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RE: Losses

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If anything I learned from your AAR is the Allies need to have invasions take place under LBA protection or projection of it. With the weight of 4e bombers, they stand a chance. Iwo was too far away from any LBA being used.
 
With you CV hurting, I would plan anything else under 4e bombers and, if possible, long range fighter protection. You can use the lower experienced fighters in back water bases gaining experience while your best are in the front lines.
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RE: Losses

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If anything I learned from your AAR is the Allies need to have invasions take place under LBA protection or projection of it. With the weight of 4e bombers, they stand a chance. Iwo was too far away from any LBA being used.

I think the most important thing I've learned from this, and other AARs is how important it is to pry the Japanese out of the SRA as early as possible.

It's PzB's stockpiles of resources and oil that are allowing him to recoup the terrible losses Andy has inflicted on him and keep coming back for more.

This isn't a criticism of Andy's conduct of the war. By the time he was in a position to apply serious pressure in that direction, PzB had already controlled the SRA for two years or so and had enough resources and oil stockpiled to last him the remainder of the war. While attacking in that direction was still a valid approach, doing so with the strategic goal of denying PzB resources would have been senseless. After all, once PzB had enough, he had enough and it made little difference how large his surplus was.

As to Andy's decision to go for Iwo Jima, I agree that advancing under an LBA umbrella is optimal, but it was already getting so late in the game that going deep was really the best chance he had of getting back to a reasonable timetable. It was a gamble, but the payoff would have been huge. Considering the late date of the game at that point, I think it was worth the risk.

In the end, it wasn't the air battles that stalled the offensive. While it was expensive, Andy won them and got his troops ashore in pretty good shape. It's his inability to win the land battle against a couple thousand AVs sitting behind lvl 9 forts with a terrain bonus that really hurt him, and that's more a flaw in the LC model than Andy's tactics. I think that he could have put every division he had in the Pacific on that island, parked his fleet offshore and bombed it round the clock and it would still take him months and months to win the battle as it proved impossible to prevent PzB reinforced and resupplied it.

There was no way to stop the rush of small task forces and air transport that PzB used to reinforce and resupply the island. Even with complete control of the air and sea around Iwo Jima, they were still able to get through and I don't see what Andy could have done to stop them. In this game he's tried using big task forces to thwart such tactics, he's tried using lots of small task forces and he's tried using air cover. Nothing seems to work. As long as PzB has shipping to burn, which he does at this point in the game, he can afford to send ten supply ships on suicide supply runs to the island in order to allow one to get through. After all, he doesn't need his merchant marine for hauling resources or oil, so he can afford to burn them and that's what he's been doing.

With that in mind, it seems that the only sure way to prevent the Japanese player from reinforcing and resupplying an island in the inner defensive ring is to make sure that they don't have any supplies to send.
With you CV hurting, I would plan anything else under 4e bombers and, if possible, long range fighter protection. You can use the lower experienced fighters in back water bases gaining experience while your best are in the front lines.

I think everything of value is pretty much within range of 4e bombers now, isn't it?

I'd look for the highest point value targets that PzB can't easily reinforce, and attack them, no matter they are.

Off the top of my head, I'm thinking Shanghi. LBA could be brought to bear in a significant way. Secondary landings at Soochow and Hangchow can isolate the target from reinforcement by land and there is probably just enough time left in the game to starve it into submission before the game ends.

Hong Kong, while not as valuable in points, is also attractive for similar reasons.

If an attack on the HI is an absolute necessity from a game enjoyment point of view, I'd bite the bullet and dust off the Nagasaki plan that's been discussed here before.



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RE: Losses

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ORIGINAL: Andy Mac

Thanks I agree unfortuantely I am weaker than I was my carriers are in tatters again so I need to think long and hard about my next move

Then it should really be India and Indochina--you might be able to get some serious points from defeating large troop concentrations in Bombay and Karachi. Maybe a foray to mainland China under the protection of LBA. Just look where the VPs are that you can get. A strat bombing campaign from Amani if possible might also get some points.

How much of your LBA can you use in India?
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Interesting analysis LBA attrition of the Japanese is difficult to achieve if they wont stand and fight without SEAC (which I knew when I took on this game) it is very very hard to attrit Japanese LBA.

Think about how the campaign has worked out

1. Ltd attack to secure New Britain
2. Hydra offensive towards South NG
3. Expanded Hydra towards north NG after KB destroyed
4. Switch to CENTPAC and attacks on Marshalls and Marianas
5. Failure of Mariana Attack after USN pilot pool and Hellcat pool empties.
6. Switch to Celebes/Borneo
7. Exploitation towards PI - defeated
8. Opportunistic grab at Malaya turns into major offensive
9. SEA offensive towards Hue via Bankok with supporting amphib invasions (Draws large amount of Japanese forces out of Luzon)
10. Failure of small North Borneo offensive
11. CENTPAC towards Bonins - hung up on mountainous Iwo Jima - 2nd wipe out of USN and Hellcat pools - USAAF pilot pool exhausted as well
12. Second attempt at Marianas 3rd wipe out of USN and Hellcat pools decision to bypass and go for Luzon
13. SEA Armies land at Manila behind main line of resistance allowing northern Luzon to fall after a hard campaign.
14. Subsidiary attack on India
15. Capture of Ceylon and Madras leads to major Indian offensive by land so I dont need ships and can use LBA but PZB does not engage.
16. Okinawa too hard - hit Apanami instead 4th wipe out of USN and Hellcats.

