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12th August 1943 - 6/14/2006 10:43:57 PM

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Hi all,

Robert - i've thought about that. Luckily this turn we were in sync! I'll keep an eye on it.

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Still no attack by my RN CV's. This time against the port. Must have been the weather. We're staying another day to hopefully attack the oilfields and then off for refuelling.

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My sub arm let me down today. So many attacks and so many misses:

SS Gunnel missed TK San Diego Maru
SS Sawfish missed AK Muroran Maru
SS Paddle missed AP Taizin Maru
SS Grenadier missed AP Taibun Maru

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Preparation for the next operation continues. It'as frustrating to have to wait for so long for enough Hellcats to arrive. Still got about 2/3 of my CV force to equip. As such I may cancel the strike raid and focus fully on the next operation.

Most troops have been loaded at Sydney, San Francisco and Midway for this. Today over 500,000 tonnes of fuel and supply were beginning to be loaded at San Francisco as were 12 airgroups.

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13th August 1943 - 6/17/2006 10:42:52 AM

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Hi all,

Ah good news. It seems my sub skippers listened to my furious radio message......

SS Salmon missed AK Tyoko Maru NW of Luzon.

SS Grenadier heavily damaged the freighter Maebasi Maru with 2 torpedo's in the middle of the Phillipine Sea. She will probably sink.

SS Crevalle heavily damaged the large tanker Omurosan Maru 180 miles north of Yap.

SS Snook hit the empty transport Keisho Maru 300 miles east of Saipan.

SS Seal hit AK Awata MAru with a torpedo off SW Borneo.

SS Runner hit AP Taiho Maru but unfortunately the fish were duds.

A couple of DC's fell nearby some of these subs but damage was minimal.

All in all a good days work

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Finally my RN CV's attacked Palembang. The strike was poor though and IJA CAP did well:

Day Air attack on Palembang , at 20,55

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 26
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 25

Allied aircraft
Corsair IV x 28
Avenger I x 14
Avenger II x 26

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 7 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Corsair IV: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged
Avenger I: 5 destroyed, 2 damaged
Avenger II: 8 destroyed, 6 damaged

Oil hits 7

Aircraft bombing at 10000 feet

They are to retire to Columbo now.

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Things are starting to move now in preparation for my next invasion. Most of the San Francisco based troops left today bound for PH.

I have 100% called off my CV penetration strike. There won't be enough time to perform this before the next invasion. My CV's stilll need blimming Hellcats! The Bunker Hill CV group should arrive at PH tomorrow.

An SS and 3 x AK arrive at San Francisco tomorrow.

Here's a snapshot of upcoming Capitol Ships. CA Baltimore in 6 days and BB Alabama in 9 days. These will participate in the next invasion. My first British CVE in 58 days - CVE Battler. Next Essex class CV - Franklin in 98 days

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RE: 13th August 1943 - 6/17/2006 3:24:46 PM

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Serious question. How fast can you burn thru 500,000 tons of fuel? Is that enough for a major op or do you need to have more in the logistics pipeline. I have the feeling this game is going to come down to logistics in some way, so.... I ask questions when the opportunity presents itself.

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RE: 13th August 1943 - 6/17/2006 10:49:20 PM

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Sitting on Wake Island --
eyeing Speedy�s ships with bad intent.
Snot is running down his beak --
greasy flippers smearing shabby clothes.
Hey fabertong!
Drying in the cold sun --
Watching as the silly penguins run.
Hey fabertong!
Feeling like a dead duck --
spitting out pieces of his broken luck.
Oh fabertong!

Sun streaking cold --
an old bird wandering lonely.
Taking time
the only way he knows.
VPs hurting bad,
as he bends to pick a hand grenade --
he goes down to the shore
and warms his feet.

Feeling alone --
the army's up the road
salvation � la mode and
a cup of tea.
Fabertong my friend --
don't start away uneasy
you poor old sod, you see, it's only me.
Do you still remember
Aleutian's foggy freeze --
when the ice that
clings on to your beak was
screaming agony.
And you snatch your rat �til he last breaths
with deep-sea-diver sounds,
and explosions bloom like
flowers in the spring.

