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Anybody considering doing any scenarios on the campaign in the Aleutians? Attu was a small ugly fight and Kiska could have been much worse than Attu if the Japanese hadn't withdrawn.

There may not be any interest in it for a while with UV just out but....

Originally posted by Mojo
Anybody considering doing any scenarios on the campaign in the Aleutians? Attu was a small ugly fight and Kiska could have been much worse than Attu if the Japanese hadn't withdrawn.

There may not be any interest in it for a while with UV just out but....

I had something like this in mind while reading the "Lessons Learned" brochure from the US military in WW2 long time ago. It had a nice chapter on some fights on Kiska I think, with lots of interesting tactical details. I think even some map was included.

Nonetheless it´s not currently on my "to do" list.

Here´s the link for the "Combat Lessons learned" stuff:

http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi/dl/atoz.htm

check "C" for "Combat lessons....."

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Harry

Thanks Harry, Maybe I should take a stab at it myself. Been cogitating on how to do it all morning.

Originally posted by Mojo
Thanks Harry, Maybe I should take a stab at it myself. Been cogitating on how to do it all morning.

yeah...also would be a nice opportunity to try hands on the "mountanizer" programm! Interesting theme for a scenario design these Aleutian battles! Have fun.

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Harry