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This turn looks horrible, but in the final isn´t so bad.. 
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/30/43
More and more allied troops are landing. Their fist wave secured the beach and so my coastal defense is mostly ineffective and out of combat. So their losses are very small.. 
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TF 1025 troops unloading over beach at Port Moresby, 53,91
Allied Ships
DD Tucker
DD Benham
LST LST-18, Mine hits 1, on fire
Coastal Guns at Port Moresby, 53,91, firing at TF 1025
33 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
AP Wayne, Shell hits 5, on fire
AP Chaumont
Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Allied ground losses:
313 casualties reported
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TF 1063 troops unloading over beach at Port Moresby, 53,91
Allied Ships
DD Helm
LCT LCT-465, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Coastal Guns at Port Moresby, 53,91, firing at TF 1063
16 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
CA Hawkins
Allied ground losses:
173 casualties reported
Combat ships are sending last loads of ammo against known japanese positions, but their fire is mostly ineffective:
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Naval bombardment of Port Moresby, at 53,91
Allied Ships
CA Wichita
BB Massachusetts
BB Indiana
Runway hits 1
Port supply hits 1
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Naval bombardment of Port Moresby, at 53,91 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
21 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
DD Case
DD Pringle
BB South Dakota
BB New Mexico, Shell hits 5
Japanese ground losses:
41 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Runway hits 10
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Naval bombardment of Port Moresby, at 53,91
Allied Ships
CL Mobile
CL Columbia
CL Adelaide
BB Valiant
Japanese ground losses:
55 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 16
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1
And againg fresh troops are landing:
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TF 1025 troops unloading over beach at Port Moresby, 53,91
Allied Ships
DD Stack
Coastal Guns at Port Moresby, 53,91, firing at TF 1025
8 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
DD Tucker
Allied ground losses:
31 casualties reported
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TF 1063 troops unloading over beach at Port Moresby, 53,91
Allied Ships
DD Helm
Coastal Guns at Port Moresby, 53,91, firing at TF 1063
17 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
CL Raleigh
AP Henderson
Japanese ground losses:
3 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Allied ground losses:
410 casualties reported
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TF 1119 troops unloading over beach at Port Moresby, 53,91
Allied Ships
DD Converse
DD Abbot
Coastal Guns at Port Moresby, 53,91, firing at TF 1119
143 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
DD Converse, Shell hits 1
CA Vincennes
DD Frazier
Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Allied ground losses:
1419 casualties reported
It would be sooo nice if could get combat TF to Port Moresby, but unfortunatelly it is impossible. I can rally only on my subs. I-19 sunk DM yesterday and today hits an AK:
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Sub attack near Thursday Island at 49,90
Japanese Ships
SS I-19
Allied Ships
AK Algorab, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
The day started with usuall unopposed bombing of Port Moresby, when a few hundrets of allied planes attacked AF, port and garrison. Another wave (from Thursday Is) attacked Lae and were ambushed by 10 Ki-61 from arriving from Siador:
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Day Air attack on Lae , at 54,87
Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 10
Allied aircraft
PB2Y Coronado x 6
Liberator VI x 5
F-5A Lightning x 6
B-25C Mitchell x 57
B-25J Mitchell x 41
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 1 destroyed
B-25C Mitchell: 3 destroyed, 5 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 10 destroyed
Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 52
Sometimes leaking CAP helps 
Next target was Gili Gili. PjH immedietly spotted new planes and send most of his 4E to closed the base finally (damn the balance numbers! ):
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Day Air attack on Gili Gili , at 56,94
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
PBM Mariner x 8
B-17E Fortress x 92
PB4Y Liberator x 10
B-24D Liberator x 202
Japanese aircraft losses
H8K Emily: 3 destroyed
Ki-49 Helen: 4 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed
E7K2 Alf: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged
PB4Y Liberator: 1 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 3 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
70 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 21
Airbase supply hits 9
Runway hits 342
The base looks like the moon, but most of the planes were already on their way to Port Moresby. Allied attack were over and it was time for IJAF to show the teeth. 23rd Air fleet in Rabaul launched wave after wave against allied ships near Port Moresby. Pity they forgot they have also fighters availible and so all bombers were send unescorted in many small groups to face allied LRCAP of P-38G:
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Day Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 53,91
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 3
Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 18
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
MSW Tern
From Rabaul - no escort..
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Day Air attack on TF at 52,91
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 3
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 25
F6F Hellcat x 12
F4U-1 Corsair x 206
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed
From Gili Gili - wrong target.. Look at all those Corsairs. It seems PjH simply changed all his Hellcats for Corsairs!
And back to the bussines:
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Day Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 53,91
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 6
Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 18
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
BB Indiana, Torpedo hits 1
From Rabaul - no escort, just a 6 bombers.. But still the survivors managed to hit modern US BB with a torp and hopefully send her to dry docks..
Finally a large raid? Oh no..
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Day Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 53,91
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 9
G4M2 Betty x 3
Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 18
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 4 destroyed
G4M2 Betty: 2 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 3 damaged
Allied Ships
CL Raleigh, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
From Rabaul - no escort.. Also CL Raleight might need some yard time now..