A few points to note

a. Japan has lost more Reppus and Shindens that I recieve of Hellcats and Corsairs combined. I estimate he must be producing nearly 800 of each per month.......hence my concentration on Mitsibushi engines

b. In stock map you need to capture an AF to use LBA only the P38J and P51 have the range to escort raids to bases where the Japanese have to defend.

c. Unescorted heavy bombers are crucified by defending CAP no matter what altitude they are at

d. In stock Level 9 forts, terrain and the all or nothing nature of AF capture make attacking and capturing bases the alles took historically almost impossible.

e. Until quite recently PZB was ground attack training his fighters and I had no way to intervene - when I was in a position to intervene (from my bases in SEA) after I had paid the price to attrit his AF he cried foul (and to be fair he was correct to do so as I was being opportunitsitic)

So how exactly do I attrit his LBA ? He replaces them with Gd Attack Trained pilots faster than I can, he produces more frames than I do (Only P38J's or carrier air has the range as P51's arrive very late and I only get 5 Sqns of them), I cannot attack anything vital without AF's most of which are mountainous terrain guarded by enough force to stop an insta capture until suicidal ship captains can unload reinforcements

The only place I could possibly have went a different direction was from Borneo to the PI BUT that means taking on lots of supporting AF's with few LR Fighters and he still had masses of troops in the PI so I made the call to go with the line of least resistance - the right call perhaps not but attacking a PI that could have been reinforced AT WILL from the North trying to take places like Manila with all the forces he had available before he diverted them to SEA - NO CHANCE....

The ONLY reason I was able to take Luzon was because I attacked and took Appari 1st at the end of lengthy LOC and because PZB had moved a large portion of his forces to SEA to try and save Bankok/Camranh Bay....

Andy

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ORIGINAL: ny59giants

If anything I learned from your AAR is the Allies need to have invasions take place under LBA protection or projection of it. With the weight of 4e bombers, they stand a chance. Iwo was too far away from any LBA being used.

I think the most important thing I've learned from this, and other AARs is how important it is to pry the Japanese out of the SRA as early as possible.

It's PzB's stockpiles of resources and oil that are allowing him to recoup the terrible losses Andy has inflicted on him and keep coming back for more.

This isn't a criticism of Andy's conduct of the war. By the time he was in a position to apply serious pressure in that direction, PzB had already controlled the SRA for two years or so and had enough resources and oil stockpiled to last him the remainder of the war. While attacking in that direction was still a valid approach, doing so with the strategic goal of denying PzB resources would have been senseless. After all, once PzB had enough, he had enough and it made little difference how large his surplus was.

As to Andy's decision to go for Iwo Jima, I agree that advancing under an LBA umbrella is optimal, but it was already getting so late in the game that going deep was really the best chance he had of getting back to a reasonable timetable. It was a gamble, but the payoff would have been huge. Considering the late date of the game at that point, I think it was worth the risk.

In the end, it wasn't the air battles that stalled the offensive. While it was expensive, Andy won them and got his troops ashore in pretty good shape. It's his inability to win the land battle against a couple thousand AVs sitting behind lvl 9 forts with a terrain bonus that really hurt him, and that's more a flaw in the LC model than Andy's tactics. I think that he could have put every division he had in the Pacific on that island, parked his fleet offshore and bombed it round the clock and it would still take him months and months to win the battle as it proved impossible to prevent PzB reinforced and resupplied it.

There was no way to stop the rush of small task forces and air transport that PzB used to reinforce and resupply the island. Even with complete control of the air and sea around Iwo Jima, they were still able to get through and I don't see what Andy could have done to stop them. In this game he's tried using big task forces to thwart such tactics, he's tried using lots of small task forces and he's tried using air cover. Nothing seems to work. As long as PzB has shipping to burn, which he does at this point in the game, he can afford to send ten supply ships on suicide supply runs to the island in order to allow one to get through. After all, he doesn't need his merchant marine for hauling resources or oil, so he can afford to burn them and that's what he's been doing.

With that in mind, it seems that the only sure way to prevent the Japanese player from reinforcing and resupplying an island in the inner defensive ring is to make sure that they don't have any supplies to send.
With you CV hurting, I would plan anything else under 4e bombers and, if possible, long range fighter protection. You can use the lower experienced fighters in back water bases gaining experience while your best are in the front lines.

I think everything of value is pretty much within range of 4e bombers now, isn't it?

I'd look for the highest point value targets that PzB can't easily reinforce, and attack them, no matter they are.

Off the top of my head, I'm thinking Shanghi. LBA could be brought to bear in a significant way. Secondary landings at Soochow and Hangchow can isolate the target from reinforcement by land and there is probably just enough time left in the game to starve it into submission before the game ends.

Hong Kong, while not as valuable in points, is also attractive for similar reasons.

If an attack on the HI is an absolute necessity from a game enjoyment point of view, I'd bite the bullet and dust off the Nagasaki plan that's been discussed here before.



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RE: Losses

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a. Japan has lost more Reppus and Shindens that I recieve of Hellcats and Corsairs combined. I estimate he must be producing nearly 800 of each per month.......hence my concentration on Mitsibushi engines

So how exactly do I attrit his LBA ? He replaces them with Gd Attack Trained pilots faster than I can, he produces more frames than I do (Only P38J's or carrier air has the range as P51's arrive very late and I only get 5 Sqns of them), I cannot attack anything vital without AF's most of which are mountainous terrain guarded by enough force to stop an insta capture until suicidal ship captains can unload reinforcements

This is not a bash at PzB but at the game.........

I kmnow it's been mentioned many a time i've mentioned it before but this irks me immensely.

How on earth can it be justified that the Japanese can outproduce the US in airframes AND pilot quality/numbers of trained pilots[8|]
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I agree with your analysis.

You took over an game that was almost impossible to win in the amount of time available to you.

I think, in the absence of a series of major mistakes by PzB, you've achieved near the maximum that was possible.
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Post by Adnan Meshuggi »

Being a reader in both threads i will not give any detailed information - but i think that Andys Strategy often was quite risky and sometimes it worked and sometimes not.

Sure, the japanese can outproduce the allied side, something that is not very realistic. On the other hand, this is a pdu-off-game and pzb had a very sucsessfull time (including India...) so his resources and capacity is different from history.

So, if we say the allies should get more planes (hellcats, hellcats hellcats) also the losses for allied ships should have a huge impact. To be honest, i think Andy is a slaughter, he does not care losses. Something the allied HQ and the politicans never had accepted. Nothing wrong for me, but if we ask about the japanese, we should also ask abut the allied esp. the americans. If they loose 20 CVE with 20.000 men because of "we have so much of em" they will kill General Mc-Andy.
 
