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RE: Briefing 12th to 14th November 1942 - 4/18/2007 12:36:00 AM   
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Status: offline 		I must say constructing the AAR comes in as second place to doing the moves, but I still enjoy the creative task immensely! Having spent last week learning what a Mac can do I may even be tempted to mix platforms for some future reports!

I look forward to another game sometime where my arch hero Flashman can reappear! I spent most of last week at a neo-gothic pile that would have been very much his home territory!

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RE: Briefing 12th to 14th November 1942 - 4/18/2007 9:40:10 AM   
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Status: offline 		I don't recall Harry Paget Flashman spending too much time in any church, chapel or other christian edifice... At least after his public school days (and aside from an enforced visit to a Presbyterian church up in Scotland)...

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RE: Briefing 12th to 14th November 1942 - 4/18/2007 6:57:52 PM   
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Status: offline 		I would totally agree, but that photograph is of a major Public School (not Rugby so its not quite accurate) and that, if my spatial awareness is correct, was their dining hall!

Note for non Brits..... a Public School is in fact a private school.. but we call them Public Schools because we.... call them Public Schools - that one sets the parents back in the region of $50,000 per year to have their sons and daughters grow up to know how to behave properly and be well educated....

I, on the other hand, have worked over 30 years in proper public schools, that is schools for the general public,, which costs people nothing and attempts, not always successfully, to get the sons and daughters to behave properly and be well educated.

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RE: Briefing 12th to 14th November 1942 - 4/18/2007 7:18:46 PM   
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Status: offline 		The cross at the apex made me think it was the chapel... trust the Brits to confuse matters by making it a dining hall!

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Briefing 14th November 1942 - 4/19/2007 8:36:09 PM   
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Status: offline 		Well Gentlemen, Smithers assures me with the arrival of those forces kindly loaned from the yanks and the Aussies there is now no danger to Batavia. He has been applying the hard sums to five separate assaults now and has drawn me another graph because he knows I find it easier to follow. Here it is:






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Briefing 19th November 1942 - 4/21/2007 1:41:58 PM   
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Status: offline 		Gentlemen, very much business as usual in our theatre of operations. We now have a sizeable Chinese force at Lashio and daily raids by over 100 heavy bombers must be taking a toll of the defenders there. In the past the Chinese fighting spirit has been questioned, but lately there has been a marked improvement. To illustrate this I can reveal that over the last fortnight a force of four Manchurian Cavalry Divisions has been trapped between Sining and Lanchow. Over the last few days the Chinese opened an offensive with their local forces and on the night of the 19th the command area of the enemy forces was overrun. The four divisions have been removed from the map, and with a short respite these fine fighting troops will be free to move and repeat their triumph against other Japanese forces. Please recall this is only one of three ‘pockets’ of trapped Japs… the same fate awaits the others.

In the Marshalls the Americans have been busy. On the night of the 17th/18th November a task force landed a large combat unit on Eniwetok expecting some resistance – the place was deserted. It is now under new management and about to extend the reach of our reconnaissance planes. On the night of the 18th/19th another large group of combat forces landed on Ponape. Not that many days ago a paratroop force landed to test out the defences but were assumed captured by the defenders. Although some damage was caused by shore batteries the landing went ahead with acceptable losses, the base was soon captured and by the evening of the 19th it is reported that there are no Japs alive on the island – sadly there is no sign of our paratroopers either.

We can expect new developments on both the China and Central Pacific fronts as soon as elements are in place for the next drives forwards. With the capture of all but Kwajalein in the Marshalls we have taken a first island group from the enemy – up to now we have been reclaiming our own territory. As for Kwajalein, there are around 40,000 enemy very well dug in, but going nowhere, with our ships blockading any attempt by small vessels to either evacuate or resupply the island. We have decided it will serve us well as a free fire target zone until such time as the occupants ask for us to come and rescue them!

And in our area? Well, resupply or evacuation from Sabang (we cannot tell which it is) is being attempted with single ships sneaking though the straits, to be spotted by our air from Kuala and sunk. A couple of badly damaged transports are at anchor at Teloetbetoeng and we are using them as target practice. Landing of more troops at Batavia continues uninterrupted by the Japanese air or naval forces. Interestingly, we have detected a significant withdrawal of troops from the trenches round Batavia…. The 90K is now more like 30K with a corresponding 60K now at Merak. Quite what they are up to is anybody’s guess. An attempted seaborne evacuation in the face of almost 100 Beauforts? An admission of defeat and withdrawal to a base to defend and attempt resupply from Teloetbetoeng? Time will tell……





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Briefing 20th November 1942 - 4/22/2007 10:32:23 AM   
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Status: offline 		Gentlemen, some significances perhaps, reading the tea leaves you might say if you were old Aunt Hermione that is.......

