd Ship’s Company on leave recalled and prepared to return to duty in South

American Division of America and West Indies Squadron.

25th Took passage from Plymouth and escorted troopship ss DUNERA during

passage to Cape Verde.

(Note : Commander Harwood, in command of Squadron was embarked.)

Passage to Freetown after detaching from escort.



September

1st Sailed from Freetown for passage to Rio de Janeiro.



D e t a i l s o f W a r S e r v i c e.



3rd Took-up war station in South American Division of America and West Indies

Squadron for deployment in South Atlantic for trade defence and the

interception of German shipping.

8th Patrolled in area of Rio de Janeiro with HM Cruiser AJAX.

9th Met HM Cruiser AJAX and made joint passage to Plate estuary.

(Note : HMS AJAX detached later and took passage to Falkland Islands.)

15th Escorted convoy from Plate estuary with HM Destroyer HOTSPUR.

20th Deployed on patrol off Rio de Janeiro after call at Montevideo.

(Note :HM Cruiser CUMBERLAND and HM Destroyer HAVOCK were also

deployed in South Atlantic for trade defence.)



October

5th Deployed as Hunting Force "G" on formation with HM Cruisers CUMBERLAND,

and AJAX in search for German Battleship ADMIRAL GRAF SPEE in South

Atlantic.

(Note :HM New Zealand Cruiser ACHILLES joined Force later and an RFA

tanker was deployed to ensure availability of oil fuel.)

27th Passage to Falklands from patrol

Flag transferred to HMS AJAX.



November Returned to Rio de Janeiro area in continuation.

22nd Passage to Falklands via Plate area for search.

(Note : Intended repair period in Simonstown cancelled.).

30th Arrived at Port Stanley for self refit.







December

9th Recalled to join HMS AJAX and HMS ACHILLES off Plate estuary in

anticipation of an early encounter with GRAF SPEE.

13th Took part in action against GRAF SPEE with HMS AJAX and HMS ACHILLES.

Seriously damaged by 11" shells with many casualties and outbreak of fire.

Continued to engage the enemy until power lost by flooding. Withdrawn from

action with heavy list and all guns unserviceable (photo above). Casualty List included 63

killed and 23 wounded.

(For full details see THE BATTLE OF THE RIVER PLATE by D. Pope, ENGAGE

THE ENEMY MORE CLOSELY and the Naval Staff History).

15th Passage to Port Stanley after relief by HM Cruiser CUMBERLAND.

20th Under temporary repair at Port Stanley.



1 9 4 0



January

21st Began passage to UK escorted for part of voyage by HM Cruisers

DORSETSHIRE and SHROPSHIRE until relieved by HM Cruisers

DEVONSHIRE and CUMBERLAND.

February

10th Escort joined by HM Battlecruiser RENOWN and HM Aircraft Carrier ARK

ROYAL with destroyer screen.

14th HM Destroyers VESPER and WHITSHED detached from screen to assist

survivors of ss SULTAN STAR after being sunk in SW Approaches.

15th Arrived at Plymouth for repair and modernisation including fit of aircraft

warning radar (Type 279) and improved AA armament.

23rd Ship's company marched through City of London for Guildhall luncheon.



March Under refit by HM Dockyard, Devonport

to (Note : Tripod type masts were fitted and aircraft catapult replaced.

December For details of development and use of radar by RN see RADAR AT SEA by

D. Howse.)



1 9 4 1



January Under refit

to February



March Refit work suspended due to possible damage to ship during intense air raids on

Plymouth.

10th Recommissioned at Devonport

24th Passage to Scapa Flow and Dover Strait patrol.

26th Joined 1st Cruiser Squadron in Home Fleet at Scapa Flow and worked up.



April Work-up in continuation

26th On completion deployed on Northern Patrol to intercept German commerce

raiders.



May Transferred to East Indies Squadron.

22nd Escorted military convoy WS8B with HM Cruiser CAIRO, HM Destroyers

COSSACK, MAORI, SIKH, ZULU and Polish destroyer ORP PIORUN during

passage via Cape of Good Hope to join East Indies Station. This convoy was

a vulnerable target in the event of successful break cut by BISMARCK and PRINZ

EUGEN.

(Note : WS8B included eight troopships taking troops to middle East and HM

Aircraft Carrier ARGUS with aircraft for onward flight to Egypt from

Freetown.)

26th Sole escort for convoy after destroyers detached to join search for German

Battleship BISMARCK (See ENGAGE THE ENEMY MORE CLOSELY by C

Barnett).