(sung/hummed to another song that i'll leave the reader to guess)

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14th August 1943 - 6/18/2006 1:22:07 AM

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Hi all,

LOL Robert

Where do you ocme up with these? Afraid i'm not good at picking these kind of things. Which song is it hummed to?

Bruce - Good question. The Allies, especially, can burn through fuel from mid-43 onwards at a prodigous rate. The main drain is SC and CV forces on bombardments/long air combat cruises. An SC TF of regular size (a couple of BB/CA/CL/10ish DD's) can easily burn 30-50,000 fuel if needed to replenish when empty.

More fuel and supply are to follow. These will be used to supply my invasion area.

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More sub fun today:

SS Tautog tagged the empty transport Meigen Maru with a fish NE of Sorong.

SS S-18 had had a fairly quiet patrol up utnil today. She is assigned to the lowr Kuriles and today she attacked and hit 2 x AP's in the same empty convoy. Neither will probably sink but well done lads

Unfortunately SS Barb and SS Bluefish both missed TK's near Okinawa and Tori Shima today.

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Usual air raids across Burma.

My Chinese forces have reached the outskirts of Lashio. 4 enemy units are present but my tired men are to attempt a deliberate assault tomorrow with 3 x Corps and 2 x HQ units. CAS is to be provided by heavies and FB's from Imphal.

Interestingly Faber did NOT land bombard at Myitkyina today! I wonder is this is temporary or if he is out of supply or moving out.

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Tomorrow an AK, LST, SC and DD arrive in theatre.

I start to receive USA Prov. Tk Bn's at Karachi in the next month or so

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RE: 14th August 1943 - 6/18/2006 2:36:27 AM

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Good luck!

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RE: 14th August 1943 - 6/18/2006 3:57:56 AM

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quote:

LOL Robert Where do you ocme up with these? Afraid i'm not good at picking these kind of things. Which song is it hummed to?

Aqualung (by Jethro Tull...)

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RE: 14th August 1943 - 6/18/2006 4:45:36 AM

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I haven't listened to Aqualung in ages. I haven't listened to Jethro Tull in ages (at least 15 years). I never would have gotten that one.

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RE: 14th August 1943 - 6/18/2006 5:48:48 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: BrucePowers

I haven't listened to Aqualung in ages. I haven't listened to Jethro Tull in ages (at least 15 years). I never would have gotten that one.

Well they just had the (arrrgh...) 35th Anniversary of it... so it's been getting some airplay recently.

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15th August 1943 - 6/18/2006 2:07:10 PM

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Hi all,

Well it seems The IJA is retreating in Burma. IJA elements were observed moving away from Myitkyina and the rail line. Excellent. My attack at Lashio went well. The Chinese moved through some strongpoints and inflicted losses on the enemy. Only BF are present so if I can be quick before reinforcements arrive I may take Lashio:

Ground combat at Lashio

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 34933 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 926

Defending force 9636 troops, 32 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 118

Allied max assault: 796 - adjusted assault: 152

Japanese max defense: 108 - adjusted defense: 112

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

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 8

Japanese ground losses:
527 casualties reported
Guns lost 12

Allied ground losses:
72 casualties reported

Due to the enemy retreat I will be hot on his heels. My men are ordered to attack at Myitkyina tomorrow.

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SS Skipjack encountered any enemy convoy 120 miles NE of Jesselton but the escorting MSW's kept her under the water.

SS Greenling encountered the first enemy ship inbetween Truk and Rabaul for a long time! AK Akaisisan Maru was left heavily damaged after a torpedo hit in the bow.

SS Trout hit an oil laden TK east of Mindanao, TK Toho Maru was left burning heavily.

3 ships recently hit by subs were confirmed sunk today - an AK, AP and a TK.

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Further preparations were made today for the next invasions. 2 x USA Divisions and a TD Bn were ordered to move from Brisbane to Sydney for embarkation on AK's.

2 more supply convoys were formed in San Francisco to load supply and fuel for future destinations.

BB Idaho now almost fully repaired is to set sail from San Diego for San Francisco. She will soon be joined by CA Baltimore and BB Alabama for active service.

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The below screenie shows the Lashio attack and the IJA retreat in Burma.

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16th August 1943 - 6/18/2006 3:13:35 PM

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Hi all,

Myitkyina is liberated!

