Matrix Games

Location : HONSHU
Opponents : US & Japan
Date :   1 NOV 1945
Scale : 2.5

Description :

OPERATION OLYMPIC The Invasion of Japan, 1 November 1945 Scenario designed by Col Wayne Close Inspired by SPI's Operation Olympic OOB based on Strategy and Tactics #45 UNITS: AMERICAN Army - Tan on Olive Marines - Red on Olive Navy/ Naval Aviation - Lt Blue on Olive Army Air Force - Dk Blue on Olive JAPANESE 57th Army HQ & Line - Blue on Tan Coastal - Lt Yellow on Tan 40th Army HQ & Line - Lt Green on Yellow Coastal - Lt Blue on Yellow 56th Army HQ & Line - Yellow on White Coastal- Grey on White 16th Army - White on Lt Blue Sasebo Naval - Yellow on Red Militia - Lt Grey on Grey Significant Events Japanese reinforcementts are deployed on a random schedule based on the whims of the Japanese Imperial High Command. The proximity of US troops will trigger the generation of suicidal militia units in each urban area. Kamakazi attacks may occur at the beginning of the scenario, causing the premature withdrawal of some units. ********** BRIEFING: In July of 1945 the Japanese deployed the 16th Area Army on the southernmost of their home islands, Kyushu. This force consisted of seven Coastal and seven Line combat divisions, supplemented by independent infantry brigades and a motley assortment of tanks. The total number of troops on the island came to about 450,000, NOT including the fanatical civilian militias. The Marine Amphibious Corps was already in training for the operation, when President Truman made the fatal decision to end the war through the use of atomic weapons. He could have refrained from the use of the Bomb; the result would have inevitably been the invasion. Most analysts predicted US casualties at over one million killed and wounded, Japanese deaths in the millions.