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Hi, These are my results in recent (on going) test of Scenario 1 versus Allied AI
This is an Alpha test (I'm testing not playing) Please confine remarks or questions
to how the program works or interface don't get exicited about events you think are
not realistic. (The game needs to be tested in order to be tweeked and we really don't
require too much input concerning things we can see for our selves) My test is mainly
to run Japanese production.
I've edited a lot of the reports down to conserve space and time.


The plan is to conquer the NEI,PI,Malaysia as rapidly as possible while making progress
toward future action in South Pacific. In China I would like to secure the transport network
from Canton in the south to Yenen in the north. Eliminate all enemy units to the east of this
line. I have no plans to move beyond this secure border. 15th Army is to advance and capture
Rangoon and await reinforcment. (It will remain on the defensive after capturing Rangoon)
25th Army is to capture Singapore as soon as possible. 14th Army reduce PI while 16th Army
secures the remainder or NEI.

All major units of 14th, 15th, 16th and 25th Armies will move to historic targets
with 2 exceptions. 1 Div of 14th Army will reinforce 16th Army. It will be replaced
by the sole Southern Army reserve div (the 32nd)(There will be
a delay of around 2 weeks while this unit relocates and awaits
pickup by transports. (Div will land at Manila after that base is captured.)(14th Army also
will be getting a further Bde and 2 Combat Engineer Rgts-landing at Manila after capture)
Using the historic "targeted" bases
allows full preparation points. Many of the South Army Bde/Rgt/SNLF units will go in
"cold turkey" (hopefully against undefended targets) These will mostly be located in
the South/Central Pacific)

For aircombat I use the default altiude settings. (6k for level bomber 10k for divebomber
5k for carrier torpedo 6k for LB torpedo (they still attack at 200 feet) 10k for fighter
I do change alt on search/recon/asw (lower it normally)

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/07/41

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Air attack on Pearl Harbor , at 112,68

Allied Ships
BB Maryland, Bomb hits 12, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
BB California, Bomb hits 7, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
DMS Perry, Bomb hits 1, on fire
BB Tennessee, Bomb hits 11, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
BB Pennsylvania, Bomb hits 8, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
CL Honolulu, Bomb hits 1
BB Nevada, Bomb hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
DD Schley, Bomb hits 1
BB West Virginia, Bomb hits 13, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DM Tracy, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Bagley, Bomb hits 1, on fire
BB Oklahoma, Bomb hits 3, on fire
DM Preble, Bomb hits 1, on fire
ML Ogalala, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
BB Arizona, Bomb hits 3, on fire
DD Reid, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Henley, Bomb hits 1
CA New Orleans, Bomb hits 1

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Air attack on TF at 32,63 (CVL Ryujo)

Allied Ships
CL Marblehead
DD Bulmer
DD Stewart, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Air attack on TF at 97,100

Allied Ships
CA Pensacola, Torpedo hits 1

Allied Ships
DD Whipple, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD John D. Edwards

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Japanese forces land at Khota Bharu, Kuantan, Kuching, Palembang, Balikpapan,
Rabaul,Naga

Japanese landing at Wake repulsed

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 791
Guns lost 1


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Combat is automatic when landing on atolls (so make sure you land enough troops
the first try)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Canton Island base !!!

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 1405
Guns lost 7
Vehicles lost 2

Canton is to be the blockade against allied movement towards South Pacific

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Japanese forces CAPTURE Makin base !!!
Japanese forces CAPTURE Morotai base !!!

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/08/41

Night Time Surface Combat, near Luganville at 72,107

Japanese Ships
CL Tama, Shell hits 3, on fire
CL Kiso, Shell hits 2
DD Inazuma
DD Kamikaze, Shell hits 1
PG Chokai Maru
PG Chohakusan Maru, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage (1st IJN ship sunk)
PG Daido Maru
PG Fukui Maru
PG Hakkaisan Maru
PG Kure Maru #5
PG Yoshida Maru
PG Zuiko Maru

Allied Ships
CA Louisville, Shell hits 71, on fire
AP Hugh L. Scott


Allied air attacks against the Japanese TF in their area. Only one scores a hit.
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Air attack on TF, near Palembang at 20,55

Allied aircraft
Martin 139 x 3

Allied aircraft losses
Martin 139 x 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
AK Jinmu Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire

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Japanese forces CAPTURE Jesselton base !!!
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Ground combat at Wake Island

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 7486 troops, 71 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 2901 troops, 96 guns, 6 vehicles

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 480
Guns lost 1
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Cagayan base !!!
Japanese forces CAPTURE Gasmata base !!!
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Ground combat at Tarakan Japanese reduce fort level to 0
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Samarinda base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 2

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 984
Guns lost 6
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Ground combat at 50,38 (This is a result of Yenen base being assigned to Japanese
when I think it belongs to Chinese (Japanese flag but Chinese units they capture base
but before that these units have no retreat hex)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 24961 troops, 268 guns, 17 vehicles

Defending force 6798 troops, 72 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 38 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 8565
Guns lost 72
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Miri base !!!
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Ground combat at Pontianak Japanese reduce fort level to 0
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Singkawang base !!!

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 1554
Guns lost 6
Vehicles lost 1
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Teloekbetoeng base !!!
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Ground combat at Palembang Japanese reduce fort level to 0
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Brunei base !!!

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 1270
Guns lost 6
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Ground combat at 50,27 (clearing the transport lines)

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 21

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 1800
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Ground combat at 50,31 repulsed

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 94
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 18
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Ground combat at Hong Kong Japanese reduce fort to 0

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 151

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 6
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Shortlands base !!!
Japanese forces CAPTURE Kavieng base !!!
Japanese forces CAPTURE Luganville base !!!

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 50

Japanese forces CAPTURE Salamaua base !!!
Japanese forces CAPTURE Makale base !!!
Japanese forces CAPTURE Wasile base !!!
Japanese forces CAPTURE Madang base !!!
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(Chinese correct the OB)
Allied forces CAPTURE Yenen base !!!

Japanese forces CAPTURE Lingayen base !!!
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Ground combat at Kendari Japanese reduce fort level to 0
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Ground combat at Naga Japanese reduce fort level to 1
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Aparri base !!!

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 18
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Vigan base !!!

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 25
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Batan Island base !!!