In China the enemy has cleared our small blocking force between Sian and Homan and we detect a retreat from Sian to join up with his forces at Homan (identified as 49 separate units). We also have sent recce forces out into the Jap positions around Batavia and found them deserted - while the area at Merak now seems very crowded.....

A small surface force of the enemy has been spotted some 120 NM NW of Kwajalein, direction unclear. We will deal with that assuming the weather is clear today in that area.

For some reason the Jap air commander at Davao decided to get aggressive and sent a large bomber force to attack shipping at Menado. The base personnel would have had to revise the number of place settings for the evening meal!






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Briefing 21st November 1942 - 4/22/2007 7:14:50 PM   
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Status: offline 		Gentlemen, a brief briefing (pauses to laugh at own hilarious joke).

The task force approaching Kwajalein was identified as five supply ships - whether laden with materiel for the garrison or an evacuation attempt we will never know. Over 100 planes from Wotje and Maloelap, Dauntlesses and Marauders, were tasked with stopping them. Two transports managed to get close enough to the island to encounter our blockade TF with the flag on the CA Salt lake City......

In a mirror action task forces at Teloetbetoeng and Benkolen were attacked by Japanese air from Singapore, many Japanese planes did not make it back there, and nbo hits were scored on our ships.






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Just landed - 4/22/2007 9:10:35 PM   
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RE: Just landed - 4/22/2007 9:14:22 PM   
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Briefing 22nd/ 23rd November 1942 - 4/23/2007 9:42:10 PM   
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Status: offline 		Gentlemen, good of you to attend this briefing. Some of you may be aware that there has been a difference in people’s manner in the last day or so. Now those who were not, ’in the know’ as they say can be fully appraised of the situation.

Gentlemen, I declare Operation Webster off and running. Webster, for those who neglected their Literature studies, was a proponent of the art of the Revenger Tragedy that was around shortly after Shakespeare’s time. Well in the last 48 hours we have been enacting a revenge upon our enemy that has been horrible to behold.

I need not remind you of the heinous and dishonourable attack upon Singapore that began this war. Shortly after the Jap occupied Singapore and has sat there, undisturbed until two days ago. Once we were sure that Batavia was safe we began to move our heavy bombers there, moving our other planes to other locations. When all were assembled, and lacking any advance knowledge of our plan the Japs sat confident in their positions. In 48 hours of raids by over 200 bombers each day we have made attacks against the airfields and Port of Singapore. Liberators and B17s have pressed home their attacks, supported by P40s and P38s.

On day one the fighters fought off the Zeroes and Tonies to give our bombers an uninterrupted run on their targets, on day two there was no need as there were no fighters flying in defence of Singapore.

Debriefs upon return indicate the following losses to Japanese air either in combat or on the ground:

A6M2 Zero: 18 destroyed
C5M Babs: 5 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed
H6K4 Mavis: 5 destroyed
Ki-21 Sally: 12 destroyed
Ki-46-II Dinah:13 destroyed
Ki-51 Sonia: 12 destroyed
Ki-57-II Topsy: 7 destroyed
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 17 destroyed

When we turn to aerial reconnaissance following the bombing we see the extent of the damage to the Japanese navy:


BB Fuso, Bomb hits 15, on fire
BB Haruna, Bomb hits 18, on fire, heavy damage
BB Hiei, Bomb hits 12, on fire
BB Mutsu, Bomb hits
BB Nagato, Bomb hits 12, on fire, heavy damage
BB Yamashiro, Bomb hits 19, on fire, heavy damage
CL Kashii, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CV Hiyo, Bomb hits 28, on fire, heavy damage
CVL Zuiho, Bomb hits 9, on fire, heavy damage

The CV Hiyo is known to have sunk in the harbour, taking with it a significant number of aircraft. We suspect that the Zuiho will soon also sink. As regards the Battleships we are aware that the bomb hits will not sink these ships, but are also aware that little of their upperworks are left and that they cannot go anywhere. They are thus effectively reduced to hulks and await our arrival. Should they wish to leave they will face significant undersea friends!