June

2nd HM Destroyers DUNCAN and BOREAS joined for Local Escort into Freetown.

3rd HM Corvette MARGUERITE joined Local Escort.

4th Detached from WS8B on arrival at Freetown.

6th Sailed from Freetown for Durban as Ocean Escort for WS8B with HM Destroyers

DUNCAN, BOREAS and HIGHLANDER as Local Escort for initial stage of

passage.

8th Local Escort detached.

20th Detached from WS8B on arrival at Durban.

27th Sailed from Durban as Ocean Escort for WS8B during passage to Aden.

(Note : Additional troopship NIEUW ZEELAND joined convoy which then

comprised five ships.)



July

4th Arrived at Aden and detached from WS8B.

Deployed for trade defence in Indian Ocean during return passage to Durban.



August Deployed on trade defence in continuation.

27th Escorted convoy to Durban from Aden.



September

2nd On arrival at Durban detached for investigation of future use of Addu Atoll

by Eastern Fleet. On completion took passage to Aden.

26th Passage to Colombo from Aden.



October Routine Docking period at Colombo.

On completion deployed in Bay of Bengal for convoy escort.

Escorted convoy from Calcutta to Rangoon



November Deployed on escort of convoys from Ceylon to Banka Strait.



December On passage to Singapore escorting last troop convoy before Japan declared war.

7th Detached to join Force Z at Singapore.

(Note : Unable to arrive before Force Z sailed and thus not deployed with HM

Battleship PRINCE OF WALES and HM Battlecruiser REPULSE when

sunk off eastern Malaya in air attacks. See HUNTING OF FORCE Z by

E. Hough and WAR WITH JAPAN (HMSO).



1 9 4 2



January Escorted military convoy to Singapore.

7th Transferred to ABDA Command at Tangjong Priok for duty with Western

Striking Force made up of Australian, British, US and Dutch warships.

Deployed on escort of ships for passage through Sunda Strait into the Indian

Ocean from Singapore. (For details see OPERATION PACIFIC by E. Gray).

9th Joined HM Cruiser EMERALD with HM Cruiser DURBAN and HM Sloop

JUMNA (RIN) to reinforce Ocean Escort of military convoy DM1 during

passage from Addu Atoll to Singapore.

(Note : This was the first of three convoys from Durban carrying reinforcements

for the Singapore garrison.)

13th Detached with HMS EMERALD, HMIS JUMNA, HM Destroyers JUPITER,

ENCOUNTER and VAMPIRE (RAN) on arrival of DM1 at Singapore

Deployed with Western Striking Force.

27th Escorted inward Convoy BM11 to Singapore with HM Cruisers DRAGON and

DURBAN.

29th Arrived at Singapore with BM11.



February

1st Escorted two US transports from Batavia to Sunda Straits with HM Australian

Destroyer VAMPIRE and HM Destroyer JUPITER.

3rd Escorted nine troopships through Sunda Straits on passage to Batavia and

Singapore with HM Cruiser DANAE, HM Australian Destroyer VAMPIRE, HM

Sloops YARRA (RAN), SUTLEJ (RIN) and Dutch cruiser JAVA. Joined search

for Japanese invasion craft by ABDA units in Macassar Strait and had to

withdraw in the face of heavy air attack.

5th Covered passage of Dutch cruiser JAVA and two transports during passage to

Palembang with reinforcements for defence of Sumatra, with HM Cruiser

HOBART (RAN), HM Destroyers JUPITER and ENCOUNTER.

Torpedo attack by Japanese submarine R34 failed.

7th Returned to Batavia.

13th Joined HOBART, Dutch cruisers JAVA and TROMP, HM Destroyer ELECTRA

and HM Sloop JUMNA (RIN) as escort for Singapore/Java convoys JS1 and SJ1

during passage.

Under attack by Japanese submarine 156 which sank one ship.

Escort detached later to intercept Japanese convoy reported in Banka Strait on

passage to Palembang,

Under sustained air attack by and had to withdraw.

25th Transferred from Tanjong Priok to join Eastern Striking Force at Soerabaya

with HM Cruiser PERTH (RAN), HM destroyers JUPITER, ELECTRA and

ENCOUNTER.

26th Joined ESF at Tjilatjap and immediately sent to search for Japanese invasion

convoys. No contact made and subjected to heavy air attacks.

27th In action against Japanese cruisers HAGURO, NAKA, NACHI, JINTSU

escorted by 14 destroyers covering invasion ships with ESF ships. Hit by 8"

shell on the starboard side which exploded in Boiler. Speed reduced to 11 knots

and ordered to return to Soerabaya for repair escorted by Dutch destroyer WITTE

DE WITH.