In the original game we have way too much problems, the kamikaze-problem, the coordinate-problem, the übercap-problem, the fortifucation-problem, stacking-problem, etc... the list is very long.
but both players have done a great job. I love both aars and i am very interested in the end.
Don't tickle yourself with some moralist crap thinking we have some sort of obligation to help these people. We're there for our self-interest, and anything we do to be 'nice' should be considered a courtesy dweebespit
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RE: Losses

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a. Japan has lost more Reppus and Shindens that I recieve of Hellcats and Corsairs combined. I estimate he must be producing nearly 800 of each per month.......hence my concentration on Mitsibushi engines

So how exactly do I attrit his LBA ? He replaces them with Gd Attack Trained pilots faster than I can, he produces more frames than I do (Only P38J's or carrier air has the range as P51's arrive very late and I only get 5 Sqns of them), I cannot attack anything vital without AF's most of which are mountainous terrain guarded by enough force to stop an insta capture until suicidal ship captains can unload reinforcements

This is not a bash at PzB but at the game.........

I kmnow it's been mentioned many a time i've mentioned it before but this irks me immensely.

How on earth can it be justified that the Japanese can outproduce the US in airframes AND pilot quality/numbers of trained pilots[8|]


I agree with you here, though the fact that Japan outproduces the Allied in trained pilots is nothing to blame the game. It´s just a decision Andy made in not doing on map training while PzB is doing it big style. If Andy would have decided to do onmap training he would of course have more 80+ pilots than PzB just because he has more aircraft in sqadrons on the map and he wouldn´t lose as many pilots. But that is being taken care of in AE anyway.

The airframes are another story.
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I gotta say i'm rather scared by these results....in my game with Trollelite things are going as bad as when Wollby was playing here on the allied side...
However Andy did what he could...and considering where he started, he did a great Job against a great opponent.
 
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Just for clarity not having a go in any way at a great opponent. PZB has done brilliantly and deserves the position he is in.
 
Re Hellcats - as I have said many times I am shorted over 3,000 from historical production some of which arrive as the NF variant which I have Ltd use of.
 
Re Pilots I agree I dont do on map pilot training and neither does PZB (more or less) now.
 
I am not happy about the losses I have taken but the fact is attacking the strength I have my losses have been remarkably light !!!
 
Lets look at it I have perfomed over 2 dozen contested amphib landings into the teeth of enemy LBA I haven't won all of them but I have won more than I have lost.
 
Yes I didn't always stop to consolidate but had I done so the next level would be massively reinforced.
 
e.g Malaya when my paras took Malacca I had to go for it whatever the cost because to have waited would have allowed PZB to get more men behind the forts.
 
This is the problem stopping to consolidate ends up allowing your opponent to dig in and prepare something that kills any offensive.
 
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Another turn passes I pressed on with the deliberate attack and got another 1:1 at Ananami and Lahore falls - another victory to the Lighthorse (with 20,000 supply !!!)
 
Rawalpindi and Ahmaband will fall quickly and then it is time to turn back and try to do something about the SE corner - Calcutta/DH after I take them and only then will it be time to turn on Bombay and begin the siege in earnest.
 
So far so good
 
I am trying a shock attack at Ananami next turn - my reasoning is PZB has brought in lots of combat power with lots of squads but not much in the way of support I want to keep him on the run - if I can take Ananami then the next phase can begin !!!
 
 
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Ahmabad falls and Amami is on its last legs pulling back to reorganise the fleet and prepare to send the cripples to the West Coast

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/03/45

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Sub attack at 56,45

Japanese Ships
AG AG-2098, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Sablefish

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TF 1004 encounters mine field at Amami (56,44)

Japanese Ships
AG AG-2098, and is sunk

Allied Ships
DD Sigourney

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Amami at 56,44

Japanese Ships
AK Mutsuyo Maru, Shell hits 22, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk

Allied Ships
DD John Rodgers
DD Sigourney

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Amami at 56,44

Japanese Ships
AP Fuso Maru, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DD John Rodgers
DD Sigourney, Shell hits 1

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Amami at 56,44

Japanese Ships
AK Tsurushima Maru, Shell hits 12, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DD John Rodgers
DD Sigourney

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Amami at 56,44

Japanese Ships
AG AG-105, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
AG AG-108
AG AG-115
AG AG-353, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
AG AG-5071
AG AG-5114, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
AG AG-2060
AG AG-2085, Shell hits 8, and is sunk

Allied Ships
DD John Rodgers
DD Sigourney

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Naval bombardment of Bombay, at 20,10 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

1 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
CL Santa Fe, Shell hits 1
CL Nashville
CL Phoenix
CLAA San Diego
CA Shropshire
BB North Carolina
BB California
BB Colorado

Japanese ground losses:
492 casualties reported
Guns lost 12

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Day Air attack on Bombay , at 20,10

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
F4U-1D Corsair x 16
TBM Avenger x 42

Japanese aircraft losses
A7M2 Reppu: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
TBM Avenger: 6 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
133 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 6
Runway hits 8
Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x TBM Avenger bombing at 5000 feet
3 x TBM Avenger bombing at 5000 feet
17 x TBM Avenger bombing at 5000 feet
1 x TBM Avenger bombing at 5000 feet
1 x TBM Avenger bombing at 5000 feet
8 x TBM Avenger bombing at 5000 feet
4 x TBM Avenger bombing at 5000 feet
1 x TBM Avenger bombing at 5000 feet
1 x TBM Avenger bombing at 5000 feet
1 x TBM Avenger bombing at 5000 feet
2 x TBM Avenger bombing at 5000 feet
1 x TBM Avenger bombing at 5000 feet
1 x TBM Avenger bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on Bombay , at 20,10


Allied aircraft
Vengeance I x 11
Liberator VI x 12


Allied aircraft losses
Vengeance I: 2 damaged
Liberator VI: 7 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
110 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Liberator VI bombing at 6000 feet
4 x Liberator VI bombing at 6000 feet
9 x Vengeance I bombing at 2000 feet
3 x Liberator VI bombing at 6000 feet
2 x Vengeance I bombing at 2000 feet
2 x Liberator VI bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Bombay , at 20,10


Allied aircraft
Mosquito PR.IX x 1


No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on Krung Thep , at 29,39


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 12


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Beaufighter Mk 21 bombing at 2000 feet
5 x Beaufighter Mk 21 bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Manokwari , at 44,75


