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RE: 5 April - 4/13/2007 6:55:10 PM   
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resting part is that I sent the PT to Townsville for repair. After one day it was at 100 %!!

Map edge: Keep your TF's off the edge of the map. I sent a small transport group from Perth to India. It got too close to the edge and got stuck in the zero row. I can't access it at all. It's a small TF so no matter. But you'd be ticked if you're CV's fell into that hole.



Check the port of Karachi, you'll probably find the ships from the TF there (at least if they're British).

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RE: 5 April - 4/13/2007 7:21:38 PM   
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Well I'll check that since I still have the old saves.

But we've fixed the problem through other means. My transports are back safely in Perth.

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RE: 5 April - 4/13/2007 8:03:58 PM   
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You think????

Well I'll check that since I still have the old saves.

But we've fixed the problem through other means. My transports are back safely in Perth.


At least this happened in one of my own PBEM games. Only British ships were involved, thus I don't know what will happen to ships with other nationalties.

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11 April - 4/14/2007 2:35:16 AM   
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PI: Manila's defence looks to be faultering as it AV dipped significantly due to supply for the first time. I'm sure Jwilkerson must have notice and now I will see if he wu=ill attack there with the two divisions hes had fighting there for almost 4 months. Whats more important urban terrain or supply level. We'll see if he has the guts to launch the shock attack. The troops at Clark are still fully supplyed bt there is only about 5000 base supply points in the whole area.

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19 April - 4/20/2007 7:24:00 PM   
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This war is still going on but not much is happening. He has still not tried to challange Clark Field and maybe he is content to maintain it as a bombing target. Port Moresby still has over 30,000 supplies and I have 60 transport aircraft supplying it from Austrailia.
My Air force trains in Burma, His in China.

My defense is now solid everywhere. My last weak link was Suva which has now been reinforced with a NZ BDE. Ive also not reinforced the island with Columbo off India. He can take this if he wishes but my airpower out of India is quite powerful and I don't see what benifit he would get from those islands.

With only 2 healthy carriers it will be a while before I can launch any significant offensive operations. I wonder if he plans on doing anything for the next six months or so????

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23 April - 4/22/2007 4:31:52 AM   
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Action on two fronts after a long lull in activity.

PI: The end has come. His troops moved into Clark Field and I launched the last desperate shock attack to try and save my last supply source. This time after three previous and glorious successes their luck ran out. My troops, fighting with little supply, could not drive out the Japanese for a fourth time. It can't last long now as there is no supply remaining. He may drive me out next turn but more likely Jwilkerson will take his time to minimize casualties.

East Pacific: 2 TF's are sighted moving east between Canton Island and Palmyra. The furthest is reported as a CA, AK. The second which is 500 miles further west shows 6 CA's. This is the first activity in this theater of the war apart from his taking Tarawa and that vicinity. I'm not sure what he's up to at this point.

I have search aircraft at both Canton and Palmyra, and will have another search group at Baker next turn when my AVD arrives. I also have sent 2 MSW's on patrols into the path of these TF's.

I have 5 DD's hiding northeast of Palmyra. 8 A-20's are at Palmyra with an Inf Bde, a USMC defence Bn, a coastal AA unit and base force . It has level 5 fortifications but my minefield degraded a bit more then I had realized and only has 650 mines. Christmas Island is empty. Canton Island is defended by 2 full divisions. PLEASE PLEASE attack here.

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24 April - 4/22/2007 6:57:17 PM   
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He has 3 CV's operating off Palmyra and these ships hit a stray TK and one of my oickit MSW's. One of his RO subs entered Palmyra and hit a mine and sunk!!! That was fotunate at this time as it must really give him pause if he is considering a landing. A don't see any AP's yet and nothing has come up on SIGINT indicating any prep for Palmyra.

I'm guessing this is a raid. I had moved some AV's to some of my forward airfields over the last couple weeks to keep an eye on the Tarawa area and I always have units prepping for that area. He probably noticed my recon aircraft shifting back and forth around those little bases and thought something was up. 3 CV's would put some hurt on me if they ran into a lightly escorted invasion fleet. Since I only have two healthy American CV's his 3 CV's would be the right number for a raid.

If it is an invasion its going to be bloody. But It would be a different Jwilkerson who would take that island. It would be a very isolated base.