After months of long hard fighting the IJA left throughout the past day and supply laden trucks were soon steaming through towards Yunan.

My Myitkyina force is to follow on the heels of the IJA immediately,. I predict he will probably try and mass his force on the rail line and defeat me in detail there. As such I need to increase my force levels with Myitkyina troops.

Well done lads. It's taken time but the war of attrition has achieved it's first success in Burma.

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Surprisingly my attack on Lashio failed. We achieved 0:1 odds but inflicted 4 times as many casualties on the enemy. Recon indicates reinforcements approaching but my men will rest tomorrow before trying again.

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SS Corvina and SS Dragonet left and Francisco today for duties in the Pacific.

Tomorrow 2 x AK and a DE arrive at San Francisco.

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RE: 14th August 1943 - 6/18/2006 4:09:21 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: BrucePowers

I haven't listened to Aqualung in ages. I haven't listened to Jethro Tull in ages (at least 15 years). I never would have gotten that one.

OK - this is also on The Thread, but since not everyone that reads this also visits TT, here is a link to the song (in case you feel the urge to sing along with the new lyrics...

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http://news.gooya.com/nabavi/archives/real/Jethro.mp3

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17th August 1943 - 6/19/2006 9:14:20 PM

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Hi all,

More sub action:

SS Dorado (on her first patrol) encounters a troop convoy in the middle of the Phillipine Sea. The escorting craft locate her before she can fire and PC Fukue drops some DC's nearby. No significant damage sustained. She later achieved a firing position, but missed, AP Kyokusei Maru.

SS Barb hit AK Hoeisan Maru SW of Okinawa with dud torpedoes. In the afternoon she successfully damaged AP Yuzan Maru with a torpedo.

SS Tunny heavily damaged the freighter Soyo Maru with a torpedo 180 miles east of Tarakan.

SS Tuna hit the troop laden transport Ume Maru with a torpedo east of Mindanao.

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As expected Faber has massed his troops on the Mandalay rail line. Even with these he met no success:

Ground combat at 34,28

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 227854 troops, 1385 guns, 823 vehicles, Assault Value = 5665

Defending force 77483 troops, 439 guns, 968 vehicles, Assault Value = 1927

Japanese max assault: 2904 - adjusted assault: 2849

Allied max defense: 1995 - adjusted defense: 2817

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1

Japanese ground losses:
6120 casualties reported
Guns lost 123
Vehicles lost 41

Allied ground losses:
655 casualties reported
Guns lost 17
Vehicles lost 3

If my men can hold on for 3-4 more days my Myitkyina forces will be there to assist.

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18th August 1943 - 6/20/2006 12:25:13 PM

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Hi all,

A relatively quiet day with bad weather allowing only 2 combat support missions in Burma.

No land combat up there today. I guess Faber is resting a day before a massive assault on the rail line position. My Myitkyina men are 60 miles away and have encountered some recon/roadblock elements which they should clear tomorrow.

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Little sub activity also. SS S-18 avoided a couple of MSW's in the Lower Kuriles

SS Sunfish punctured the oil laden hull of TK Ichiyu Maru in the west Phillipine Sea.

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Preparation contuinues for the next invasions. AK/AP and TK are moving here and there in numbers bringing men, supply and fuel where it is needed.

I predict 4-6 weeks before we launch off. Hopefully by then all my CV's will be equipped with Hellcats.

CA Baltimore, 2 x DD and a TK arrive at San Francisco tomorrow.

A Lagg3 and PV1 unit also arrive in theatre.

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RE: 18th August 1943 - 6/20/2006 2:40:18 PM

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Does that mean the Burma road is now re opened and operational ?

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RE: 18th August 1943 - 6/20/2006 5:01:20 PM

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Hi Andy,

Yes. The Burma Road is up and running

I'll post a screenshot of Burma later.

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19th August 1943 - 6/20/2006 8:51:43 PM

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Hi all,

I've attached a screenshot of Burma for Andy et al to see. It appears Faber is retreating from the rail line towards Mandalay. Fine by me. I'm hot on his heels. An Aviation Rgt is to be airlifted to Myitkyina starting from tomorrow.