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 1315
Guns lost 5
Vehicles lost 2
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Toboali base !!!
Japanese forces CAPTURE Muntok base !!!
Japanese forces CAPTURE Jambi base !!!
Japanese forces CAPTURE Sandakan base !!!
Japanese forces CAPTURE Kuching base !!! (Coast defense guns damaged every transport
landing the Japanese)

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 71

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 2371
Guns lost 6

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Ground combat at Rabaul Japanese reduce fort level to 1
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Lae base !!!

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 7
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Legaspi base !!!

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 1321
Guns lost 5
Vehicles lost 2
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Ground combat at Lunga Japanese reduce fort level to 0
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/09/41

(only air attacks producing a hit are shown. There were many air attacks every day
until the Japanese captured the airfields)
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Air attack on TF, near Khota Bharu at 24,45
Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 5
Buffalo I x 7

no losses

Japanese Ships
AP Ayaha Maru
AP Ayatosan Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
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Air attack on TF, near Toboali at 22,57

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 3

no losses

Japanese Ships
AP Hokuriku Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
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Air attack on TF, near Palembang at 20,55

Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 4
Martin 139 x 3

no losses

Japanese Ships
AK Tonegawa Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Macassar at 30,69

Japanese Ships
BB Ise
BB Hyuga
CA Myoko, Shell hits 1
CA Haguro
CL Nagara
CL Yura
CL Oi
DD Amatsukaze
DD Tokitsukaze
DD Yamakaze
DD Kawakaze
DD Umikaze
DD Suzukaze
DD Mikazuki
DD Shiokaze

Allied Ships
CL Marblehead, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Barker, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Bulmer
DD Parrott
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Macassar at 30,69

Japanese Ships
BB Ise
BB Hyuga
CA Myoko
CA Haguro
CL Nagara
CL Yura
CL Oi
DD Amatsukaze
DD Tokitsukaze
DD Yamakaze
DD Kawakaze
DD Umikaze
DD Suzukaze
DD Mikazuki
DD Shiokaze

Allied Ships
DD Whipple, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Balikpapan base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 20

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 23
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Ground combat at Wake Island

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 8809 troops, 69 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 2896 troops, 96 guns, 6 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 493
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 4
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Sorong base !!!
Japanese forces CAPTURE Tarakan base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 13

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 1677
Guns lost 7
Vehicles lost 1
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Guam base !!!
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Pontianak base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 16

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 12
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Palembang base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 27

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 2829
Guns lost 28
Vehicles lost 1
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Hong Kong base !!!
Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 15

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 7451
Guns lost 24
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Kendari base !!!

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 4412
Guns lost 25
Vehicles lost 4
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Khota Bharu base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 66

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 1
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Lunga base !!!

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 23
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Tarawa base !!!
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Ground combat at Kuantan Japanese reuduce fort to 0

Japanese forces CAPTURE Naga base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 25

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 12
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Ground combat at Rabaul Japanese reduce fort to 0

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/10/41

Air attack on TF, near Pontianak at 25,58

Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 3

no losses

Japanese Ships
AP Josho Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
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Air attack on TF at 20,58

Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 3

no losses

Japanese Ships
AP Nitta Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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Air attack on TF, near Toboali at 22,57

Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 3

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I x 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
AP Nissen Maru #2, Bomb hits 1, on fire
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Air attack on TF, near Muntok at 21,55

Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 8
Buffalo I x 5
Blenheim I x 3
Martin 139 x 9
Hudson I x 3

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I x 2 damaged
Martin 139 x 6 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Yugiri
CA Suzuya, Bomb hits 1
CA Kumano
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Air attack on TF at 31,70

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 9
B5N Kate x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate x 1 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Parrott
DD Barker, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage (sunk)
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Air attack on TF at 31,70

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 9
B5N Kate x 11

no losses

Allied Ships
CL Marblehead, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage (sunk)

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Ground combat at Wake Island

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 488
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 6
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Ground combat at Tarakan

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 28

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 1759
Guns lost 4

Japanese forces CAPTURE Rabaul base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 40

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 3539
Guns lost 16
Vehicles lost 1


Japanese forces CAPTURE Kuantan base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 23

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 123

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Ground combat at 50,31

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 23618 troops, 213 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 39584 troops, 439 guns, 7 vehicles

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


Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 672
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 292
Guns lost 0
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/11/41

Air attack on TF at 103,63 USN CV catch up with PH Strike replenishment TF
(heading west towards Wake )

Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 10
SBD Dauntless x 34

Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless x 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Ushio, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DD Sazanami, Bomb hits 1, on fire
TK Shinkoku Maru, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
TK Akebono Maru, Bomb hits 1
TK Kyokuto Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
TK Kokuyo Maru


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Air attack on TF at 103,63

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 13
SBD Dauntless x 33

Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless x 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
TK Ken'yo Maru
TK Nihon Maru
TK Shinkoku Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
TK Kyokuto Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
TK Akebono Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
TK Kokuyo Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
DD Ushio, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
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Air attack on TF, near Pontianak at 25,58

Allied aircraft
Martin 139 x 3
Hudson I x 6

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I x 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
AP Josho Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Koan Maru
AP Koryu Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire

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Ground combat at Pontianak

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 16

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 1107
Guns lost 3

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Ground combat at 50,31

Allied Shock attack

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 257
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 350

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Japanese forces CAPTURE Tulagi base !!!
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Ground combat at Jolo

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 715 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 1329 troops, 12 guns, 6 vehicles

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

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 6
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/12/41

Sub attack at 40,67 first sub attack of war.

Japanese Ships
AP Africa Maru, Torpedo hits 1

Allied Ships
SS S-37

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 26
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Air attack on TF, near Balikpapan at 31,64

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 6

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I x 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
AP Heiwa Maru
AP Hokoku Maru, Bomb hits 1
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Air attack on TF at 99,63 The IJN responds to previous days attacks on replenshment TF

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 47
D3A Val x 59
B5N Kate x 48

Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 11
F4F-4 Wildcat x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero x 3 destroyed
D3A Val x 14 destroyed
D3A Val x 31 damaged
B5N Kate x 11 destroyed
B5N Kate x 33 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3 Wildcat x 5 destroyed
F4F-3 Wildcat x 1 damaged
F4F-4 Wildcat x 1 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat x 1 damaged

PO2 B.Matsunaga of BII-1 Daitai is credited with kill number 2

Allied Ships
CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 7, Torpedo hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
CA Chester, Torpedo hits 1
DD Gridley
CA Salt Lake City, Torpedo hits 2
DD Dunlap, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD McCall
DD Fanning
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Air attack on TF at 96,63 The USN counter strike