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25 April - 4/23/2007 2:51:18 AM   
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Alutians: Japan lands unopposed at Kiska and Amchitka. I currently holad all the bases from Ankorage to Umnek Island with an RCT at each location and I have a head start at digging in at each of these locations. I am not at all unhappy at the prospect of a long term aiur battle in this area.

Palmyra: This still looks like a raid. His fleet is sitting 300 miles south of Palmyra and TK/AO's have been sighted. Looks like they will refuel and then head east for my shipping lanes.

PM: The battle continues here. My supplies have dropped to around 27,000 so I've begun running fast transport missions. The first one just dropped off supply without incident. I have 60 C-47's at Cooktown but these have stopped for the moment as Japan started flying LRC over PM. I've started using small air groups out of PM in offensive roles. Single groups of SBD's bombing Buna, alternating with small fighter groups flying sweeps. As long as I have only a few planes at the airfield my losses to air bombardment have been very small.

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RE: 27 April - 4/24/2007 3:42:58 AM   
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Ouch!!!! His carrier raid around Palmyra is no mere pinprick raid. He looks to have at least 6 carriers involved. By deft manuvers Jwilkerson managed to get a couple groups past my recon and hit a large convoy 24 hexes east!!!!!! of Palmyra. Luckily he hit a returning and empty convoy but there is going to be a slaughter. 5 ships were sunk today and maybe 15 damaged. I've scattered the convoy into small groups sorted by top speed and they will run for the coast.

My greatest fear is that a convoy with the CVE Long Island and the 32nd Infantry division is only 9 hexes south of his main body and could easily have been the victim. I am running at full speed and hope he doesn't see me. Fuel is probably an issue for him. He must have required at least one high speed move and he is 25 or so hexes from his tankers which are sitting south of Palmyra with at least one carrier. Too bad my carriers are at Sydney as this fueling point would be a great target.

I tranfered 48 B17E's to Palmyra and will try my luck tommorrow against this refueling force. I've also started my CV fleet (2 US and 2 British carriers) from Sydney east. Obviously they will not likely reach Palmyra in time but you never know. He may daly about or even refuel and try again. In any event it seems the locus of events is in the east and so I should send some force in that direction.

One bright spot is that I think I can declare India as completely safe and begin planning for offensive operations in Burma. There is no way he can invade India without heavy carrier support, and KB is on the other side of the world.


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29 April - 4/25/2007 1:28:12 AM   
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PI: Clark Field falls!! My troops are in shambles. No supply at all left. Maybe Manila will hold for a while but Batan will fall at the first nudge.

East Pacific: His carrier raid is strangly impotant. He killed a couple AK's with a surface attack but his air attacks went in at range 5 (even though closer targets were available) and just distributed bombs on 6 or 7 AK's all of which should survive. This is beginning to look like a waste of his carriers unless he gets a payoff soon.

Jwilkerson and I have agreed to change over to 2 day turns. This is apparently possible when you play a moderator. I'm not sure how I will like this as a lot of my WITP knowledge goes out the window. But we shall see.

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RE: 29 April - 4/25/2007 6:13:10 AM   
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It is possible when you play a programmer, with the code.

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..Jwilkerson and I have agreed to change over to 2 day turns. This is apparently possible when you play a moderator...



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4 May: - 4/28/2007 10:28:08 PM   
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Well on the first cycle of 2 day turns his carrier raid finds my CVE Long Island and wacks it good. It's seems impossible that it will survive as it has 99 sys damage and 94 flood, and its a long way from home. I set course back to San Diego. You never know with allied damage control.

My CV force is at Numea now and will head toward Suva. I assume his carriers are moving toward their refueling point and at some point will have to retire west to regain sortie points. But if he continues to operate in this area my carriers may get an opportunity.

PI: Battan falls and a large group of my forces surrender. I still have a small Army at Manila but they have no supply and will be quickly defeated.

Here's our status as of 5 May:






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RE: 4 May: - 4/28/2007 11:15:50 PM   
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Well on the first cycle of 2 day turns his carrier raid finds my CVE Long Island and wacks it good. It's seems impossible that it will survive as it has 99 sys damage and 94 flood, and its a long way from home. I set course back to San Diego. You never know with allied damage control.

My CV force is at Numea now and will head toward Suva. I assume his carriers are moving toward their refueling point and at some point will have to retire west to regain sortie points. But if he continues to operate in this area my carriers may get an opportunity.