What a juicy target and how many bombers are send? 6!!! 3 bombers for each BB..
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Day Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 53,91
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 3
G4M2 Betty x 3
Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 18
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
G4M2 Betty: 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 3 damaged
Allied Ships
BB New Mexico
BB South Dakota
From Rabaul - no escort.. Only one G4M made it through and missed..
Finaly a good strike, but guess what?:
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Day Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 53,91
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 64
Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 18
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 21 destroyed, 22 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 6 damaged
Allied Ships
BB Valiant, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
CL Mobile
NO ESCORT AGAIN!!! P-38 are already tired and not so effective, but still they have enjoyed a good time. I must say that only half of those planes were shot down by P-38. 11! bombers were shot down by AA fire from BB Valiant. This old ship honoured its name and every single bomber which attacked this ship was either damaged or destroyed. One section of 4 G4M was shot down till the last plane during the attack. But numbers were on my side. The second torpedo hit, achieved by the LAST attacking section, caused magazine explosion. Finally a bit of luck..
Here arrived dive bombers from Gili Gili:
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Day Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 53,91
Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 22
Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 18
Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val: 8 destroyed, 6 damaged
Allied Ships
CA Vincennes, Bomb hits 1
CLAA Atlanta, Bomb hits 1
Only light damage, but their maneuverability was affected for what they paid a bit later, when another wave from Rabaul arrived:
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Day Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 53,91
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 29
G4M2 Betty x 14
Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 18
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 4 destroyed, 15 damaged
G4M2 Betty: 3 destroyed, 8 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 2 damaged
Allied Ships
CA Vincennes
AK Coloradan, Torpedo hits 1
CLAA Atlanta, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AK Wilhelmina, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Arkansan, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
Allied ground losses:
77 casualties reported
No escort - no surprise.. CLAA Atlanta was hit by 4 torps and sinks immedietly. It was the last a.m. attack and I was wondering what will happend afternoon. I didn´t have to wait long:
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Day Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 53,91
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 22
A6M3a Zero x 20
G4M1 Betty x 3
Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 13
P-38G Lightning x 5
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 8 destroyed
A6M3a Zero: 7 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 3 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1 Corsair: 5 destroyed, 3 damaged
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Allied Ships
CA Vincennes, Torpedo hits 1
Oh yeah.. In the afternoon the fighters finally fly to escort 3! bombers  . Allied LRCAP was improved by leaking CAP from US CVs. Still my fighters pushed those 3 bombers through and they scored a torpedo hit on CA Vincennes.. What to say? No escort a.m. and all fly p.m. to escort 3 bombers? Logical explanation? I doubt there is any..
The last attack from Rabaul and also the last attack of the day:
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Day Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 53,91
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4
G4M1 Betty x 3
Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 39
P-38G Lightning x 5
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed
OK. I´m soooo p*ssed off, but all in all the day wasn´t so bad. At a moderate cost I have sink BB and CLAA, while another BB, CA and CL were damaged, not counting a few AKs..
Today US troops got reinforcements and are much stronger:
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Ground combat at Port Moresby
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 30656 troops, 322 guns, 9 vehicles, Assault Value = 774
Defending force 42533 troops, 429 guns, 117 vehicles, Assault Value = 1326
Allied ground losses:
34 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
As a sideshow PjH sends paras to grab small bases on east NG coast, but everywhere (except undefended dot base Dobodura) were repulsed:
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Ground combat at Buna
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 40 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5
Defending force 922 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7
Allied max assault: 6 - adjusted assault: 0
Japanese max defense: 5 - adjusted defense: 34
Allied assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 6)
Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Salamaua
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 80 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5
Defending force 731 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4
Allied max assault: 4 - adjusted assault: 4
Japanese max defense: 3 - adjusted defense: 4
Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 4)
Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 3
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Ground combat at Dobodura
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 40 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Allied max assault: 2 - adjusted assault: 2
Japanese max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1
Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0)
Allied forces CAPTURE Dobodura base !!!
The last attacks on Irkutsk:
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Day Air attack on Irkutsk , at 59,6
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 65
Ki-21 Sally x 86
Ki-49 Helen x 68
Ki-46-III Dinah x 5
Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 1
LaGG-3 x 3
Yak-9D x 2
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-21 Sally: 2 destroyed, 12 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 2 destroyed, 8 damaged
Ki-46-III Dinah: 4 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 4 destroyed
LaGG-3: 6 destroyed
Yak-9D: 5 destroyed
Allied ground losses:
205 casualties reported
Guns lost 11
Vehicles lost 4
Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 75
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Ground combat at Irkutsk
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 4750 troops, 79 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 9445
Defending force 285932 troops, 2691 guns, 146 vehicles, Assault Value = 5246
Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Allied ground losses:
39 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Irkutsk
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 14129 troops, 479 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5246
Defending force 539557 troops, 4494 guns, 552 vehicles, Assault Value = 9445
Japanese ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Breaking News: USSR asked for truce and Japanse Empire agree. Conditions are being negotiated!
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