Further damage by enemy destroyer torpedoes prevented in determined counter

attack by HM Destroyers ELECTRA, JUPITER and ENCOUNTER.

HMS ELECTRA was sunk.

28th Ordered to take passage to Australia with HMS ENCOUNTER and US

Destroyer USS POPE.

Destination changed to Colombo because ship’s draught too great to allow

passage via Bali Channel and threat of air attacks from newly established

airfields. Damage to boilers restricted speed to 23 knots.)

Sighted by Japanese aircraft soon after leaving harbour.



March

1st Ambushed by Japanese cruisers HAGURO and NACHI escorted by four

destroyers which were engaged in a running fight.

Soon afterwards hit in boiler room and lost use of director control for main

armament.

Despite smoke screens laid by destroyers received more hits.

Fires broke out and all electrical power supplies failed.

Ship was abandoned after 3 hours in action.

Finally sunk by torpedo.

54 of the ship’s company were killed in this action and 651 were rescued by

Japanese ships and became POW. (Casualty List - note on casualties)

(For full details see BATTLE OF THE JAVA SEA by D. A. Thomas, NO

SURRENDER by W Johns, OPERATION PACIFIC by E. Gray and WAR

WITH JAPAN (HMSO)

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/09/42

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Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5
B5N Kate x 5
G4M1 Betty x 62
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 178

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 38

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Dili , at 31,77


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 82
B-25C Mitchell x 240


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 16 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
174 casualties reported
Guns lost 9

Port hits 6
Port supply hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet

after being stood down for a long time Miller odered his 2E bomber fleet at Darwin to attack Dili again. In the meantime I´ve moved in two AA rgts again but they put up only light flak fire. Nevertheless, at the end of the day the enemy lost 5 Mitchells and 3 Wellingtons to flak or ops which is ok for me. The damage done was repaired within this turn...

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Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 31
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 9 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
PBY Catalina: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 16

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet

with only 25% of the bombers arriving over the target it won´t be possible to keep Lautern´s airfield closed...

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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 102
B5N Kate x 12
G4M1 Betty x 27
Ki-27 Nate x 35
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 116
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 109
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
31 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Koumac , at 67,111


Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 160
SBD Dauntless x 14


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 40

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x F4F-4 Wildcat bombing at 2000 feet

this is really concerning... really concerning...

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Day Air attack on Suva , at 86,114


Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 18


Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x P-40E Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 3
A-20B Boston x 10


No Allied losses

Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x A-20B Boston bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 161

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 19
B-24D Liberator x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 24 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 10 destroyed
B-24D Liberator: 2 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CL Yura

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet

wow, this is more than surprising, Miller kept his bombers on nav attack. A nice number of 4Es is shot down again, but again some bombers made it through to drop their loads but all missed the light cruiser...

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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 56415 troops, 782 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 968

Defending force 18407 troops, 109 guns, 153 vehicles, Assault Value = 306

Japanese max assault: 1730 - adjusted assault: 3306

Allied max defense: 282 - adjusted defense: 525

Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 8) [&o]

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2


Japanese ground losses:
679 casualties reported
Guns lost 18
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
255 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 6

the next attack should take the base...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14220 troops, 456 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4225

Defending force 65408 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1861



Allied ground losses:
93 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16052 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3519

Defending force 214951 troops, 581 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5791



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Ground combat at Chengtu

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 10590 troops, 72 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 359

Defending force 43136 troops, 502 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 894


Japanese ground losses:
16 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Suva

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 37290 troops, 477 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 871

Defending force 12918 troops, 49 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 200


Japanese ground losses:
52 casualties reported

Do you have any idea what ground units Miller has left at his bomber bases around Darwin? A massed assault by the two para regiments and para-capable SNLFs might do a lot of damage.

ORIGINAL: Rainer79

Do you have any idea what ground units Miller has left at his bomber bases around Darwin? A massed assault by the two para regiments and para-capable SNLFs might do a lot of damage.

Recon tells me of a dozen+ units at all bases, with troop strenght varying between 20.000 and 45.000. Mostly base forces I guess, backed up with some bgds. But the base forces alone can easily hold their positions as they have normally 40 assault points and a couple of them get the base av up to a couple of 100 points so there´s no chance to achieve something against the Northern Australian bases.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/10/42

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Sub attack at 23,59

Japanese Ships
AK Sinko Maru

Allied Ships
SS O16

Dutch sub fired two torps at an empty, big AK West of Borneo but missed... the convoy is unescorted...