PI: Battan falls and a large group of my forces surrender. I still have a small Army at Manila but they have no supply and will be quickly defeated.

Here's our status as of 5 May:









jwilkerson took a LOT of flak and op losses it seems...

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6 May - 4/29/2007 1:30:52 AM   
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China: This area has been quite for months except for heavy bombing by Japan which is focused mainly on training his pilots. Japan owns Yenan but I hold all other starting cities. My supply situation is very good, All of my units and cities are fully supplied and Chunking has 40,000 sp on hand.

My troops have been sitting in my cities for a while now regaining morale and right now are in very good shape. I am planning an offensive in which I will try and occupy (not take) his front line cities. My goal will be to cut off the supply contribution of Wuhan, Nanchang and Canton and to allow my troops to get into low casualty combat (bombardments of cities) which will allow me to raise their experience. My guys are at prep 30 now so the offensive will not start for at least a month.

Burma/India: With KB on the other side of the world I now consider India to be completely safe. I am now making preparations for an invasion of Akyab. I am transfering AP's from Austrailia which will take awhile. My two UK divisions and several armored formations are prepping for Akyab. The plan will be to send the army down the path and then to land the UK divisions by sea.

I am pounding all the airbases in Burma daily and have a bombardment group hitting Akyab. The Japanese 33rd Division at Akyab has recieved special attention and has been bombed almost daily by over 100 level bombers. Akyab is a small malarial base with 100% damage to all of its facilities. This cannot be a happy position for his troops and I would not be surprised if he left before I got there. In any event it will take until the end of June before I land so I have lots of time to reduce his forces.

PM: He bombs PM daily with 100-200 bombers and at low altitude now. This has finally closed the airfield but he is taking a lot of losses to flak and ops. Still I have over 20,000 supply so am fine for now. I have started airlifting engineers and supply to Thursday Island and will build this up in preparation for its use by P-38's later. He will not forever have air superiority. I see no indication that he intends to take PM.

Alaska: Jwilkerson has filled all the empty space by taking Adak and islands west of there. I hold Dutch Harbor/Umnak Island and everything east. So we're 4 hexes apart. I surely have the edge in getting my airfields up and running. Duuth Harbor is already maxed out at 4. Umnak island is size one now and building quickly with more engineers on the way. This may end up being a good place for a long battle of attrition.

Pacific Island Chain: Japan shows no interest in capturing any islands so far but I certainly need to get a handle on his maurading carriers. My carriers will reach Suva this turn and so are in position to cause Japan problems if he stays in the area. But I have to be very careful or I could lose my whole force. I would like to get a force to Chrismas island as that would give me better survailance or the gap between Canton Island and Palmyra.

I suppose I should be happy his carriers are where they are. While they are annoying what are they really accomplishing??? Sure he got the CVE Long Island but now the surprise is gone. If he heads back toward the west coast or deep into my shipping lanes then my force at Suva will be able to hit his tanker force from the rear and he may be in some hurt. In the meantime if he does make a push towards Port Moresby my carriers will still be able to get to the area fairly quickly. Everything seems to be under control.




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12 May: - 4/30/2007 12:04:18 AM   
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East Pacific: His carriers appear to be headed west. There are 6 TF's North of Canton. 15 of my B17's from Palmyra attacked and were met by 88 zero's. 13 B17's went down for the loss of 7 zero's. Not that good an exchange but then those are good zero pilots for pretty low experience bomber crews of which I have many. My carriers are south of Pago Pago and deciding what to do. I sent 6 CL's from Pearl Harbor on a fast transport mission to get some base forces to the 3 little islands between Palmyra and Canton. Then I can base seaplanes there to prevent further surprises.

PI: Manila is a total wreak but Jwilkerson continues to take his time. I guess he sees no need to take losses when he can just wait for me to starve.


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The last 4 days have featured several air battles pitting my heavy bombers vs his fighters over KB, Pagan in Burma, and Dobudura near Port Moresby. Over this period Japan lost 72 aircraft including 29 zero's and 11 Oscars in exchange for 48 allied aircraft including 6 LB-30's and 30 B17E's.

In addition to his fighters Japan is taking daily losses in his efforts to keep Port Moresby closed. Japan has noticed my buildup at Thursday Island (near PM). Some Bab's came to visit. We will see how he reacts to this.