Allied aircraft
F6F-5N Hellcat x 15


No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on Kadina , at 54,45

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 14
J7W Shinden x 76
C6N1-S Myrt x 7
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 14
Ki-84-Ic Frank x 17
Ki-100 Tony x 11

Allied aircraft
F4U-1D Corsair x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
C6N1-S Myrt: 6 destroyed
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 4 destroyed
Ki-84-Ic Frank: 6 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-100 Tony: 7 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1D Corsair: 7 destroyed

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Day Air attack on Amami , at 56,44

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 1
A7M2 Reppu x 87
J7W Shinden x 5
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 8
Ki-84-Ic Frank x 28
Ki-100 Tony x 9
Ki-102a Randy x 2

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 12
Corsair IV x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2-N Rufe: 1 destroyed
A7M2 Reppu: 15 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 4 destroyed
Ki-84-Ic Frank: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-100 Tony: 6 destroyed
Ki-102a Randy: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1 Corsair: 12 destroyed
Corsair IV: 3 destroyed

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Day Air attack on Wewak , at 52,81


Allied aircraft
TBM Avenger x 4
Kittyhawk III x 7


No Allied losses

Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x TBM Avenger bombing at 20000 feet
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Day Air attack on 121st Naval Construction Battalion, at 27,21

Japanese aircraft
Ki-51 Sonia x 6

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
3 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 21st/B Division, at 20,10


Allied aircraft
FM-2 Wildcat x 6
F6F Hellcat x 7


Allied aircraft losses
FM-2 Wildcat: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x F6F Hellcat bombing at 2000 feet
1 x F6F Hellcat bombing at 2000 feet
6 x FM-2 Wildcat bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 19,7

Japanese aircraft
A7M2 Reppu x 2

Allied aircraft
F4U-1D Corsair x 1

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AG AG-121

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x F4U-1D Corsair attacking at 100 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Amami at 56,44

Japanese aircraft
J7W Shinden x 34
D4Y Judy x 11
B7A Grace x 3
G4M2 Betty x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
D4Y Judy: 4 destroyed, 3 damaged
B7A Grace: 1 damaged
G4M2 Betty: 3 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Sigourney, Bomb hits 1
DD John Rodgers

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G4M2 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x B7A Grace launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x D4Y Judy bombing at 2000 feet
4 x D4Y Judy bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Amami at 56,44

Japanese aircraft
A7M2 Reppu x 22
A6M5c Zeke x 6
G4M2 Betty x 3
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 11
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 6
Ki-100 Tony x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5c Zeke: 6 destroyed
G4M2 Betty: 3 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Sigourney

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G4M2 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Amami at 56,44

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 14 destroyed

Allied Ships
DD John Rodgers
DD Sigourney

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Day Air attack on TF, near Ishieak at 52,46

Japanese aircraft
B6N Jill x 2

Allied aircraft
FM-2 Wildcat x 9
F6F Hellcat x 92
F4U-1 Corsair x 5
F4U-1D Corsair x 61
P-47D Thunderbolt x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
B6N Jill: 2 destroyed


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Day Air attack on Bombay , at 20,10


Allied aircraft
Mosquito PR.IX x 1


No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on TF at 50,48

Japanese aircraft
G4M2 Betty x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M2 Betty: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Robinson

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G4M2 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Amami at 56,44

Japanese aircraft
A7M2 Reppu x 17
G4M2 Betty x 3
E13A1 Jake x 3
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 19
Ki-84-Ic Frank x 15
Ki-100 Tony x 8
Ki-102a Randy x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M2 Betty: 2 destroyed
E13A1 Jake: 3 destroyed

Allied Ships
DD John Rodgers, Kamikaze hits 1, on fire
DD Sigourney

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x G4M2 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 52,45

Japanese aircraft
G4M2 Betty x 4
Ki-49 Helen x 3
Ki-67 Peggy x 2

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
LSD Casa Grande, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Ki-67 Peggy bombing at 9000 feet
3 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 4000 feet
4 x G4M2 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Sub attack at 58,44

Japanese Ships
AK Gyokurei Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Harder


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Ground combat at Amami

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 276439 troops, 1619 guns, 2067 vehicles, Assault Value = 3946

Defending force 54255 troops, 186 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 966

Allied max assault: 5276 - adjusted assault: 2225

Japanese max defense: 718 - adjusted defense: 615

Allied assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 4)

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 1


Japanese ground losses:
7102 casualties reported
Guns lost 44
Vehicles lost 3

Allied ground losses:
3524 casualties reported
Guns lost 22
Vehicles lost 54


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Ground combat at Bombay

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4708 troops, 162 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1123

Defending force 84175 troops, 567 guns, 185 vehicles, Assault Value = 1131



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Ground combat at Ahmadabad

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 10006 troops, 116 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 228

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

Allied max assault: 205 - adjusted assault: 125

Japanese max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 125 to 1 (fort level 9)

Allied forces CAPTURE Ahmadabad base !!!


Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-100 Tony: 1 destroyed
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RE: Losses

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Well today Anami fell the AF is open and I have 300,000 supply in the base (my units shed excess supply when base was captured)

So far so good I brought in 100plus recon birds and moved in a Marine F4U Sqn and a P40N Group.

I am going to bring in 2 full P47Groups short term.

My P51 Sqns are at 30 xp so they need a few weeks to rest so I will bring in shorter range fighters to do the damage and try to break PZB's industry I want to crucify every Mitsibushi factory I can find single mined concentration on one type of Industry to stop the unending Reppu and Shinden streams

Andy

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/04/45

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Sub attack near Nagasaki at 58,42

Allied Ships
SS Jack

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Day Air attack on Trivandrum , at 13,21


Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 1
Thunderbolt II x 11
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 6


Allied aircraft losses
PBY Catalina: 1 damaged
Beaufighter Mk 21: 1 destroyed

Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Beaufighter Mk 21 bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Bombay , at 20,10


Allied aircraft
F4U-1D Corsair x 19
TBM Avenger x 27


Allied aircraft losses
TBM Avenger: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
40 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x TBM Avenger bombing at 5000 feet
4 x TBM Avenger bombing at 5000 feet
2 x TBM Avenger bombing at 5000 feet
1 x TBM Avenger bombing at 5000 feet
8 x TBM Avenger bombing at 5000 feet
4 x TBM Avenger bombing at 5000 feet
1 x TBM Avenger bombing at 5000 feet
1 x TBM Avenger bombing at 5000 feet
1 x TBM Avenger bombing at 5000 feet
2 x TBM Avenger bombing at 5000 feet
1 x TBM Avenger bombing at 5000 feet
1 x TBM Avenger bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on Bombay , at 20,10