Gentlemen, we are very pleased indeed with these results. It concludes the battle for Batavia (Operation NoGo) nicely and marks the opening of a new phase in the war. In itself this would be worthy of celebration, but there is more.

Dutch troops have been moving overland slowly from Benkolen in the hope of cutting the supply line between Teloetbetoeng and Palembang. Today they reached the road and are now looking northwards at Palembang as their new target. We did hope, at the start of this operation to have trapped the Japanese division that was at Teloetbetoeng, but that is no longer the case – it was moved across to Merak. Yesterday Dutch troops landed at Teloetbetoeng and found it undefended…. It is now back in their hands. We must also announce the commencement of landings at Medan by troops moving down from Kuala – the enemy air presence at Georgetown has been eliminated.

Turning briefly to China I do not know if there is any significance in numbers, but between Chungking and Sian, in the paddy fields there are currently the Japanese 13th Divn, the 13th Tank Regiment and the 13th Independent Brigade. They have been out of supply now for two weeks and are being attacked by forces outnumbering them by at least 5:1. They will soon cease to be effective.

Gentlemen, our next briefing will be at a time when we have further good news to give out.





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RE: Briefing 22nd/ 23rd November 1942 - 4/26/2007 5:16:19 PM   
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RE: Briefing 22nd/ 23rd November 1942 - 4/26/2007 7:37:08 PM   
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Status: offline 		It was Port attacks, they were having a few dents bashed out of them following the attempt to take Batavia.... we gave them a 'few' more.

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Briefing 28th November 1942 - 4/27/2007 9:19:30 PM   
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Status: offline 		Gentlemen, whilst all eyes have been on the monumental battle around Batavia things have been developing elsewhere. I feel it is time to give you an update on China.

A few days ago the remnants of the four Mongolian Cavalry Divisions trapped north of Lanchow were eliminated. There are two pockets being gradually worn down at present, east of the main Chungking to Sian road and north of the Sian to Yenen road. The Chinese forces are now attacking these trapped troops every day and report ever diminishing resistance.

A while ago troops from Chungking moved across the river and interdicted the main rail link between north and south China, they then moved on to liberate Hengchow and have stayed there repairing the ravages of war and building up the defences there. This position has denied the enemy any ‘interior lines’ movement advantage and whilst we can detect a strengthening of their forces in Changsha there is no sign of a move against this area at present.

Over recent days troops moving from Kweiyang have arrived at Wuchow and have managed to move down to also cut the rail link between Nanning and Wuchow/Canton. As you will see other forces from Kweiyang are moving to cut the link between Nanning and Hanoi with reinforcements arriving from Yunan.

All this seems to have caught the Japs unprepared, mainly because of their massed troops at or near Homan.

At Homan some 49 units have been encamped making assaults or bombardments on the city and its defenders for a considerable time. They have made no impression on our defences. A force of around 90K also was attacking Sian with no visible success. These are the main forces the Japs have in China. Several days ago a first trickle, later to become a significant current of troops began to disappear from outside Sian and move down to join their comrades investing Homan. The Chinese forces at Sian, vastly improved in terms of experience and morale followed up.

The Jap’s problem, as we see it is his force West of Homan is now having to extricate itself from the Chinese force that has followed it, but also in order to take Homan he needs to cut off any supplies from Sian. If his forces retire to Homan he opens the supply route to Homan from Sian. If he stays to contest the area he cannot reinforce his troops at Homan and stalemate remains.

He badly needs a win here, to free his troops to move to rebalance his crumbling lines elsewhere. He would seem to be on the ‘horns of a dilemma’. Meanwhile we can maintain this equilibrium in this area whilst making mischief elsewhere.

Ideally we need to open up a supply route to China. We are making gradual progress on the Burma border, but it is slow. Were we to take a port at either Pakhoi or Haiphong life would become very uncomfortable for our enemy…. The question is could we succeed in such an audacious move and then be able to supply by sea? Time will tell Gentlemen, time will tell.

That concludes our briefing, but hold yourself in readiness for another one soon – an operation is underway that we will soon have news of.








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Briefing 8th December 1942 - 5/2/2007 8:12:19 PM   
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Status: offline 		Gentlemen, it has been over a week since our last briefing. We have been busy.