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 65

Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 7
F4F-4 Wildcat x 12
SBD Dauntless x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero x 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3 Wildcat x 7 destroyed
F4F-3 Wildcat x 1 damaged
F4F-4 Wildcat x 5 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat x 1 damaged
SBD Dauntless x 11 destroyed
SBD Dauntless x 7 damaged

WO G.Mikami of AII-1 Daitai is credited with kill number 2

Japanese Ships
CV Akagi
CV Hiryu, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CV Zuikaku
CV Soryu
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Air attack on TF at 102,62

Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 16

no losses

Japanese Ships
DD Ushio, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
TK Kokuyo Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
TK Kyokuto Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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Air attack on TF, near Muntok at 21,55

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 3

no losses

Japanese Ships
AP Nitta Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
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Air attack on TF, near Muntok at 21,55

Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 3

no losses

Japanese Ships
AP Santos Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
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Air attack on TF at 99,63

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 38
D3A Val x 91
B5N Kate x 46

Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val x 3 destroyed
D3A Val x 16 damaged
B5N Kate x 10 destroyed
B5N Kate x 31 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3 Wildcat x 3 destroyed
F4F-3 Wildcat x 2 damaged

ENS D.Katagi of EI-1 Daitai is credited with kill number 2

Allied Ships
CV Lexington, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
CA Astoria, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CA Portland
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Air attack on TF at 99,63

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
B5N Kate x 24

Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero x 2 destroyed
A6M2 Zero x 1 damaged
B5N Kate x 2 destroyed
B5N Kate x 13 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3 Wildcat x 1 damaged

Allied Ships
CV Lexington, on fire, heavy damage
CA Portland, Torpedo hits 2, on fire
CA Chicago, Torpedo hits 1
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Air attack on TF at 99,63

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
B5N Kate x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate x 1 destroyed
B5N Kate x 11 damaged

Allied Ships
CV Lexington, on fire, heavy damage
CA Astoria, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CA Portland, on fire
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Jolo base !!!

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 1367
Guns lost 6
Vehicles lost 1

Japanese forces CAPTURE Siador base !!!
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Ground combat at 50,31

Allied Shock attack

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 405

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 590
Guns lost 1
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Ground combat at 50,39

Allied Shock attack

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 27

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 538
Guns lost 2
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Enterprise was reported sunk

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/13/41

Night Time Surface Combat, near Batavia at 19,59

Japanese Ships
CA Ashigara
CA Kumano, Shell hits 3
CL Kuma
DD Hagikaze
DD Shinonome
DD Shirayuki
DD Shikinami
DD Asagiri
DD Yugiri
DD Amagiri
DD Minazuki
DD Nagatsuki
DD Harukaze
DD Otori

Allied Ships
AK Kota Radja, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Langkoeas, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
TK Manvantara, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AK Meroendoeng, Shell hits 13, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
AK Siberoet, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
AK Sipora
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Batavia at 19,59

Japanese Ships
CA Ashigara
CA Kumano
CL Kuma
DD Hagikaze
DD Shinonome
DD Shirayuki
DD Shikinami
DD Asagiri
DD Yugiri
DD Amagiri
DD Minazuki
DD Nagatsuki
DD Harukaze
DD Otori

Allied Ships
AK Poelau Tello, Shell hits 1
TK Semiramis
AK Sibolga, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Tjikandi, Shell hits 26, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
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Air attack on TF at 26,65

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3

Allied aircraft
T.IVa x 3
Martin 139 x 3

no losses

Allied aircraft losses
T.IVa x 1 destroyed
T.IVa x 2 damaged
Martin 139 x 1 destroyed
Martin 139 x 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Ise, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
BB Hyuga
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Air attack on TF, near Batavia at 19,59

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 16
Ki-21 Sally x 6

Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 1

Allied Ships
AK Sipora, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
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Air attack on TF, near Hong Kong at 43,42

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 9
Ki-51 Sonia x 24

no losses

Allied Ships
DD Thracian, Bomb hits 9, on fire, heavy damage (sunk)
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Talasea base !!!
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Ground combat at 50,39

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 7046
Guns lost 88
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Ground combat at 51,38

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 12

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 9263
Guns lost 96
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Yenen base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 13

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 26
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Buna base !!!
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Ground combat at 50,31
Allied Shock attack

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 163
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 597
Guns lost 2
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Ground combat at 50,32
Allied Shock attack

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 304
Guns lost 1

Japanese forces CAPTURE Laoag base !!!

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 1660
Guns lost 5

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/14/41

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Air attack on TF, near Teloekbetoeng at 19,58

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 6

no losses

Allied Ships
AK Sipora, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
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Ground combat at Yenen-I advance to capture the base the allies captured earlier
(It should begin allied I believe. The units that should have been defending surrendered on
turn 2)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 56547 troops, 648 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 7313 troops, 57 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 11 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 22

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 51
Guns lost 1
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Manila base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 107

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 20954
Guns lost 61
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Tavoy base !!!

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 8
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Victoria Point base !!!

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 1219
Guns lost 5
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Tawi Tawi base !!!
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/15/41

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Japanese forces CAPTURE Hansa base !!!
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/16/41
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Cotabato base !!!

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 3
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Alor Star base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 14

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 7

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/17/41
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Ground combat at Clark Field

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 541
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 24
Guns lost 1

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/18/41
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Finschafen base !!!

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 683
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Clark Field base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 329

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 37
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Georgetown base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 101

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 2986
Guns lost 16

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/19/41

Air attack on TF, near Toboali at 22,57
Allied aircraft
Martin 139 x 3
Hudson I x 6

no losses

Japanese Ships
AK Heiei Maru #7, Bomb hits 1
AK Nikkyu Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AK Saiko Maru, Bomb hits 1
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Ground combat at Ichang

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 39

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 10
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Changsha base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 142

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 38
Guns lost 1

Japanese forces CAPTURE Mersing base !!!
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Ground combat at Taiping (several arty units ran ahead of the infantry and were destroyed)

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 2913
Guns lost 98

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 113

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/20/41

Japanese forces CAPTURE Gili Gili base !!!