Large air strikes on the retreating Japanese columns in Burma cause 100's of casualties.

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SS Trident hit gold today. Moving down the Malacca Strait she encountered and hit MLE Tainan Maru with a torpedo.

SS Bluefish also had a good day in putting 2 fish into the freighter Taibu Maru NW of Tori Shima.

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CA Baltimore class are fine ships. 990 AA rating straight off.

An SS and MSW arrive at San Francisco tomorow.

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RE: 19th August 1943 - 6/22/2006 4:14:50 AM

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How many turns a day are you guys managing to get in on average?

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20th August 1943 - 6/22/2006 7:16:59 PM

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Hi all,

Hi Bruce - normally 1-2 a day but over the past month (and for the forseeable future) 3-4 a week due to RL work commitments by Faber and me.

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Faber continues his retreat towards Mandalay hounded by the Allied airforce. Examples of the carnage for once:

Day Air attack on 25th Division, at 43,32

Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vb x 25
P-40N Warhawk x 34
B-25J Mitchell x 19
I-16c x 18

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
122 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

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Day Air attack on 56th Division, at 33,30

Allied aircraft
Liberator VI x 6
P-38G Lightning x 15
F-5A Lightning x 1
B-25J Mitchell x 18
B-24D Liberator x 38

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 1 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 2 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
123 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Vehicles lost 1

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Day Air attack on 22nd Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 33,30

Allied aircraft
Liberator VI x 8
P-38G Lightning x 47
F-5A Lightning x 1
B-25J Mitchell x 18
B-24D Liberator x 26

Allied aircraft losses
B-25J Mitchell: 2 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
115 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

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SS Snook managed to tag the empty transport Yawata Maru 300 miles east of Saipan.

Both SS Sailfish and SS Sawfish evaded pathetic attempts by enemy MSW's to tag them.

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Things are starting to come together, slowly. The WC transport fleet is about 1/2 way to PH. The Australian units will be leaving Sydney within 2 weeks bound for ***** Island

A DD arrives at San Francisco tomorrow.

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21st August 1943 - 6/23/2006 12:41:49 AM

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Hi all,

Burma has become interesting. Faber has not only retreated towards Mandalay but he has moved IJA elements from Mandalay to push out the Chinese contesting Lashio.

As such the Chinese divisions have been ordered back to Yunan to avoid defeat in detail. The main Allied army on the rail line is 120 miles from Mandalay now.

The ever increasing Allied dominance of the air is apparent with 100's of sorties every day on airfields around Mandalay and known enemy LCU postions. Flak was especially heavy today claiming 5 Allied bombers over Burma.

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SS Paddle achieved success in heavily damaging the loaded AP Kikukawa Maru 300 miles west of Tori Shima. Hopefully the scum will sink before reaching safety.

SS Barb heavily damaged the laden tanker Nichirin Maru 120 miles ESE of Batan Island.

I am pretty happy with how my submarine war is going. Almost every day an enemy ship or more is heavily hit. I also almost always receive confirmatuion of an enemy AK or TK sinking every day

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I have decided to give a little test to see if you can guess where I am going to invade next.

There are 2 places I am going to invade. One of these was contested pretty heavily IRL. Shouldn't be too hard. Thoughts?

BB Alabama arrives at San Francisco tomorrow.

Also interestingly I receive my first F4U-1D unit in 43 days

First AGC arrives (Blue something I think it's called) in 15 days time.

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RE: 21st August 1943 - 6/23/2006 3:33:25 PM

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No thoughts on where i'm going to invade next?

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RE: 21st August 1943 - 6/23/2006 3:35:34 PM

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You're not attacking Pelileu, are you?

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RE: 21st August 1943 - 6/23/2006 3:37:13 PM

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Bingo.

Apamama too. My CV's and BB's will dominate the area for a few weeks before anything goes in though

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22nd August 1943 - 6/24/2006 3:03:58 PM

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Hi all,

My Chinese forces svac'd the Lashio area just in time. 20 Japanese units are reported there now! I hope he keeps them there since my Commonwealth troops will be at Mandalay within 3-4 days = Lashio will be cut off from supply.

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SS Sawfish blew up MSW W.5 NW of San Marcelino. Now out of torpedo's she is hading back to Darwin. SS Gudgeon is en route to replace her.