Allied aircraft
Liberator VI x 6


Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported

Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Liberator VI bombing at 15000 feet
3 x Liberator VI bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on Bombay , at 20,10


Allied aircraft
Mosquito PR.IX x 1


No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on Krung Thep , at 29,39


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 12


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Beaufighter Mk 21 bombing at 2000 feet
5 x Beaufighter Mk 21 bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Naha , at 54,46

Japanese aircraft
J7W Shinden x 28
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 3
Ki-84-Ic Frank x 6

Allied aircraft
Mosquito PR.IX x 1
P-38J Lightning x 56
PB4Y Liberator x 8
B-24J Liberator x 12
B-29 Superfortress x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
J7W Shinden: 25 destroyed
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-84-Ic Frank: 6 destroyed
D4Y Judy: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38J Lightning: 30 destroyed
PB4Y Liberator: 2 destroyed
B-24J Liberator: 3 destroyed, 5 damaged
B-29 Superfortress: 2 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported

Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-24J Liberator bombing at 6000 feet
2 x B-24J Liberator bombing at 6000 feet
2 x B-24J Liberator bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Wewak , at 52,81


Allied aircraft
TBM Avenger x 4
Kittyhawk III x 7


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x TBM Avenger bombing at 20000 feet
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Day Air attack on 40th USA Division, at 56,44

Japanese aircraft
A7M2 Reppu x 23
G4M2 Betty x 10
P1Y Frances x 31
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 16
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 6
Ki-100 Tony x 12

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x G4M2 Betty bombing at 15000 feet
3 x G4M2 Betty bombing at 15000 feet
12 x P1Y Frances bombing at 15000 feet
6 x P1Y Frances bombing at 15000 feet
5 x P1Y Frances bombing at 15000 feet
3 x P1Y Frances bombing at 15000 feet
5 x P1Y Frances bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on 77th USA Division, at 56,44

Japanese aircraft
A7M2 Reppu x 2
P1Y Frances x 7
Ki-100 Tony x 3

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x P1Y Frances bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on 21st Mixed/A Brigade, at 20,10


Allied aircraft
FM-2 Wildcat x 6
F6F Hellcat x 1


Allied aircraft losses
FM-2 Wildcat: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x F6F Hellcat bombing at 2000 feet
6 x FM-2 Wildcat bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 21st/B Division, at 20,10


Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 4


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x F6F Hellcat bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Tarakan at 33,61


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 5


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Shinzui Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Beaufighter Mk 21 bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 50,47

Japanese aircraft
G4M2 Betty x 2

Allied aircraft
FM-2 Wildcat x 14
F6F Hellcat x 156
F4U-1 Corsair x 7
F4U-1D Corsair x 63

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M2 Betty: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F6F Hellcat: 1 damaged
F4U-1D Corsair: 3 damaged

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Day Air attack on TF at 50,48

Japanese aircraft
G4M2 Betty x 3

Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 53
F4U-1D Corsair x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M2 Betty: 3 destroyed


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Day Air attack on Manokwari , at 44,75


Allied aircraft
F6F-5N Hellcat x 16


No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on TF at 49,48

Japanese aircraft
D4Y Judy x 9

Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 9
F4U-1D Corsair x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
D4Y Judy: 3 destroyed



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Ground combat at Amami

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 271034 troops, 1608 guns, 2026 vehicles, Assault Value = 3391

Defending force 47655 troops, 145 guns, 30 vehicles, Assault Value = 745

Allied max assault: 3772 - adjusted assault: 2328

Japanese max defense: 515 - adjusted defense: 222

Allied assault odds: 10 to 1 (fort level 1)

Allied forces CAPTURE Amami base !!!


Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
J7W Shinden: 1 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
8345 casualties reported
Guns lost 49
Vehicles lost 11

Allied ground losses:
1507 casualties reported
Guns lost 9
Vehicles lost 27


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Ground combat at Bombay

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4708 troops, 162 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1150

Defending force 84718 troops, 580 guns, 185 vehicles, Assault Value = 1143


Japanese ground losses:
60 casualties reported

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RE: Losses

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I am going to start moving some RAF Thud II's to support the USAAF and some SpitfireXV's.
 
For the battle that is about to begin I want to have ready to rotate
 
4 Sqns of experienced Spit XV's
3 Sqns of Thud II's
3 Groups of USAAF P47D's
 
These are all short range fighters but they can do the job.
 
P40N's will be relegated to rear are protection and some sent to India to replace the RAF Thuds and Spits.
 
USMC and USN Sqns will all be unloaded in Manila sorted into experience bands and the best retained with my remaining active carriers.
 
Untrained Sqns will go to Saigon, Singapore or other rear bases to sit and train at about 50%.
 
Basically the next 20 days will be a period of re organisation 
 
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OK just checked my Aus NZ and RAF Pilot pools are in good shape and I have 13 Spit Sqns, 2 of Thud II's and 5 RNZAF F4U Sqns on map.
 
They will all start moving towards the PI.
 
I have lots of P40N's floating about and Kittyhawk III Sqns they will move to rear areas (they were only forward deplyed on range grounds)
 
 
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RE: Losses

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Picking off a few rear area bases and digging in elsewhere time to re organise and get my cripples through to the West Coast.
 
I need a few days puase to re organise before the strat bombiong resumes.
 