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22 May - 5/5/2007 7:56:32 PM   
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PI: Manila falls on the first attack against a force of four Japanese divisions with heavy supporting forces. Not a single one of my units had a lick of supply so Jwilkerson got nothing but a shattered port. The DEI is now empty of my force with the exception of one PI division that he has yet to evict from its isolated island.

Asia: In China I'm beginning to position forces for my summer offensive. I will start my diversion toward Yenen next week. The forces for my main push in the center are now at prep level 50 or so and so in three weeks I can get those guys moving to the objectives.

In India I have started my Armor toward Akyab. My two UK divisions intend to land by sea. My AP's are around Perth and now headed north so it will be at least a month before things are ready. He has a single carrier operating in the Indian ocean. It's just a nuisance. It hit a lone destroyer this week but could only damage it but I don't want my AP's to get hurt. I've sortied 2 UK CV's into the area to deal with this enemy force.

Austrailia: He has sent a split portion of his 2nd division down the rail toward Perth and has cut the rail line connecting to the rest of the continant. I've sent a Division north from Perth to deal with this.

PM Area: He has started bombing Thursday Island. I sent some Kittyhawks there but they were destroyed by 81 zero's flying from Lea. He is also flying LRC over both T Island and PM to stop my C47's. This has impacted his efforts to keep PM closed and that base has started to recover. (runway fuly repaired and service dam. of about 50% right now.)

East Pacific: His carriers have pulled back into the Tarawa area and I don't know where they are headed. I have gotten base forces into the islands between Palmyra and Canton Island and have that area under survailance now. My CV force is now rounding Christmas Island and headed for PH.

CV Saratoga has reached San Fransico!!!! It was heavily damaged around Rabaul I believe in January or February. Lexington is also headed to SF but is still a couple weeks from safety.


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26 May - 5/7/2007 11:13:13 PM   
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PM: In a bold move Jwilkerson sends paras to Thursday Island and takes the base. This was surprising as I thought I had a while to get reinforcements there. So now PM is completely isolated. PM meanwhile was recovering while he dealt with Thursday Island. But this ended on the 25th, as 238 Betties hit the based followed by a similar raid on the 26th.

Other: Japan finally got around to taking Baker Island without opposition. Japan also landed at Iiolo in the PI and will soon destroy my last significant unit in the DEI.

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2 June - 5/12/2007 10:05:50 PM   
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The war moves slower in this phase. I've noted a Japanese unit prepping for Luganville but this could just be a ruse. My main worry is still that he will go after Port Moresby and destroy my Marine Division. I have three offensives about to go in which hopefully may blunt his offensive aspirations.

China: He can now clearly see my diversionary thrust in the area of Yenen. I am moving a large force up the road and will meet his blocking force in the woods west of Yenen in about 4 days. In addition I have blocked the rail lines around Homan and have a number of divisional sized units moving out into the countryside to annoy and distract him. Finnally I have moved in some dutch fighter units and have begun to step up air operations.

For my main operations emminating from Changsa my troops are completing their preparation. Most have between 50 and 60 prep points for their objectives and morale levels are very high. This will launch in about two weeks with the goal of occupying Nanchang and Wuhan. I seriously doubt that either location can be taken. But occupying them cuts off their supply production and I want to get into a long bombardment battle to raise my unit experience levels.

Burma: My armor units are adjacent to Akyab and have begun movement along the trail to Akyab. My two UK divisions are sitting at Diamond Harbor awainting transport which is on the way from Perth. I've been pounding his 33rd Division at Akyab for a very long time from the air and ocasionally from sea. It must be weakened and demoralized especially as it sits at a small base in a malarial area supplied only by trails.

My airbases in the area are well built up now and I have LOTS of squadrens. All the units which disbanded in Java months ago have been arriving and are retraining in India. It will be interesting to see if he tries to contest my air superiority in the area as he sees my attack coming.

It might be a tough call for him. I think he is still capable of winning the air battle if he fully commits. But it will not be a one sided affair and he will lose a lot of planes and pilots. On the other hand if he just lets me take Akyab then I will quickly build it up into a major airbase and be well on my way to reconquering Burma.

Alaska: I've sent my carrier fleet and a large surface fleet (4BB's and lots of CA/DD's) to Ankorage. I hold everything from east of Umnek Island and he hold everything west of Adak island. Atka island is in between and unoccupied. Japan took these island in the last month and brought several base forces per island but has not done much here in the last month. None of the airbases are above level one and the only air units I've encountered have been Rufa's. He has some AG's and other small resupply ships flitting about but nothing else that I see.