I need to remind you of the significance of this week (but in true style he does). One year ago the Empire of Japan treacherously attacked the allied forces across Asia and the Pacific. After a vicious and at times badly led defence we halted the expansion and have been on the counterattack for a considerable time. Yesterday Dutch forces moving overland from Teloetbetoeng were able to aid the landing of the 7th Australian Division at Palembang. This important oil and resource centre was defended by about 3,000 base personnel and they presented no obstacle to our combat hardened troops. They have fled northwards towards Jambi. We thus are in possession of a major prize. It is unfortunate that we had to ‘knock the place around a bit’ but once we have the airstrips rebuilt and chance of supplying or evacuating Singapore by sea is gone and the whole of the West of the sea lanes are commanded by us.

At the same time the Jap has obviously realised his exposed position and we detect retreating forces from Mytkinia and Lashio. These are retiring on Mandalay which is having the attention of over 200 bombers each day to interdict and damage the supply lines and the troops there. We expect in a matter of days to have both Mytkinia and Lashio back under our control and with it reopen the supply lines to China. Quite where the jap expects to establish his new defence line, at the Irriwaddy or to retreat further we will discover – he has a very vulnerable flank with little defence along the coast from Johore Bahru to Rangoon…. So any land line may well be built on shaky foundations.

You will be aware that all the allied carriers are now together at Batavia. They have paid a few visits to Singapore and their new mission is yet to be unveiled. They are looking forward to being accompanied by a new style of American carrier, rumoured to be almost ready for its sea trials.

Elsewhere in the areas apart from China it is a tale of large scale reorganisation, replanning and resiting of forces for the next big push.

China is the only area to give cause for concern. Our last briefing indicated all was well there. However overnight we have learned that in two desperate and very costly attacks the enemy has taken Homan. This now leaves him with almost half a million troops , in what combat state we do not know, on the doorstep of Sian. Will he throw his forces forward in a single thrust or has he learned that this is not the way in China? As this situation develops we will inform you further.





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RE: Briefing 8th December 1942 - 5/2/2007 8:22:41 PM   
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Briefing to 13th December 1942 - 5/5/2007 2:40:42 PM   
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Status: offline 		Gentlemen, things are moving, and they are doing so in our favour.

We have confirmation from both ground forces and air reconnaissance that the bulk of the Japanese forces in Burma are now back at Pagan, probably looking to retreat from there towards Indo-China. Certainly they cannot hope to hold at Pagan, threatened on both flanks and relying on one single supply route in. as it is our bombers are regularly visiting their supply dumps there, or rather what is left of them. Why the sudden collapse of this once formidable army? It has been stuck in the jungle for months, denied any respite, on the end of long supply lines, and under daily pounding from over 200 heavy bombers with no air protection from their fighter planes. On our retaking of the bases of Lashio, Mytkinia,and Mandalay we are finding hardly a sack of rice left – they have basically been worn down. If you look at the map you will see their position is grim, already they will be aware that overland supplies from China have been interdicted by the Chinese forces near Nanning and Wuchow. You will also see that their major base at Bangkok looks to be being built up for a defence – yesterday we diverted our bombers there for a visit and caused over 50% damage to the airbase and severe damage to the planes on the ground and defending it. Today I have given the orders for another operation which will add significantly to the Jap’s problems in this area…. News of this soon.

Palembang airfields are now operational and soon the Jap forces in Malaya will be feeling the squeeze from the south also. Our CVs remain at Batavia for the moment, making minor repairs before their next foray. We have detected the Japanese forces which were at Banjamarsin have left there some time ago and are now adjacent to our forces at Balikpapan. They have not been supplied for well over six weeks, have made an overland trek of over 200 miles through the jungle and are now summoning up the strength to try to take back Balikpapan. As we have a well supplied division there with supports I am not losing sleep over this!

Turning to Kwajalein, there have been interesting developments here in the last few days. You will recall it has been isolated from the rest of the Japanese forces for a month and the last convoy to attempt a surface relief was slaughtered. We have detected over 13 submarines in the area and can only assume an attempt to evacuate key personnel. Needless to say we have diverted significant ASW assets to this stretch of the ocean and already several subs have been sunk.