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 112
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Ichang base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 22
Vehicles lost 1
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Ground combat at Clark Field still trying to push the American and Filipino's back
to Bataan

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 153
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 48
Guns lost 1
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Ground combat at Tuguegarao

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 32
Vehicles lost 1


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Japanese forces CAPTURE Moulmein base !!! 55th Div of 15th Army closes in on Rangoon

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 7
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Macassar base !!! (I had 2 Bde embarked to capture this
base. 1 was enough so other Bde has been ordered to proceed to Amboina Island)

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 95
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 1809
Guns lost 14
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Ground combat at Taiping

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 52

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 5
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Ground combat at Menado after several days of failed attacks reinforcments arrive

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 55

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 11
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Wewak base !!!
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Apamama base !!!
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/21/41

Japanese forces CAPTURE Tuguegarao base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 28
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 5935
Guns lost 135
Vehicles lost 1
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Taiping base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 34
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 8

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/22/41
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Air attack on TF, near Rangoon at 29,34 the air units at Bangkok

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 29

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally x 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Empire Carey
AK St. Quentin, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AK Empire Nightingale
AK Empire Bond, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AK Herstein, Bomb hits 1

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 57
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Air attack on TF, near Rangoon at 29,34

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell x 7 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Empire Nightingale, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AK Herstein, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 149
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Air attack on TF, near Rangoon at 29,34

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally x 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Solviken, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Ngow Hok


Allied ground losses:
Men lost 69

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/23/41
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Air attack on TF, near Kragen at 22,63

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell x 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
AK Sipirok, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

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Japanese forces CAPTURE Menado base !!! (That extra Bde I sent to Amboina move here
instead and tipped the scales (Overkill but my 2 SNLF were being mauled)
Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 35

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 1244
Guns lost 3

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Japanese forces CAPTURE San Marcelino base !!! The end of all allied units except
on the Rock

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 21

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 8651
Guns lost 46

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/24/41
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Air attack on TF at 24,65

Allied aircraft
T.IVa x 3
Hudson I x 6

Allied aircraft losses
T.IVa x 1 destroyed
T.IVa x 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
MSW W.12, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage (sunk)
ML Tsubame
APD 36
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Hengchow base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 96

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 26
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Dagua base !!!

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/25/41
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Ground combat at Ichang after a prolonged and difficult fight, further Japanese units
arrived (with others cutting off the Chinese)

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 35

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 9571
Guns lost 48
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Tacloban base !!!
Japanese forces CAPTURE Nanomea Atoll base !!!
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Pearl Harbor Strike Force returned to Tokyo. Hiryu 31 system damage.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/26/41
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Amboina base !!! The Bde that captured Maccassar re-embarked
and landed here.

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 32

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 1691
Guns lost 10
Vehicles lost 1
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Ground combat at Rangoon

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0
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Ground combat at Wake Island (second Battle of Wake begins)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 3849 troops, 72 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 2745 troops, 90 guns, 6 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 90
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 5
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/27/41

Japanese forces CAPTURE Soerabaja base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 11

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 1094
Guns lost 9

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Ground combat at Wake Island (The South Seas Detachment pulled from reserve)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 79

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 12
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Ground combat at Rangoon

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/28/41

Sub attack at 38,57 The weakest link in the Japanese War Effort. The very limited number
of Tankers.

Japanese Ships
TK Azuma Maru, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage (sunk loaded with 9k oil)

Allied Ships
SS Permit
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Air attack on TF, near Muntok at 21,55 Batavia begins a long and costly interdiction of the sea
(well several weeks at least)

Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 3
Buffalo I x 3
Blenheim IV x 3
Beaufort V x 3

Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish x 3 damaged
Beaufort V x 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
AK Columbia Maru
AK Asama Maru, Torpedo hits 1
AK Taichu Maru
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Wake Island base !!! (followed by a lot of head chopping
No not POW. Leaders of the units that failed to capture on first attempt. This delay
is irratating. Wake is to be a forward submarine base and search plane station.
South Sea Detachment is loading to move to it's next assignment (Port Moresby)
I have had to scrape around far and wide to find replacement engineer/baseforce/garrsion
units (The first batch are all sitting in Tokyo waiting to rebuild)

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 197
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 2764
Guns lost 81
Vehicles lost 1
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Rangoon base !!!

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 3584
Guns lost 24
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/29/41

Sub attack near Taytay at 39,53 First IJN ASW success (but Sub was not sunk)

Japanese Ships
TK Kyokuyo Maru
MSW W.15

Allied Ships
SS Permit, Shell hits 2, on fire
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Air attack on TF, near Batavia at 19,59 Bombardment TF

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5

Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 3
Buffalo I x 6
Hurricane II x 12
Vildebeest IV x 7
Blenheim I x 6
Beaufort V x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero x 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane II x 1 destroyed
Hurricane II x 2 damaged
Vildebeest IV x 4 damaged
Blenheim I x 1 damaged
Beaufort V x 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Ashigara
CL Kuma, Torpedo hits 2, on fire
CL Natori, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CA Maya
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Air attack on TF, near Toboali at 22,57

Allied aircraft
Beaufort V x 3

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufort V x 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
PG Shinko Maru #1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage (sunk)
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Kweilin base !!!
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Johore Bahru base !!! (Cutting off all units not already
back in Singapore)

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 54
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 9
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Ground combat at Rangoon (The battle ends. 15th Army has secured it's main objective)

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 15

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 4149
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Guiuan base !!!

Japanese forces CAPTURE Ormoc base !!!

Japanese forces CAPTURE Hollandia base !!!

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/30/41

Ground combat at Homan

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 274
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 624
Guns lost 2

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/31/41
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Air attack on Corregidor Fortress, at 42,51

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 115

Attacking Level Bombers:
13 x Ki-48 Lily at 6000 feet
25 x G3M Nell at 6000 feet
11 x G4M1 Betty at 6000 feet


Japanese forces CAPTURE Kragen base !!!

Japanese forces CAPTURE Homan base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 172
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 925
Guns lost 1


Japanese forces CAPTURE Malang base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 18

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 5224
Guns lost 19
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/01/42
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Ground combat at Menado

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 16

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 2721
Guns lost 14

Finally all allied forces surrender.
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Ground combat at Batavia a day of errors coming home for the Japanese. I diverted
a Bde that was supposed to land here. The 38th Div is unable to capture the base.

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 9229 troops, 110 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 20725 troops, 255 guns, 17 vehicles

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

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 11
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Ground combat at Cebu Island A lone landing force bites off too much.