SS Cod put 2 fish into the freighter Kibi Maru 300 miles ESE of Tori Shima

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BB Alabama, BB New Mexico, CA Baltimore + 4 x Fletcher class DD's left San Francisco at 11PM to head for PH. The storm is gathering once more..............

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23rd August 1943 - 6/24/2006 3:43:45 PM

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Hi all,

Bad weather prevented almost all air activity across Burma.

The Commonwealth forces are 55 miles away from Mandalay now and closing.......

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No sub activity. SS Porpoise evaded an IN Fleet Destroyer inbetween Marcus Island and Wake Island.

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CVE Casablanca arrived yesterday. The first of many of her class...........

3 x AK arrive tomorrow.

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24th August 1943 - 6/25/2006 8:24:30 PM

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Hi all,

More submarine success for the Allies. I guess with the lack of Air bases within combat range of enemy bases in the Pacific my submarine arm has by far and away been the best of my services thus far:

SS Skipjack hit the empty transport Yubae Maru with a torpedo NW of Jesselton. The Fleet Destroyers Hatsuharu and Minegumo tried in vain to find my submarine.

SS Halibut Missed MSW W.15 60 miles north of Pagan.

SS Trout left the freighter Asaka Maru sinking after 2 torpedoes blew off her bow. This attack happened 300 miles east of Luzon.

SS Paddle sank AK Kinshu Maru west of Tori Shima with 2 torpedoes.

SS Raton will probably have sunk MSW Misago Maru with a torpedo north of the Marianas.

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25th August 1943 - 6/25/2006 9:17:10 PM

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Hi all,

Bad weather prevented most air raids from taking off.

My Commonwealth forces should reach the IJA defences outside Mandalay tomorrow......

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2 successful sub attacks today.

SS Harder heavily hit AK Atutasan Maru 240 miles south of Okinawa

SS Apogon hit the large fuel laden tanker Itsukushima Maru north of Bonin Island.

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The 32nd and 41st USA Divisions + Tank Bn should begin loading at Sydney tomorrow. These will be involved in the upcoming invasions.

2 x AK, and LCI and an SC arrived at San Francisco today.

I am, now thinking that I will not have Hellcats on board all CV's BEFORE being ready to launch this operation. I will proceed anyhow. Once all the troops are en route to the jump off base (to be named shortly) my CV's and BB forces will begin the acquisition of enemy airspace and the subjugation of enemy defences.

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RE: 25th August 1943 - 6/25/2006 9:19:18 PM

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Tokyo Rose say...

"Speedy suck...go home and drink Guinness Imperialist scum"

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26th August 1943 - 6/26/2006 12:12:34 PM

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Hi all,

I've had almost enough of waiting to attack Fabertong again. I know that patience and a detailed build up is crucial to success against an enemy held Island though. It will be time to move out again soon though. Within a week all supply, fuel, plane ferrying and troop carrying ships should either be at PH or leaving Sydney. These '2 arms' will meet at Baker Island.

From there the CV/BB forces will move to the Tarawa region and begin to pummel everything within range.

So over the next week CV Divisions will be formed in PH. The number of available BB's will be analysed to determine how many bombardments groups can be made. The transports TF's will be re-distributed and then all will be ready to move out to Baker Island.

I'll post a full run down of my TF composition when all is organised.

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SS Scamp spotted CL Yura + 2 x DD's in the early hours of 26th east of Mindanao.

SS Bluefish spotted a lone freighter (AK Shojin Maru) NW of Tori Shima. She surfaced and pumped 5-7 4" shells into her and for good measure put a fish into her. She will probably sink.

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Bad weather prevented air missions again other than raids on Mandalay from Imphal.

My Commonwealth forces are at the IJA positions outside of Mandalay. Probes and bombardments will be launched tomorrow.

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3 x AK, 3 x LCI, 1 x SC and 1 x DD arrive in theatre tomorrow.

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RE: 26th August 1943 - 6/26/2006 3:51:04 PM

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For those of you who do not frequent The Thread: Speedy's agents attempted assasination of fabertong by pushing him into the polar bear exhibit at the zoo failed after fabertong employed some of his super-sneaky penguin tricks...

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