ORIGINAL: Froonp
About the name, it would be cool to indicate somewhere a list of historical Task Force Names for each country for the player to pick from that. Forum members could gather that. You could propose these in drop down boxes in the form for creating Task Forces. Obviously, you should not remove the possibility for a player to type his own name.
I thought that it would be a piece of cake to find lists of historical Task Forces names, and it is not !!!
I've found the complete
Japanese Fleets list, but nearly nothing more :
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Historical Task Forces
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Maritime Escort Fleet (1943/11/15 - 1945/08/25)
Combined Fleet (1894/07/18 - 1945/10/10)
1st Fleet (1903/12/28 - 1944/02/25)
2nd Fleet (1903/10/27 - 1945/04/20)
3rd Fleet (1903/12/28 - 1944/11/15)
4th Fleet (1937/10/20 - 1945/09/02)
5th Fleet (1938/02/01 - 1945/02/05)
6th Fleet (1940/11/15 - 1945/09/15)
7th Fleet (1945/04/15 - 1945/09/15)
8th Fleet (1942/07/14 - 1945/09/03)
9th Fleet (1943/11/15 - 1944/07/10)
China Area Fleet (1937/10/20 - 1945/09)
Northeastern Area Fleet (1943/08/05 - 1944/12/05)
Southeastern Area Fleet (1942/12/24 - 1945/09/06)
Southwestern Area Fleet (1942/04/10 - 1945/09)
Central Pacific Area Fleet (1944/03/04 - 1944/07/18)
10th Area Fleet (1945/02/05 - 1945/09)
Southern Expeditionary Fleet (1941/07/31 - 1942/01/03)
1st Southern Expeditionary Fleet (1942/01/03 - 1945/09)
2nd Southern Expeditionary Fleet (1942/03/10 - 1945/09)
3rd Southern Expeditionary Fleet (1942/01/03 - 1945/09)
4th Southern Expeditionary Fleet (1943/11/30 - 1945/03/10)
1st China Expeditionary Fleet (1939/11/15 - 1943/08/20)
2nd China Expeditionary Fleet (1939/11/15 - 1945/09)
3rd China Expeditionary Fleet (1939/11/15 - 1942/04/10)
1st Escort Fleet (1944/12/10 - 1945/08/25)
1st Task Fleet (1944/03/01 - 1944/11/15)
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The Task Forces proposed in WiF FE for Japan are :
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WiF FE Task Force Markers
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Advance
Mobile
Strike
Combined
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For the
USA :
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WiF FE Task Force Markers
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Atlantic Fleet
Pacific Fleet
TF-11
TF-16
TF-17
TF-58
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Historical Task Forces
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Atlantic Fleet
Pacific Fleet
Asiatic Fleet
TF-11
TF-16
TF-17
TF-31
TF-34
TF-38
TF-58
TF-61
TF-80
TF-88
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I'm sure some are missing.
For the
CW :
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WiF FE Task Force Markers
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Force H
Mediterranean Fleet
ABDA
Force Z
Home Fleet
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Historical Task Forces
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Eastern Fleet (East Indies Fleet / Far East Fleet)
Force A
Force B
Force Z
Home Fleet
Mediterranean Fleet
Force H
Pacific Fleet
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For
Russia
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WiF FE Task Force Markers
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Advance
Strike
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Historical Task Forces
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Baltic Fleet
Black Sea Fleet
Soviet Red Banner Northern Fleet
Pacific Ocean Fleet
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For
Italy
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WiF FE Task Force Markers
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Primo
Secondo
Rapido
Forza
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No historical names found.
For
Germany
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WiF FE Task Force Markers
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AKT-Kräfte
Ost
Nord
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No historical names found.
For
France
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WiF FE Task Force Markers
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Première
Deuxième
Avancée
Méditeranée
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No historical names found.