I do prefer having B29's going after strategic targets
 
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/06/45
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TF 1011 troops unloading over beach at San Jose, 41,53
 
 
 
Allied ground losses:
100 casualties reported
 
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TF 1025 troops unloading over beach at Taytay, 39,53
 
 
 
Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported
 
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Day Air attack on Naha , at 54,46
 
 
Allied aircraft
P-38J Lightning x 25
PB4Y Liberator x 6
B-24J Liberator x 3
 
 
Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y Liberator: 1 damaged
 
Japanese ground losses:
42 casualties reported
 
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 18
 
Aircraft Attacking:
 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing at 6000 feet
 4 x PB4Y Liberator bombing at 6000 feet
 2 x PB4Y Liberator bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Wewak , at 52,81
 
 
Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 36
TBM Avenger x 4
Kittyhawk III x 7
 
 
No Allied losses
 
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 4
 
Aircraft Attacking:
 4 x TBM Avenger bombing at 20000 feet
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Day Air attack on 121st Naval Construction Battalion, at 27,21
 
Japanese aircraft
Ki-51 Sonia x 6
 
No Japanese losses
 
Aircraft Attacking:
 3 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
 3 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Trivandrum , at 13,21
 
Japanese aircraft
no flights
 
Allied aircraft
P-38J Lightning x 15
A-26B Invader x 47
 
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M2 Betty: 1 destroyed
 
Allied aircraft losses
A-26B Invader: 13 damaged
 
Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
 
Port hits 4
Port supply hits 7
 
Aircraft Attacking:
27 x A-26B Invader attacking at 100 feet
20 x A-26B Invader attacking at 100 feet
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Day Air attack on Bombay , at 20,10
 
 
Allied aircraft
F4U-1D Corsair x 20
 
 
No Allied losses
 
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Day Air attack on TF at 48,48
 
Japanese aircraft
D4Y Judy x 9
 
Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 14
F4U-1D Corsair x 4
P-51D Mustang x 1
 
Japanese aircraft losses
D4Y Judy: 1 destroyed
 
 
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Day Air attack on TF, near Amami at 56,44
 
Japanese aircraft
B6N Jill x 2
 
Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 10
P-47D Thunderbolt x 24
 
Japanese aircraft losses
B6N Jill: 2 destroyed
 
 
Allied Ships
PT PT-542
 
 
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Ground combat at 43,53
 
Allied Shock attack
 
Attacking force 274758 troops, 2656 guns, 479 vehicles, Assault Value = 5779
 
Defending force 17 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2
 
Allied max assault: 12186 - adjusted assault: 19214
 
Japanese max defense: 1 - adjusted defense: 1
 
Allied assault odds: 19214 to 1
 
 
Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported
 
 
Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!
 
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Ground combat at Amami
 
Allied Shock attack
 
Attacking force 271502 troops, 1632 guns, 2115 vehicles, Assault Value = 3330
 
Defending force 23428 troops, 11 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 240
 
Allied max assault: 4438 - adjusted assault: 3797
 
Japanese max defense: 130 - adjusted defense: 37
 
Allied assault odds: 102 to 1
 
 
Japanese ground losses:
49049 casualties reported
Guns lost 309
 
Allied ground losses:
1406 casualties reported
Guns lost 22
Vehicles lost 13
 
 
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Ground combat at Bombay
 
Allied Bombardment attack
 
Attacking force 4692 troops, 160 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1210
 
Defending force 85304 troops, 598 guns, 185 vehicles, Assault Value = 1148
 
 
Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported
 
 
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Ground combat at Lahore
 
Japanese Deliberate attack
 
Attacking force 550 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7
 
Defending force 387 troops, 3 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 20
 
Japanese max assault: 4 - adjusted assault: 2
 
Allied max defense: 16 - adjusted defense: 14
 
Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 0)
 
 
Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
 
Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported
 
 
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Ground combat at Iloilo
 
Allied Shock attack
 
Attacking force 90 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4
 
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
 
Allied max assault: 4 - adjusted assault: 6
 
Japanese max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1
 
Allied assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 7)
 
Allied forces CAPTURE Iloilo base !!!
 
 
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Anami garriosn eliminated 1 wave of fighters approaching the front it begins tomorrow
 
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/07/45
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Sub attack at 56,43
 
Allied Ships
SS O23
 
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TF 1003 troops unloading over beach at Tacloban, 44,58
 
 
 
Allied ground losses:
62 casualties reported
 
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TF 1004 troops unloading over beach at Puerto Princesa, 38,55
 
 
 
Allied ground losses:
88 casualties reported
 
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Coastal Guns at Jolo, 38,59, firing at TF 1012
TF 1012 troops unloading over beach at Jolo, 38,59
 
 
23 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
 
Allied ground losses:
88 casualties reported
 
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TF 1015 troops unloading over beach at Cebu Island, 42,58
 
 
 
Allied ground losses:
102 casualties reported
 
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Day Air attack on Bombay , at 20,10
 
 
Allied aircraft
Vengeance I x 10
Liberator VI x 6
P-40N Warhawk x 3
 
 
Allied aircraft losses
Vengeance I: 3 damaged
Liberator VI: 5 damaged
 
Japanese ground losses:
159 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
 
Runway hits 5
Port hits 5
 
Aircraft Attacking:
 3 x Liberator VI bombing at 6000 feet
10 x Vengeance I bombing at 2000 feet
 3 x Liberator VI bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Bombay , at 20,10
 
 
Allied aircraft
Liberator VI x 6
 
 
No Allied losses
 
Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported
 
Aircraft Attacking:
 3 x Liberator VI bombing at 15000 feet
 3 x Liberator VI bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on Pisanuloke , at 32,38
 
 
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 5
P-40N Warhawk x 10
 
 
No Allied losses
 
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 2
 
Aircraft Attacking:
 5 x Beaufighter Mk 21 bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Hollandia , at 49,79
 
 
Allied aircraft
TBM Avenger x 4
Kittyhawk III x 7
 
 
No Allied losses
 
Runway hits 2
 
Aircraft Attacking:
 4 x TBM Avenger bombing at 20000 feet
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Day Air attack on 13th Naval Construction Battalion, at 39,53
 
 
Allied aircraft
SB2C Helldiver x 18
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 3
 
 
No Allied losses
 
Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported
 
Aircraft Attacking:
18 x SB2C Helldiver bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 129th IJA Base Force, at 41,53
 
 
Allied aircraft
P-51D Mustang x 15
A-26B Invader x 107
 
 
No Allied losses
 
Japanese ground losses:
232 casualties reported
 
Aircraft Attacking:
36 x A-26B Invader bombing at 6000 feet
32 x A-26B Invader bombing at 6000 feet
18 x A-26B Invader bombing at 6000 feet
21 x A-26B Invader bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 121st Naval Construction Battalion, at 27,21
 