I, on the other hand have been building up my bases rapidly. Umnek Island is now at level four. All my islands are held with at least an RCT with artillery support and are well fortified.

My intent will be to take and build up Atka and while at it bombard all the Japanese held isands up to Kiska. As a bonus, perhaps a large force in this area may divert some of Japans carriers from whatever schemes they are up to.

I look to start this operation between 10-16 June.

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Alaska: A surface force with at least one BB and CA looks to be headed toward Dutch Island. In addition a zero squadren is around so he may have an unsighted CV or two. I considered sending in my CV force which can reach the area with a high speed run. But why rush and take unneeded risks.

He can hit Dutch Island all he wants. I have some Kittyhawks and Bolo's there but truth is I can replace these with ease. My force will assemble at ankorage and start the operation in 4 to 6 days. Right now I'm getting my screen of subs and patrol craft out into the sea lanes to try and prevent any nasty surprises.

Burma: He has split his 33rd Division at Akyab into 3 parts. Why???? I can only guess that its an attempt to speed damage repair to his unit. But I don't think its going to work. My bombers split up their attacks nicely and hit all three parts. Over two days my bombers inflicted 804 casualties and 15 guns to the 33rd Division.

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Alaska: His surface force has disappeared. I'm guessing he was looking for a surface fight against my transports but since I pulled these out for a turn he struck air. I have a small surface force moving toward the front and it will linger for a couple days to see if I can get a small surface fight. My carriers refueled at Ankorage and are now edging forward and getting ready. I'll probably start my big bombardment forces moving in a turn or two as the situation developes. My transports for the landing at Atka island are now loading at Ankorage.

Burma: I continue to bomb the 33rd division. I did have a bit of a scare when a small ASW force (2 DD's) I sent to Akyab got hit by about 18 Nells flying from Moulmain. They all missed but I need to be more careful. My transfer of AP's toward Diamond Harbor has not been interfered with and the danger is now past.

My armor units are now going at 6 miles per 2 day turn and my sea invasion is set to coincide with their arrival. So 9 more turns. The AP's will all be there by then so everything looks to be a go.

Jwilkerson can obviously see my force coming down the road and there seems to be a general redeployment going on in Burma with lots of units moving on the roads. KB does have time to get there and mess things up. I will be watching the likely avenues of approach.

If KB does intervene it will be a true logistical event. KB was off the coast of California not that long ago. I expect it is in the area of Rabaul now but I can't be sure. It could have headed east and be nearing Singapore by now. What a redeployyment that would be--California to Akyab!!!






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The last unit in the DEI is eliminated. Only a few unoccupied bases are left. At Port Moresby the level of bombing has decreased over the last week. I actually fully repaired my airfield and have moved recon planes and a group of SBD's in for the first time in at least a month. Jwilkerson might be finding that its not worth the effort to keep this base closed as his losses to flak are too high for him to recieve any training benifits. Or he could be resting up for a major ofensive.....

Alaska: My transports will move to their staging point next turn and should hit the beach on 10 June. My carriers are in support and I have large surface forces coming along as well. No Japanese naval forces or significant air units have been seen since the 4th of June.

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10 June - 5/15/2007 3:47:18 PM   
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Status: offline 		10 June: One days work against the 33rd Division at Akyab.

Day Air attack on 33rd/A Division, at 30,29

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 22
Blenheim I x 4
B-18A Bolo x 27

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
129 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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Day Air attack on 33rd/A Division, at 30,29

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 4

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
2 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on 33rd/B Division, at 30,29

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 3
B-17E Fortress x 8
LB-30 Liberator x 24

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
161 casualties reported
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Day Air attack on 33rd/B Division, at 30,29

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 8

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported
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Day Air attack on 33rd/C Division, at 30,29

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 2
Blenheim I x 8
B-18A Bolo x 15

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
111 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
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Day Air attack on 33rd/C Division, at 30,29

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 9
B-26B Marauder x 64
B-17E Fortress x 26
LB-30 Liberator x 15

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
249 casualties reported
Guns lost 4


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RE: 10 June - 5/15/2007 6:24:38 PM   
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10 June: One days work against the 33rd Division at Akyab.