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3596 troops, 60 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 841 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 22
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/02/42
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Air attack on TF at 65,54

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 34
D3A Val x 22
B5N Kate x 24

no losses

Allied Ships
TK Semiramis, Bomb hits 12, on fire, heavy damage
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Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77

Allied aircraft
B-17C Fortress x 3


Allied aircraft losses
B-17C Fortress x 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
AP Hiyoshi Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Koepang base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 35

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 2127
Guns lost 6
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Kuala Lumpur base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 129

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 10
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Butuan base !!!
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Sarmi base !!!
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Ground combat at Cebu Island

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 1079 (3rd SNLF wiped out)
Guns lost 7

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 2
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/03/42

Japanese forces CAPTURE Pinrang base !!!
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/04/42

Sub attack at 43,71

Japanese Ships
AO Iro, Torpedo hits 1

Allied Ships
SS KXVIII



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Air attack on TF, near Amboina at 39,73

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3

Allied aircraft
B-17C Fortress x 3

no losses

no losses

Japanese Ships
TK Ogura Maru #3, Bomb hits 2, on fire
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Sub attack at 56,40

Japanese Ships
ML Ento, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage (sunk)

Allied Ships
SS Narwhal (what is this boat doing out on patrol?)
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/05/42


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Air attack on TF at 25,67

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 6

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I x 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
AP Anrugu Maru
AP Kyuma Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Madioen base !!!
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Ground combat at Bataan

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 264
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 1657
Guns lost 6
Vehicles lost 1
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Ground combat at Malacca

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/06/42

Sub attack at 60,47

Japanese Ships
TK Nihon Maru, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Grayback
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Air attack on TF, near Baker Island at 94,92 (AI is trying to run my Eastern barrier)

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell x 3 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Santa Ana
AK K.I. Luckenbach
SC 633
AK Oregonian, Bomb hits 1
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Air attack on TF, near Baker Island at 94,92

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell x 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Lillian Luckenbach, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK K.I. Luckenbach
AK Minnesotan, Bomb hits 1, on fire
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Sub attack at 61,43

Japanese Ships
AK Gyoku Maru, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Porpoise
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Ground combat at Bataan

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 132704 troops, 1512 guns, 203 vehicles

Defending force 35749 troops, 422 guns, 335 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 16 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Bataan base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 302
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 43186
Guns lost 307
Vehicles lost 189
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Malacca base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 76

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 23510
Guns lost 247

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Ground combat at Cebu Island (If at first you don't succeed....send a whole lot more)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 178
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/07/42
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Air attack on TF, near Batavia at 19,59

Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 3
Buffalo I x 3
Vildebeest IV x 3
Blenheim I x 3
Blenheim IV x 3

no losses

Japanese Ships
MSW Choun Maru #18
MSW Musashi Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Bisan Baru

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Sub attack at 77,52

Japanese Ships
TK San Clemente Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

Allied Ships
SS S-28
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Ground combat at Cebu Island

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 144

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 5
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Ground combat at 43,39 no place to run

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 26

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 32537
Guns lost 316
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Ground combat at 23,47

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 40

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 3669
Guns lost 35
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Djokjakarta base !!!
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/08/42
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Air attack on TF, near Batavia at 19,59

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6

Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 3
Vildebeest IV x 3
Blenheim IV x 10
Wellington III x 3

no losses

Allied aircraft losses
Vildebeest IV x 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
MSW Mejima Maru
MSW Choun Maru #18, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Rokko Maru
MSW Tasei Maru
MSW Toshi Maru #2
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Sub attack near Pescadores at 47,43 I spotted this sub yesterday and sent Seisho
out.

Japanese Ships
PG Seisho Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage (sunk)

Allied Ships
SS Pompano


Japanese forces CAPTURE Pomala base !!!

Japanese forces CAPTURE Dadjangas base !!!
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Banjarmasin base !!!

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 632
Guns lost 2
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/09/42

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Air attack on TF at 90,97 CVL Ryujo

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate x 1 destroyed
B5N Kate x 6 damaged

Allied Ships
TK H. M. Storey
AK Ohioan, Bomb hits 1
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Nukufetau island base !!!
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Cebu Island base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 40

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 4490
Guns lost 55

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/10/42

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Ground combat at 48,30

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 82

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 744
Guns lost 1
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/11/42

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Air attack on TF at 89,101 Junyo has joined with Ryujo

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 17
A6M2 Zero x 17
D3A Val x 14
B5N Kate x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val x 2 destroyed
D3A Val x 1 damaged
B5N Kate x 2 destroyed
B5N Kate x 14 damaged

Allied Ships
SC 636
AK Diomed, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK K.I. Luckenbach, Torpedo hits 2, on fire
AK Demodocus
AK Delawarean, Torpedo hits 1
TK H. M. Storey, Torpedo hits 1

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Ground combat at Wuchow

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1
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Ground combat at Singapore

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 98380 troops, 1205 guns, 465 vehicles

Defending force 21577 troops, 181 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 4

Japanese assault odds: 22 to 1 (fort level 4)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Singapore base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 274
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 28276
Guns lost 147
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/12/42

Sub attack at 114,67 I think this is the first attack by a Japanese sub.

Japanese Ships
SS I-5

Allied Ships
SC 522

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Air attack on TF at 91,103

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 17
A6M2 Zero x 17
D3A Val x 12
B5N Kate x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val x 1 destroyed
D3A Val x 4 damaged
B5N Kate x 2 destroyed
B5N Kate x 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Sagadahoc
SC 636
AK Santa Ana, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Delawarean

Japanese forces CAPTURE Wuchow base !!!

Ground combat at Taung Gyi The other prong of 15th Army. The 33rd Div

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/13/42

Sub attack near Amami at 56,44

Japanese Ships
AK Florida Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

Allied Ships
SS Cuttlefish
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Air attack on TF at 93,106

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 17
A6M2 Zero x 17
D3A Val x 12
B5N Kate x 20

no losses

Allied Ships
AK Demodocus, Bomb hits 2, on fire
SC 636
AK Sagadahoc, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
SC 633, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Delawarean, Torpedo hits 2, on fire
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Air attack on Kendari , at 33,71

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27

Allied aircraft
B-17C Fortress x 10

no losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17C Fortress x 2 destroyed
B-17C Fortress x 5 damaged

ENS W.Nagahama of F2/Tainan Daitai is credited with kill number 2 (2 B-17 in 1 mission)
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Air attack on TF at 93,106

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 17
A6M2 Zero x 17
D3A Val x 12

no losses

Allied Ships
AK Sagadahoc, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Delawarean, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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Air attack on TF at 92,105

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 11

no losses

Allied Ships
AK Minnesotan, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Santa Ana, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
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Ground combat at 48,40

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 12

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 9915
Guns lost 95
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Sian base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 54

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 278
Guns lost 2
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Taung Gyi base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 54