Japanese aircraft
Ki-51 Sonia x 6
 
No Japanese losses
 
Aircraft Attacking:
 3 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
 3 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Trivandrum , at 13,21
 
 
Allied aircraft
P-38J Lightning x 14
A-26B Invader x 37
 
 
Allied aircraft losses
A-26B Invader: 15 damaged
 
Japanese ground losses:
44 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
 
Port hits 3
Port supply hits 5
 
Aircraft Attacking:
33 x A-26B Invader attacking at 100 feet
 4 x A-26B Invader attacking at 100 feet
 
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Ground combat at Jolo
 
Japanese Bombardment attack
 
Attacking force 467 troops, 23 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 41
 
Defending force 310 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 14
 
 
 
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Ground combat at Amami
 
Allied Shock attack
 
Attacking force 273557 troops, 1659 guns, 2178 vehicles, Assault Value = 3463
 
Defending force 8099 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 89
 
Allied max assault: 5236 - adjusted assault: 4518
 
Japanese max defense: 56 - adjusted defense: 1
 
Allied assault odds: 4518 to 1
 
 
Japanese ground losses:
6698 casualties reported
Guns lost 17
 
Allied ground losses:
118 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 2
 
 
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Ground combat at Bombay
 
Allied Bombardment attack
 
Attacking force 4708 troops, 162 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1234
 
Defending force 85393 troops, 597 guns, 185 vehicles, Assault Value = 1149
 
 
Japanese ground losses:
136 casualties reported
 
 
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Ground combat at Taytay
 
Allied Shock attack
 
Attacking force 119 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6
 
Defending force 892 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5
 
Allied max assault: 6 - adjusted assault: 0
 
Japanese max defense: 4 - adjusted defense: 2
 
Allied assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 9)
 
 
 
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
 
 
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Ground combat at San Jose
 
Allied Shock attack
 
Attacking force 320 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 13
 
Defending force 2140 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 24
 
Allied max assault: 22 - adjusted assault: 10
 
Japanese max defense: 16 - adjusted defense: 3
 
Allied assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 9)
 
Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 6
 
 
 
Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
 
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49th Ind.Mixed Brigade Wiped Out at Amami by attrition!!!
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OK phase 1 - More Mitsibushi Engines getting hit

Thuds suffered heavily but the bombers got through.

I am still reorganisning a lot of B24's are going to India to free up AF space for B29's, P47's P51's Spits and P38's

I will need to send some supply to India to help keep em going but thats doable.

I want to keep up the bombing campaign

The cripples are heading to Pearl where they will take no more part int he war


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/08/45

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Day Air attack on Matsuyama , at 60,42

Japanese aircraft
J7W Shinden x 60
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 4

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 41
Mosquito PR.IX x 1
F-5A Lightning x 1
F-5C Lightning x 3
P-47D Thunderbolt x 61
F-6D Mustang x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
J7W Shinden: 26 destroyed, 4 damaged
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1 Corsair: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged
P-47D Thunderbolt: 26 destroyed, 3 damaged

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Day Air attack on Matsuyama , at 60,42

Japanese aircraft
J7W Shinden x 34

Allied aircraft
B-29 Superfortress x 218

Japanese aircraft losses
J7W Shinden: 12 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-29 Superfortress: 3 destroyed, 19 damaged

Mitsubishi Engines hits 63

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
11 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
16 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
10 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
6 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
10 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
15 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
13 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
13 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
8 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
8 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
9 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
4 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
7 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
6 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
11 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
4 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
2 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
6 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
2 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
2 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Matsuyama , at 60,42

Japanese aircraft
J7W Shinden x 14

Allied aircraft
B-29 Superfortress x 154

Japanese aircraft losses
J7W Shinden: 18 destroyed
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed
A7M2 Reppu: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-29 Superfortress: 6 damaged

Japanese Ships
AP Hawaii Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Toshin Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AK Taketoyo Maru, Bomb hits 5, on fire
AK Hitora Maru, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
AP Kiyoshima Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire
AK Isuzugawa Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Genmei Maru, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
AK Yagi Maru, Bomb hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
AK Wuhu Maru, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
AP Tatuho Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AP Tatumiya Maru, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
AP Kofuku Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire
AK Tokihime Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Daifuku Maru, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
AK Kashii Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AK Tsuneshima Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire

Japanese ground losses:
115 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 12
Runway hits 98
Port hits 1
Port fuel hits 4
Port supply hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
10 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
7 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
13 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
17 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
11 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
10 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
12 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
4 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
4 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
4 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
4 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
10 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
2 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
2 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Bombay , at 20,10


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 8
Liberator VI x 48
PB4Y Liberator x 6


Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter VIF: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
232 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Airbase hits 14
Runway hits 70

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Liberator VI bombing at 16000 feet
6 x Liberator VI bombing at 16000 feet
3 x Liberator VI bombing at 16000 feet
3 x Liberator VI bombing at 16000 feet
8 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet
3 x Liberator VI bombing at 16000 feet
3 x Liberator VI bombing at 16000 feet
3 x PB4Y Liberator bombing at 16000 feet
2 x Liberator VI bombing at 16000 feet
3 x Liberator VI bombing at 16000 feet
2 x Liberator VI bombing at 16000 feet
2 x Liberator VI bombing at 16000 feet
3 x Liberator VI bombing at 16000 feet
3 x Liberator VI bombing at 16000 feet
3 x PB4Y Liberator bombing at 16000 feet
3 x Liberator VI bombing at 16000 feet
3 x Liberator VI bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on Amboina , at 39,73


Allied aircraft
F6F-5N Hellcat x 13


No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on 121st Naval Construction Battalion, at 27,21

Japanese aircraft
Ki-51 Sonia x 6

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
3 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 94th/B Division, at 28,6


Allied aircraft
Mosquito FB.VI x 27


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
45 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Mosquito FB.VI bombing at 2000 feet
10 x Mosquito FB.VI bombing at 2000 feet
9 x Mosquito FB.VI bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 44,62

Japanese aircraft
D4Y Judy x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
D4Y Judy: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Czech. Victory, Bomb hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x D4Y Judy bombing at 2000 feet
2 x D4Y Judy bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 44,62