Day Air attack on 33rd/A Division, at 30,29

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 22
Blenheim I x 4
B-18A Bolo x 27

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
129 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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Day Air attack on 33rd/A Division, at 30,29

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 4

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
2 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on 33rd/B Division, at 30,29

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 3
B-17E Fortress x 8
LB-30 Liberator x 24

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
161 casualties reported
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Day Air attack on 33rd/B Division, at 30,29

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 8

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported
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Day Air attack on 33rd/C Division, at 30,29

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 2
Blenheim I x 8
B-18A Bolo x 15

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
111 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
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Day Air attack on 33rd/C Division, at 30,29

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 9
B-26B Marauder x 64
B-17E Fortress x 26
LB-30 Liberator x 15

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
249 casualties reported
Guns lost 4




IMO a big mistake of jwilkerson to split his division. This way he gets far more casualties as he would get when the division isn´t divided. I have seen 150+ 4Es bombing a brigade or division at 6000 feet only inflicting 200 casualties often enough. I think splitting caused at least twice as many casualties as he would get if the div isn´t splitted.

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RE: 10 June - 5/15/2007 6:43:15 PM   
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Status: offline 		I agree. Losses have been significantly higher since he split them up. I've heard it said that units recover disabled squads more quickly when they are split up. I don't know if its true or not. My experience is the opposite but who knows.

Either way the 33rd had to fight its way up through Burma and then fought its way to Akyab crossing the mountains to get there. Ever since its arrival I have bombed it on a continuous basis. Its at a level 3 airbase/level 1 port in a malarial area. Both port and airfield have been at near max damage for the whole period. There has never been any chance for this unit to rest.

I just have to assume that the 33rd is in a very poor state.



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Alaska: I landed at Atka Island without opposition. Since it was still under allied control it was nice to have level 3 forts as I arrived. My BB's bombed Adak island and did good damage although one of my DD's got beat up pretty bad. My carrier SBD's also hit Adak island. Japan has two other small air bases in the Alutians and my BB's will hit the remaining two in the next couple days.

My carriers will stay on station for another two days while the bombardments go in and my remaining troops unload. I'm kind of hoping that by showing this large naval force that I might convince KB to head this way. Then I can slip away and let KB waste its time in Alaska.

I shouldn't really need much naval power in this area once Atka is secure. This is an ideal area for island hopping as each island is quite close to the next.

Burma: He is moving a mixed BDE up the path to Akyab. Shouldn't matter. My armor units are at 18 miles and my last transport will arrive at Diamond Harbor in 3 days. I will have two big armor units and 2 well trained/high morale UK divisions against a bombed out Japanese division and one mixed BDE.

China: My Northern force has moved adjacent to Yenen and will bombard the 8 Japanese units in that wooded hex next turn. I don't think this diversion is accomplishing a whole lot because I havn't seen any evidence of a Japanese redeployment. But maybe my bombardments will convince him. My main force at Changsa is prepped at about level 70 now so we can wait another few days and continue training.

South Pacific: I'm getting some rumblings of an invasion of Numea. 2 SIGINT reports indicate units training for area bases, and I'm still seeing large air balance numbers around the southern end of the Solomon chain.

I have a lot of force here. 2 Divisions with another about a week out. 4 Bde's of various types. Lark and NGVR force. Arty units at each base. Lots of eng units which have dug me in deep.

So he would have to bring a big force. But then for me to have this whole force surrender would be a disaster.

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Port Moresby: The drawn out siege of Port Moresby continues.

Recently he has started getting the measure of my fast transport resupply missions. I've been using 3 ship TF's consisting of 1 CL and 2 DD's each. I have 3 such task forces operationg on a continuous basis. They've operated for a long time without loss but on the 12th I had two ships hit by subs and the Bettys flying out of Lea have been attacking my ships and hit a CL a few days back. These ships all look to survive with damage but its getting too dangerous. I'll stop these for a while and run some ASW missions.

I had stopped using my C-47's for the last month because he was flying LRC over Port Moresby and shooting them down. But 4 days ago I sent a group in and it took no losses. So I put all 60 C47's on supply duty and again no losses. So I guess he got tired of flying LRC. I'll keep this up until he notices. Right now PM has about 14,000 suppy points on hand.