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/14/42


ENS T.Chono of F1/Yamada Daitai is credited with kill number 4 (The leading Japanese pilot)
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Air attack on TF at 93,106

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 17
D3A Val x 12
B5N Kate x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate x 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Diomed, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK K.I. Luckenbach, heavy damage
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Air attack on TF at 93,106

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 17
B5N Kate x 9

no losses

Allied Ships
AK Diomed, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK K.I. Luckenbach, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

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Air attack on TF at 93,106

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 10

no losses

Allied Ships
TK H. M. Storey, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
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Air attack on TF at 94,108

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 17
A6M2 Zero x 17
D3A Val x 12

no losses

Allied Ships
AK Demodocus, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Delawarean, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
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Air attack on TF at 94,106

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 9

no losses

Allied Ships
AK Minnesotan, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Tomini base !!!
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Ground combat at Iloilo (another Japanese landing wiped out)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 3853 troops, 60 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 908 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles

Allied assault odds: 8 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 971
Guns lost 6

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/15/42

Sub attack at 138,46 First hit by a Japanese sub

Japanese Ships
SS I-20

Allied Ships
DD Clark, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
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Sub attack at 61,45

Japanese Ships
TK Toen Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
PG Tamo Maru #7

Allied Ships
SS Dolphin
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Air attack on TF at 94,107

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 17
A6M2 Zero x 17
D3A Val x 12
B5N Kate x 11

no losses

Allied Ships
AK K.I. Luckenbach, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Attu Island base !!!

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 172
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/16/42
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Air attack on TF at 97,110

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 17
D3A Val x 12
B5N Kate x 19

no losses

Allied Ships
AK Sagadahoc, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Demodocus, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Delawarean, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
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Ground combat at Davao

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 3

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/17/42

Sub attack at 55,48

Japanese Ships
AK Holland Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

Allied Ships
SS Argonaut (another sub I'd like to kill)
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Sub attack at 56,45

Japanese Ships
AK Nagara Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

Allied Ships
SS Tambor
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Davao base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 4

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 7264
Guns lost 64
Vehicles lost 7

Japanese forces CAPTURE Bandoeng base !!!

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/18/42
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Air attack on TF, near Tjilitjap at 19,62

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 28
G4M1 Betty x 29

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell x 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Enggano
TK Merula
AK Benkoelen, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Boelongan, Bomb hits 10, on fire, heavy damage
AK Bintoehan, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
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Sub attack at 138,46

Japanese Ships
SS I-20, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage(sunk) I was very excited when Saratoga
popped up in the periscope. Alas I-20 became the first sub sank by ASW

Allied Ships
CV Saratoga
DD Allen
DD Schley
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Ground combat at 52,25

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 32766 troops, 368 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 6637 troops, 67 guns, 0 vehicles

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

Allied ground losses: no place to retreat
Men lost 9159
Guns lost 83


Japanese forces CAPTURE Sampit base !!! First para drop in Pacific. 1st Para Rgt
from Balikpapan. (well 3/4 of unit was lifted)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Funafuti island base !!!

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/19/42
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Ground combat at Tjilitjap

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0
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Japanese capture Port Moresby Base!!!

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 30

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 4531
Guns lost 24
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/20/42

Sub attack at 56,46

Japanese Ships
AK Havana Maru, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Snapper, Shell hits 2
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Sub attack at 56,43

Japanese Ships
AK Fukuyo Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

Allied Ships
SS Swordfish
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Tjilitjap base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 39

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 1763
Guns lost 5

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Ground combat at Batavia

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 496
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 8
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Bali base !!!

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 859
Guns lost 5

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/21/42
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Air attack on TF at 52,100

Japanese aircraft (Zuikaku and Shokaku covering the movement to PM)
A6M2 Zero x 19
D3A Val x 22
B5N Kate x 45

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val x 5 damaged
B5N Kate x 2 destroyed
B5N Kate x 21 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Iowan, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AP Esperance Bay, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AK Floridian, Torpedo hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
AP Barnett, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Georgian
AK Nevadan, Torpedo hits 1
AP President Polk
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Air attack on TF at 48,104

Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val x 8 damaged

Allied Ships
AP Hunter Liggett, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AK Montgomery City, Bomb hits 3, on fire
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Air attack on TF at 52,100 Looks like the AI was moving troops to PM when I came in
ahead.

Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 14
B5N Kate x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate x 1 destroyed
B5N Kate x 8 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Nevadan, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AP Esperance Bay, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP President Polk, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AK Georgian, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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Air attack on TF at 52,100

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
D3A Val x 16

no losses

Allied Ships
AK Iowan, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Barnett, on fire, heavy damage
AK Floridian, on fire, heavy damage
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Batavia base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 303
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 1683
Guns lost 2
Aircraft 282 destroyed on ground (Now I can start moving the oil and resource)

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Japanese forces CAPTURE Wallis Island base !!!
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/22/42

Air attack on Pagan , at 31,31 I've decided to close all the enemy airfields in
range of Rangoon (while they are still empty)

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 18
G3M Nell x 26
G4M1 Betty x 16
Ki-21 Sally x 46
Ki-48 Lily x 23
Ki-46-I Dinah x 4

no losses

Airbase hits 21
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 58


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Air attack on TF at 51,102

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 17
D3A Val x 16
B5N Kate x 33

no losses

Allied Ships
AK Georgian, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Esperance Bay, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Iowan, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
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Air attack on TF at 49,104

Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val x 1 destroyed
D3A Val x 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AP Hunter Liggett, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AK Andrea Luckenbach
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/23/42

Air attack on Pagan , at 31,31

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 15
G3M Nell x 26
G4M1 Betty x 18
Ki-21 Sally x 40
Ki-48 Lily x 21
Ki-46-I Dinah x 3

no losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 51
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Air attack on TF at 49,103

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
D3A Val x 21
B5N Kate x 31

no losses

Allied Ships
AK Montgomery City, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Hunter Liggett, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Andrea Luckenbach, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 90
Vehicles lost 2
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Sub attack at 46,43 (Damaged ships heading for Pescadores 1 hex away)(2 attacks
I edited to save room)

Japanese Ships
AP Meiyo Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AP Tohuku Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

Allied Ships
SS Tarpon
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Ground combat at Tjilitjap 16th Army will regroup here. Rest and resupply and then
finish conquest of NEI/SRA

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 53
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 8296
Guns lost 53
Vehicles lost 7
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/24/42

Sub attack at 59,43

Japanese Ships
AK Argun Maru

Allied Ships
SS Narwhal
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Sub attack near Pescadores at 47,43