Japanese aircraft
D4Y Judy x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
D4Y Judy: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Columbia Victory
AK El Salvadore Victory, Bomb hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x D4Y Judy bombing at 2000 feet
2 x D4Y Judy bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 44,62

Japanese aircraft
E13A1 Jake x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1 Jake: 2 destroyed, 7 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Bartlesville Victory
AK Canada Victory
AK Honduras Victory, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x E13A1 Jake bombing at 2000 feet
3 x E13A1 Jake bombing at 2000 feet
4 x E13A1 Jake bombing at 2000 feet

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Ground combat at Bombay

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4708 troops, 162 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1256

Defending force 85076 troops, 594 guns, 185 vehicles, Assault Value = 1149


Japanese ground losses:
16 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Rawalpindi

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 4576 troops, 0 guns, 212 vehicles, Assault Value = 114

Defending force 2155 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22

Allied max assault: 194 - adjusted assault: 266

Japanese max defense: 18 - adjusted defense: 17

Allied assault odds: 15 to 1 (fort level 7)

Allied forces CAPTURE Rawalpindi base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
167 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1


Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

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Ground combat at Cebu Island

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 290 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6

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

Allied max assault: 8 - adjusted assault: 4

Japanese max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 7)

Allied forces CAPTURE Cebu Island base !!!



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Ground combat at San Jose

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 330 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 14

Defending force 2140 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 24

Allied max assault: 26 - adjusted assault: 0

Japanese max defense: 16 - adjusted defense: 3

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



Allied ground losses:
57 casualties reported
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RE: Losses

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With the fall of Rawalpindi I am going to clear my lines and focus on Bombay by air and land
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100k hits !!!!

Post by Andy Mac »

I switch the attack to Kitkayami....

Its hit hard

Apart from that the reorg goes on and ships and men move in accrodance with the grand design


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/10/45

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TF 1011 encounters mine field at Amami (56,44)

Allied Ships
MSW Saunter
MSW Scurry
MSW Competent
MSW Spear
MSW Starling
MSW Revenge

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Naval bombardment of Bombay, at 20,10 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

38 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
CL Santa Fe, Shell hits 16
CL Nashville, Shell hits 18
CL Phoenix
CLAA San Diego
CA Shropshire
BB Richelieu, heavy damage
BB North Carolina
BB California
BB Colorado
BB Maryland, Shell hits 1, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
251 casualties reported
Guns lost 12

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Day Air attack on Kitakyushu , at 59,41

Japanese aircraft
A7M2 Reppu x 11
J7W Shinden x 7
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 6

Allied aircraft
Mosquito PR.IX x 3
F-5A Lightning x 3
F-5C Lightning x 9
P-47D Thunderbolt x 18
F-6D Mustang x 2
A-26B Invader x 50

Japanese aircraft losses
A7M2 Reppu: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged
J7W Shinden: 5 destroyed
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 5 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-47D Thunderbolt: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
A-26B Invader: 10 destroyed, 24 damaged

hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x A-26B Invader bombing at 6000 feet
22 x A-26B Invader bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kitakyushu , at 59,41

Japanese aircraft
A7M2 Reppu x 10
J7W Shinden x 5
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 2

Allied aircraft
B-29 Superfortress x 94

Japanese aircraft losses
A7M2 Reppu: 2 destroyed, 6 damaged
J7W Shinden: 5 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-29 Superfortress: 4 destroyed, 23 damaged

Manpower hits 110

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
2 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
5 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
7 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
11 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
10 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
4 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
4 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
4 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
4 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
2 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
2 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
2 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
2 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
2 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Bombay , at 20,10


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIF x 5
Liberator VI x 31
Mosquito FB.VI x 20
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 2
PB4Y Liberator x 3


Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter Mk 21: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
122 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 35

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Beaufighter Mk 21 bombing at 2000 feet
6 x Liberator VI bombing at 16000 feet
5 x Liberator VI bombing at 16000 feet
6 x Mosquito FB.VI bombing at 2000 feet
3 x Liberator VI bombing at 16000 feet
2 x Liberator VI bombing at 16000 feet
4 x Liberator VI bombing at 16000 feet
5 x Beaufighter VIF bombing at 2000 feet
10 x Mosquito FB.VI bombing at 2000 feet
3 x Liberator VI bombing at 16000 feet
4 x Mosquito FB.VI bombing at 2000 feet
3 x Liberator VI bombing at 16000 feet
3 x PB4Y Liberator bombing at 16000 feet
2 x Liberator VI bombing at 16000 feet
3 x Liberator VI bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on Bombay , at 20,10


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 30


Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 2 destroyed, 11 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
104 casualties reported

Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 56

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing at 6000 feet
13 x B-24J Liberator bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Amboina , at 39,73


Allied aircraft
F6F-5N Hellcat x 12


No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on Naha , at 54,46


Allied aircraft
P-38J Lightning x 35
PB4Y Liberator x 5
B-24J Liberator x 6


Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y Liberator: 2 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
38 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 13

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing at 6000 feet
3 x PB4Y Liberator bombing at 6000 feet
2 x PB4Y Liberator bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Hansa , at 53,83


Allied aircraft
TBM Avenger x 4
Kittyhawk III x 7


No Allied losses

Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x TBM Avenger bombing at 20000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Amami at 56,44

Japanese aircraft
B6N Jill x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
B6N Jill: 4 destroyed

Allied Ships
MSW Competent, Kamikaze hits 2, on fire, heavy damage


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Ground combat at Naga

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 279471 troops, 2695 guns, 476 vehicles, Assault Value = 5781

Defending force 15627 troops, 82 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 219

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 7

Allied max assault: 6064 - adjusted assault: 8564

Japanese max defense: 195 - adjusted defense: 213

Allied assault odds: 40 to 1 (fort level 7)

Allied forces CAPTURE Naga base !!!


Japanese aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Japanese ground losses:
1593 casualties reported
Guns lost 22

Allied ground losses:
1710 casualties reported
Guns lost 69
Vehicles lost 3


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Ground combat at Bombay

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4700 troops, 161 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1303

Defending force 84487 troops, 587 guns, 185 vehicles, Assault Value = 1140


Japanese ground losses:
53 casualties reported
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