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Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5
B5N Kate x 2
G4M1 Betty x 61
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 178

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 25

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Bulla , at 40,75

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 36
Ki-49 Helen x 57
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Catalina I: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
45 casualties reported

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 44

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

don´t want to have those Allied patrols here...

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Day Air attack on Suva , at 86,114


Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 25


Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 6 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x P-40E Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 3
A-20B Boston x 11


No Allied losses

Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x A-20B Boston bombing at 5000 feet


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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14223 troops, 456 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4359

Defending force 65731 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1895



Allied ground losses:
121 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8426 troops, 288 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 917

Defending force 17923 troops, 103 guns, 143 vehicles, Assault Value = 296



Allied ground losses:
143 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 2


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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16032 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3517

Defending force 214726 troops, 579 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5780



Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Chengtu

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 10610 troops, 72 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 358

Defending force 43214 troops, 502 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 899


Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Suva

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 37425 troops, 483 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 877

Defending force 12899 troops, 51 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 197


Japanese ground losses:
36 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/11/42

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Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 5
G4M1 Betty x 56
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 170
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 33

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 35

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78 [8|][8|][8|]

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 26
Ki-49 Helen x 134
Ki-46-II Dinah x 4

Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 14
P-40E Warhawk x 37

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed, 5 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 8 destroyed, 52 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire Vb: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 6 destroyed, 26 damaged


Allied ground losses:
121 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 38

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet

god, how I hate Miller´s timing all the time... [:(] While my bombers refuse to attack the base all the time, they do exactly that turn when Miller moved in fighters again... doing recon daily but unfortunately the Japanese player doesn´t have the ability to look into the crystal ball to see air transfers that haven´t even happened when you give your orders... well, our small escort did it´s job and all in all it´s not a catastrophy but it would have been avoidable if Miller´s timing wouldn´t be that good... well, it´s only luck but still. If he would have moved in 200 fighters it would have been desastrous today. When you look at the destroyed ac on the ground you can see again that nearly all Allied fighters scrambled and engaged our strike again...



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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 126
B5N Kate x 12
G4M1 Betty x 26
Ki-27 Nate x 35
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 117
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 108
Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Koumac , at 67,111


Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 143
SBD Dauntless x 15


No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 25

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x F4F-4 Wildcat bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Suva , at 86,114


Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 32


Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x P-40E Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet

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Ground combat at Myitkyina

Japanese Shock attack [:D]

Attacking force 55371 troops, 746 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 925

Defending force 17576 troops, 103 guns, 137 vehicles, Assault Value = 290

Japanese max assault: 1640 - adjusted assault: 876

Allied max defense: 259 - adjusted defense: 159

Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Myitkyina base !!! [:D]


Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
Dakota I: 1 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
1151 casualties reported
Guns lost 19
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
26074 casualties reported [:D][:D]
Guns lost 87
Vehicles lost 108

After one year of war we took Myitknina from the totally starved British defenders. Miller moved out all the Chinese units but the British were left behind as he thought they would retreat towards China but they couldn´t as I cut their retreat path with my unit SE of the base. There´s also an Allied unit in this hex and Miller thought it would still work as a retreat path. He´s still learning the ground war rules of WITP... [;)]

A lot of British units surrendered, but most units were totally wrecked already. But there was also the 18th UK division that had 200+ assault value. We scored nearly 800 points for Allied ground losses today, now being at 16.385!!! [&o][:D] The ground war is still going good for us...

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Ground combat at Sian

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 271310 troops, 2335 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 4446

Defending force 65936 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1915

Japanese max assault: 4040 - adjusted assault: 3782

Allied max defense: 1593 - adjusted defense: 1721

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 6)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 5


Japanese ground losses:
5890 casualties reported
Guns lost 72
Vehicles lost 4

Allied ground losses:
2570 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

First time that we achieve a 2:1, again the combat eng didn´t take down a fort. lol...

I guess we will need another 3 or 4 attacks and the Chinese Army here will surrender. And my divisions will be totally shreded by then...

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Ground combat at Kweiyang

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 16032 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3517

Defending force 214076 troops, 573 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5760

Kweiyang´s av goes down fast, 20 points in one day...

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Ground combat at Chengtu

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 10601 troops, 71 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 359

Defending force 43315 troops, 506 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 902


Japanese ground losses:
56 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Suva

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 37937 troops, 490 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 888

Defending force 12934 troops, 51 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 198


Japanese ground losses:
33 casualties reported
Guns lost 1