Japanese Ships
AK Kansai Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Pompano
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Air attack on Pagan , at 31,31

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 15
G3M Nell x 23
G4M1 Betty x 12
Ki-21 Sally x 33
Ki-48 Lily x 18
Ki-46-I Dinah x 4

no losses

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 33


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Air attack on TF at 49,102 Zuikaku and Shokaku run out of targets

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
D3A Val x 22
B5N Kate x 8

no losses

Allied Ships
AK Montgomery City, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
AK Andrea Luckenbach, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 117
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Air attack on TF at 49,102

Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 10
B5N Kate x 24

no losses

Allied Ships
AK Andrea Luckenbach, on fire, heavy damage
AK Montgomery City, on fire, heavy damage
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Air attack on TF, near Baker Island at 94,92 Junyo and Ryujo find new targets

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 10
A6M2 Zero x 17
D3A Val x 15
B5N Kate x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val x 5 damaged
B5N Kate x 1 destroyed
B5N Kate x 6 damaged

Allied Ships
TK Admiral Wiley, Bomb hits 1
AK Mungana, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AO Kankakee, Bomb hits 2, on fire
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Ground combat at 42,40 I'm going to try to clear the road/RR up to Hanoi I'd like
to own the entire coast.

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 10088 troops, 128 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 24724 troops, 268 guns, 0 vehicles

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

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 315
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OK this completes the AAR as far as it goes. More as I do it.

Mogami -
Good stuff, I look forward to reading more... One small correction though: In your post about the PH strike, you mention the "Ogalala" as being hit. The correct spelling is "Ogallala" I believe. I may be wrong, but thats how I remember the town in Neb. being spelled... Like I said, only a minor thing.

Gee, I'm going to have to hire staff just to read the AAR's and condense them down to important information only

Great Mogami. There sure are a lot of new names to learn.

I can only ask if you made an error with moving the Oilers?
Getting the oilers nailed so early is gonna hurt.

Originally posted by Chiteng
I can only ask if you made an error with moving the Oilers?
Getting the oilers nailed so early is gonna hurt.

Hi, Your right I don't like losing tankers. However I did sink Lexington and Enterprise. Hiryu has repaired down to 24 system damage (at that rate she needs another 2-3 months in the yard.
Of course the repair yard at Tokyo is working on a dozen ships. I'm thinking of moving a few to other repair yards. (The Yard at Shanghai has around 30 ships currently. I'm worried about all the subs in the area. Pescadore is not a yard and another 10 or so damaged ships are waiting for a TF of 14 DD to arrive and start clearing out those subs.)

The PH strike force was moving to support the landings on Wake when the USN CV followed and caught the replenishment TF. I turned the CV around and dealt with them the next day.

Currently I'm preparing for the next large operation. The capture of Noumea and the bases between there and Canton Island.
Should be ready within a month. (A lot of units/ships/fuel/supply have to be moved and staged at Luganville) The port still needs to build 1 level (3) and the airfield 1 level (4)

I've pretty much wore out my land units. I've ran low on supply
every where (but that should change now that large convoys of resource and oil are loading. Those Wellingtons at Batavia made it difficult before. (but on the plus side the AI lost the airgroups that most players would have retained to protect India with.
I don't plan on attacking India but Rangoon has little to worry about and it is busy destroying all the airfields within fighter escort range.)

I'm seeing a enemy build up around Noumea. I just dispatched
another CVL and CVE to reinforce Junyo and the Canton area.

Shokaku and Zuikaku are moving to refuel and cover PM area.

Kaga Akagi and Soryu are moving to Luganville.

In a few weeks every BB except Ise will be at Luganville. (along with all the consorts)

14th Army is regrouping/rebuilding at Manila it is the main reserve.

25th Army is sending 1 Div to capture Adaman Island. 1 Div to reinforce 15th Army (it will move to Bangkok)
1 Div will remain Singapore while the last div (the Imp Guard) moves to Luganville.

16th Army is regrouping/rebuilding on Java. The SNLF units will mop up supported as needed by the larger formations.

The Noumea Operation currently has 2 Div, 1 Bde 2 Combat Engineer Rgts assigned. Nearby (PM are 3 more Bde and 6 SNLF type units) Also the South Sea's Detachment (Bde) had moved into area incase it was needed for PM operation. Currently it is moving to Luganville.

15 submarines are guarding the coast of Australia (near the ports and breaks in Great Barrier Reef) another 15 have surrounded Noumea with 12 more off to the east below Canton Island.

This turn I moved 70 Betty/Nell to Truk (waiting for Lunga or Luganville to reach size 4) 70 Sally and 70 Zero moved to within 1-2 days arrival in area.

Everything now depends on the speed the units recover. The speed the engineers can build. And the arrival of fuel and supply.

Feb 1942 should be very interesting (turn 50 required 4 hours. The longest since turn 1)

Originally posted by Mogami
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Feb 1942 should be very interesting [/B]

Good God Mogami...at this rate you'll be marching down Pennsylvania Avenue in Feb 42!

Thanks for the posts, they make great reading. The Pearl Harbor damage seemed about right (by the way, the spelling is Oglala).

Naval battle at 32,63
Air attack on TF at 52,100
Sub attack at 56,46

I never liked that in UV either. Watching 5min+ of a navy battle in location 32,63. What does 32,63 mean?

Wish they would replace it with (i.e) 60 miles south of Singapore, and sofort. Should not be hard to implement? Just find the nearest base (of atleast size x?) from the battle location, and count the direction and range using the hex numbers.

Would be a nice thing for immersion. Hex numbers dont mean anything, the historical names of the bases do.

I was commenting on a "Hirohito's Wet Dream" scenario in
another thread---but it looks like the Alpha Test might just be it.

One point. How were you able to land at Palembang on the
first day of the War? Wouldn't the sailing of Japanese Troop
Transports right by Singapore kind of destroy ANY possibility of
suprise in East Asia? Looks like you had a lot of fun...., and 2by3
has a lot of work ahead of them.

Thanks for sharing....

Originally posted by dwesolick
Good God Mogami...at this rate you'll be marching down Pennsylvania Avenue in Feb 42!

Thanks for the posts, they make great reading. The Pearl Harbor damage seemed about right (by the way, the spelling is Oglala).

Hi, I think operations will come to a halt no matter what I would like to do. The units simply wear out. Also I placed a severe drain on my supply. I'm hoping a quiet period will allow the production to catch up.