In China we have to report the unlucky 13s ( the three units trapped on the Sian to Chungking road) have now ceased to exist. Our forces are now free for other operations. The 52 enemy units that took Homan are still sitting there, we suspect they are attempting to gather sufficient supplies to enable combat activity or retreat… which option we have yet to discover.





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Briefing to 18th December 1942 - 5/6/2007 12:42:56 PM   
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Status: offline 		Gentlemen, we can now announce the success of Operation Firstfoot. BGen Thomas has successfully landed the 18th UK Divn and taken Georgetown. Support units have accompanied his combat troops and it is only a matter of a few days till this important airfield is back in action. Symbolically this is the area from which many of our troops had top be evacuated when Japan attacked Malaya, we are back and staying. The Japanese airbase at Bangkok was seriously damaged by bombers prior to the landing and this, coupled with very strong LRCAP from Kuala, has meant no attempt by the Japanese to attack our transports from the air. We expect BGen Thomas to move on Alor Star or Taiping to cut the main route out of Malaya overland. This will then leave the 50K troops currently in Singapore with no land escape, and with allied planes now fully operational from Palembang their sea escape looks perilous. It also provides the Japanese commander in Burma with an added problem - pressed heavily in his withdrawal from the Irriwaddy line and with overland communications with China severed his main supply route/LOC is through Bangkok - vulnerable to a march from Malaya, but also unable to be supplied easily by sea once Georgetown has heavy bombers operating from there.

We gather, incidentally, that there were cheering crowds lining San Francisco Bay yesterday as three brand new Escort Carriers with battleships in consort left the port for an unknown destination.




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Briefing to 21st December 1942 - 5/7/2007 5:41:39 PM   
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Status: offline 		Gentlemen, just to keep you appraised of the fast developing situation. On the 18th December we marched into Pagan on the heels of the retreating Jap troops. We have yet to discover whether their retreat path is overland and over poor tracks or following the coastal route. One unit is trapped between Lashio and Mandalay and we are leaving the Chinese to deal with them.

In the south both Jambi and Muntok were liberated on the 20th, remnants of the Jap forces here have yet to be mopped up. The submarines operating round Kwajalein are having a pretty torrid time, with six separate ASW Tfs patrolling there are many observed oil slicks.

In Malaya, as you will see from the map, we have consolidated and expanded our position and it looks like the Jap has been caught very much with his pants down round his ankles! There has been some aerial trouble form the Japs and some of our supply ships have been hit, but this is unlikely to be repeated in the face of strong CAP which now flies constantly during daytime hours. Bangkok is a nest of wasps which will have to be eliminated!






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RE: Briefing to 21st December 1942 - 5/7/2007 7:57:06 PM   
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Status: offline 		You are advancing back into DEI and picking the japanese apart in late 42?

My god, your opponent must be a masochist.

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RE: Briefing to 21st December 1942 - 5/7/2007 8:07:25 PM   
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Status: offline 		Well he has run out of oil, his industry and supplies are therefore pretty well gone... a very brittle position. I am also able to avoid his troop concentrations by and large.

I think we are both treating this as a learning exercise now....

The thing about WITP is that no matter how bad the overall picture, each little engagement has its own charm and problems to it... so I feel it sustains interest. I do not think that would be the case mind you if I just employed an island hopping juggernaut - realistic but no fun for either side. That's not going to happen here.

The really big question is how he can extricate his Burma Army and what state it will end up in....

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Briefing to 27th December 1942 - 5/10/2007 9:33:20 PM   
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Status: offline 		Gentlemen, a lot to report.....

In Malaya units landed at Malacca on the 2Oth have marched northwards liberating Kuala Lumpur and Taiping to form a flank for our base at Georgetown. At the same time the 18th Division move dout, taking Alor Setar and Songkia. In the face of these moves the Japs mounted heavy raids from Bangkok and it must be admitted that we have lost several ships in this process, with many others suffering damage. However there have been no appreciable raids for two days, and our air combat patrols now are of sufficient strength to deter any further attacks. As our forces grow here the base will be able to accommodate heavy bombers and we know that there is major troop concentration at Bangkok with no clear land route out of the area, and now no clear sea lanes - and we have more misery on the way to the area with Operation Glorious 12th now underway.

We must also report that the large concentration of submarines detected at or around Kwajalein have been severely reduced, with many suffering multiple close hits with depth charges. Out of the 10+ that were detected there we are now sure there are only about 3 remaining.