The bombing campaign is still pretty unstoppable. For example:

Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91--14 june out of Rabaul

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
G4M1 Betty x 230

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 12 damaged

Allied ground losses:
147 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 2
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 2

Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91--15 June from Lea

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 51
C5M Babs x 6
Ki-21 Sally x 81

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 16 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
PBY Catalina: 3 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 81

Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91--15 June from Rabaul again

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
G4M1 Betty x 229

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 13 damaged

Allied ground losses:
36 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Port hits 7
Port supply hits 3



Alaska: Atka Island is secure and I have shelled every Japanese base in the area. Jwilkerson did not oppose the operation and the only Japanese ship sunk was an AG which bravely battled my BB TF at long range.

I'm pulling my carriers and most of my BB's back to San Fransico for refit. with the CV Wasp arriving in 60 days and my other carriers being repaired, it may be that I will have 5 first line CV's available for action in Sept.

I will leave some surface force in the Alaska area to maintain a low level of attritional combat.

China: My fight around Yenen has been quite underwhelming.

Ground combat at 49,26--wooded hex, west of Yenen

Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 110812 troops, 616 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value =
3826

Defending force 132378 troops, 1459 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value =
2611

Japanese ground losses:
2 casualties reported
Guns lost 1--I've bombarded 4 days now and this is my BEST result.

Still it is training my ground troops and I at least know where 4 of the Japanese divisions are.----My central offensive is almost ready to go.


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Port Moresby: The situation starts to look ugly. I sent an ASW force to the area to try and hit his sub blockade. Jwilkersons bombers found me and I was spanked good. each of 3 DD's took 2 torpedoes. 2 DD's went down immediately and the third was hit the next phase by a sub. Scratch 3 DD's.

The CV Agagi is sighted just east of Gili Gili. This could be aimed at PM, the austrailian coast or Numea. I'm betting he heads toward the northern Austrailian ports before turning on PM. Further bad omens are a unit is now sighted crossing the mountains from Buna and a division is reported training for PM.

The only good news is that my C47's continue to supply PM and so my supply level is holding steady at above 14,000 sp.

Still I would prefer that Japan focus on PM as its loss will not be disasterous despite the loss of a very good division. An invasion of Numea is much more dangerous as larger forces are involved. Could I survive the loss of three full divisions plus all the supporting units on the island? If he destroyed those divisions how could I then hold New Zealand?

My CV Wasp arrives in 37 days and so for the first time in a while I will have a decent carrier force with which to oppose a landing at Numea. So I figure Japan has about 40 days in which a Numea operation has a good chance of succeding. Once August hits though I really like my chances should he invade.

Anyway its a good bet that his carriers will show their hand in the next day or two.

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Port Moresby: An invasion fleet appears to be headed in. Carriers, a surface fleet and at least 7 AP's. It will surely hit within the next 2-4 days and I wonder if he has brought enough force. 7 AP's is clearly not enough to deal with my force but then I probably don't see everything.

His South Sea detachment is crossing over the mountains but surely won't arrive until after the battle. So the only questions are: How much force is he bringing?; how will it fare against my shore batteries?; and will my initial shock attack be able to drive out the attackers before they get ashore?

I had to halt my C47's this turn as he startted flying LRC again and shot down 16 of them. My last supply line is gone. But I still have 14,000 sp on location which is plenty for the current battle.

Burma: My armored units continue to crawl along the path to Akyab. They are at 32 miles now and moving slower then I had planned. No rush I guess, My UK divisions are not at 100 prep yet anyway so a delay may be good for me. He has moved a mixed BDE to Akyab and my air units have begun hitting this unit instead of the 33rd Division.

There seems to be a build-up of Japanese air power in the area and it is reasonable to expect that Japan is preparing to contest the airspace once my invasion gets underway.

China: I've started my central offensive and they will enter Wuhan in three days. There they will stop his supply, dig in and then train up via bombardment battles. Once I am secure there I will shift south and attempt to occupy Nanchang in the same way.

I don't expect anything dramatic from all this. The Yenen offensive is quite a bust except for the training effects. Units below 60 experience gain very quick. A point or two per day gain is quite good and in another week my entire northern force will be at 60 experience or above.

If all goes well then by the mid July the entire Chinese army will consist of trained units. As most of my units have good morale at this stage my army begins to look quite formidable.

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RE: 20 June - 5/20/2007 11:01:28 AM   
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The Jap move along the Kokoda Track could primarily be to establish an overland supply/retreat route for his PM invasion force.

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