The early period is like inflating a giant balloon. Everything is on the outside with nothing within to support the structure.
I captured Canton Island on turn 1. Over 100 engineers landed.
52 turns later they have finished 50 percent of next level. I can't even put my ships into port. (So enemy subs can still attack them if they move there)

Only the lack of allied forces allows the expansion. But I figure it is better for Japan to take bases while they are empty and then try to prepare their defense. I really do not forsee any great adventures after I conclude the upcoming South Pacific Operation.

I hope to secure enough bases to prevent the allies from getting within range of Japan in 1944. (Hopefully it will take 1944 to achive the 1943 position)

Originally posted by Mike Scholl
I was commenting on a "Hirohito's Wet Dream" scenario in
another thread---but it looks like the Alpha Test might just be it.

One point. How were you able to land at Palembang on the
first day of the War? Wouldn't the sailing of Japanese Troop
Transports right by Singapore kind of destroy ANY possibility of
suprise in East Asia? Looks like you had a lot of fun...., and 2by3
has a lot of work ahead of them.

Thanks for sharing....

Hi, I think by the time we are finished the Japanese player will need to add at least 2 weeks to my time table excepting of course those locations the Japanese actually landed earlier.

One thing I have yet to use is fast transport. If this were an actual game against a human allie I would move slower and many of the undefended bases within LBA would be preformed via FT. (rather then have many slow transports steaming around as targets)

The Japanese will most likely need to spend much of the first month actually staging ships and units to allow for a similair explosion of conquest in Jan 42. They will spend Dec 41 closing/capturing allied airfields and then follow up by capturing all the smaller bases around each airfield.

Also enemy surface naval units will need to be driven out or destroyed. (can't really have 1 transport sailing in unsecure waters)

Mainly at this point I am interested in how Japanese production operates. As a result I exploited current settings to allow for rapid capture of oil/resource producing bases. I can't check production without the material. I think players will like the system. It allows for input regarding direction of the economy without going overboard. Supply-oil-resource dictate growth. You can only alter industry/production if you have the means. (You have to choose what to build as this expends the means to build other systems.) (If you choose to expand the heavy industry at a base this consumes the supply that instead could have expanded your repair shipyard. Supply is not produced in the quanity seen in PacWar. (Also in PacWar growth was automatic if random. In WITP you actually have to make a input that consumes supply to enlarge a system. You can not create a new factory only change it or enlarge existing ones.)

If you get too eager or don't carefully consider the future you can run Japan right out of supply. (In my first go through before I learned more about the system I used almost every point of supply in the Islands (and outside bases with production) before I ever issued a single order to my military )

Mogami -
Not sure if you're familiar with Bombing the Reich, but it had a pretty complicated production system for Germany. It's been patched and tweaked now so it's actually what I would consider a pretty nice system. If you're familiar with that game, could you comment on WitP's similarities/differences? (Within the limits of the NDA of course...)
Thanks for keeping us in the know with your updates.

Hi, Sorry I'm not familiar with that program. (There was a time I did not have a computer for several years)

I am a little disappointed on the PH attack to see 3 BB take torpedo hits that historically could not have happened. Is the game assuming that there were not drydocked or inboard of other ships? This gives the Japanese side an sizable advantage!

Genda

While you're correct in pointing out that the PA was impervious to Torps (she was in drydock with two DDs, I believe), I think we'd be stretching the limits of programming ability to track exactly where in the harbor (every harbor in the Pacific, for that matter) the individual ships are. I agree it gives the Japanese player the possibility of an unfair advantage, but I can live with that. The Arizona didn't go down in this attack as an example of it cutting both ways...

Originally posted by Genda
I am a little disappointed on the PH attack to see 3 BB take torpedo hits that historically could not have happened. Is the game assuming that there were not drydocked or inboard of other ships? This gives the Japanese side an sizable advantage!

Genda

Hi, I understand and concur with all the expressions desiring correctness and accuracy. My response is does it matter if a BB is sunk during the PH strike by torpedos or bombs or is it more important that a correct amount of total damaged be inflicted no matter the cause (since this is not a tactical game but a stratigic operational level game)

If the designer left out the animations and you only saw the results of combat (not the details) There would be less room for doubt. I personally enjoy the animation and tactical detail but don't worry as much what weapon does the damage as long as it is not too little nor too much.

In the big picture, for me the game has to be playable and produce acceptable results. I realize that from the very first turn history will be left behind. The players will use their knowledge of history and their own ideas to create a new set of results. They will invent new blunders and oversights while they avoid those of their historical counter parts. TF will be commanded by the best leaders onhand and certain persons blamed for poor results in history will be avoided. (Thus placing ones currently held in more esteem in the position of commanding disasters)

We can't get too much into "That never happened" "That always happened" "That sheldom happened" because the players will always try to exploit what they percieve as a positive "That always happened" while avoiding any negitive "that always happened" thus producing a whole new set of results that will be
"This somethimes happens"

In your basic never fought in the actual war naval battle we will see Kitikami engaged.

Kitikami never fired a torpedo in a surface battle.
Kitikami has twenty torpedos per side.
The crew of Kitikami might be trained above historic quality
The TF commander might be the highest rated leader for surface battle.

This ship will in some battles fire no torpedos
part of one side, all of one side, all of both sides.

No result will be historic. All results must be plausable. All results should be viewed more to the operational impact. (But no result can be proven correct or incorrect as there exists no example. All we can use is standard (judgmental) methods. (She had this many torpedos, they have this range, they do this damage, they hit this often)

Without the tactical animations having her present or not present at a battle might explain how a USN BB was sunk by a IJN TF containing 2 CL and 4 DD. With the present detail you'd see
"torpedos in the water" "torpedo hits BB North Carolina" repeat 5 times.

Concerning torpedos hitting a ship in drydock. Ignore this and consider that 40 Kate on raid carried 800KG bombs that are not present in game. At least one of these bombs did hit the drydock.
The ship did sustain damage. Also ships that were really hit in raid are passed over. It is the operational number that matters not the precise detail. How many BB does the PH strike sink or damage? (How many "other" type ships account for 1 BB?)

Posted by Genda

I am a little disappointed on the PH attack to see 3 BB take torpedo hits that historically could not have happened. Is the game assuming that there were not drydocked or inboard of other ships? This gives the Japanese side an sizable advantage!

I haven't studied the Pearl Harbour attack in detail but weren't 3 USN BBs hit by the special "shallow depth" torps?

Or was I thinking of the film?