Our main item of news must be the Operation Santa. At dawn on the 25th December the 3rd USMC Paras dropped onto Jolo airbase. It was undefended! A large airbase on the edge of a major Japanese area has been taken by a brilliant coup de main. In follow up supply flights air support personnel were rushed in and within a day an umbrella of Lightings were operating to defend the airfield and the seas around as follow up troops and supplies neared the island. these arrived with no Jap interference and the base is now fully operational and as the map shows, astride a major area of Japanese communications. The whole of the southern islands of the Philippines are now dominated by our forces,and the last remaining oil supply bases outside of the Asian mainland are also interdicted by our aircraft. This operation was planned for several weeks and is a direct result of the Japanese failure to take Menado.






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Briefing 28th December 1942 - 5/11/2007 8:56:06 PM   
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Status: offline 		Gentlemen, as expected the Japanese have finally responded to our landings at Jolo. During the night they pushed a strong cruiser force forward from, we assume, Manila to try to disrupt and destroy our supply transports a Jolo. At considerable sacrifice the TF led by the CL Boise blunted this thrust and turned it back. One Japanese Cruiser was seriously damaged and was unable to steam to safety fast enough. Beauforts from Jolo consigned it to the deep with torpedoes.




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RE: Briefing 28th December 1942 - 5/11/2007 11:32:44 PM   
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Status: offline 		As always, well described and I love the maps and graphics. I see that while the Allied destroyers paid a heavy price the nefarious Boise is untouched. What a terror that ship is!

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RE: Briefing 28th December 1942 - 5/12/2007 12:27:33 AM   
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The latest engagement was one sided, but was probably two days too late. Jolo is now well supplied, and cannot itself be sunk, plus the air balance in the locale is now 1000+ to me....

The Boise did well, if you consider that it went up against the remainder of the Imperial Japanese navy (all the Bbs are now sunk or in repair yards for a long time). The DDs are expendable... already most of the ones heavily damaged in previous battles at Menado and Batavia are shining with new paint and upperworks. meanwhile the Allied Bbs are at work in other places...... (cue threatening background music)

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RE: Briefing 28th December 1942 - 5/12/2007 12:37:43 AM   
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RE: Briefing to 21st December 1942 - 5/12/2007 5:33:49 AM   
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You are advancing back into DEI and picking the japanese apart in late 42?

My god, your opponent must be a masochist.



I can assure that I am not a masochist!

What you are seeing is what happens when you do not secure the DEI in a timely fashion. This was my first attempt at the Jap side from Dec. 7. It was, and still is a learning experience.

Furthermore, Roger is not an apponent to allow breathing room......he can smell weakness like a dog smells fear!! He is by far one of the best players on here, and very dedicated player. Which is why I haven't given up and quit 100 turns ago

Lessons I've learned:

Don't drag your feet!
Take the DEI!
Don't let Roger get the upper hand, you'll never get it back!

Cheers all!


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RE: Briefing to 21st December 1942 - 5/12/2007 7:41:15 AM   
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Status: offline 		And ddog is a fierce and plucky opponent who is very capable of upsetting my plans... if he has anything to upset them with!

And this has always been an open AAR.

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RE: Briefing to 21st December 1942 - 5/12/2007 9:18:56 AM   
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Briefing 1st Janaury 1943 - 5/12/2007 10:41:16 AM   
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Status: offline 		Gentlemen, I trust none of you are the worse for wear after the night's celebrations. I must say we saw in the New Year in customary fashion. While we were celebrating many of our troops were not. In particular one group were preparing, with very clear heads, to lay on a spectacular fireworks display for the enemy.

Taking off from the combined Allied Striking Force, somewhere in the South China Seas British and American pilots formed up and gathered to strike Saigon at first light. This was the opening of Operation Glorious 12th.... for those colonials who are not aware of the custom it is the day when, having carefully reared a whole bunch of grouse, we finally let the shooters loose on them. In this case we assumed that there would be a large force of enemy transport ships around this area - either bringing in supplies to give succour to the retreating Burmese army or perhaps to begin evacuation of forces from an area now cut off from overland aid.

In itself the slaughter is not massive, the material or troop damage is not great - but the message it clearly sends to the Japanese is that nowhere is now safe. We will sail where we choose, when we choose... and do what we choose.




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