Canoerebel
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Joined: 12/14/2002 From: Northwestern Georgia, USA Status: offline
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My SigInt reports are all blank! Don't know why, but I do know their blank. That means I'm missing a whole lot of intel. No way I'm going to re-run turns to use Tracker. Is there any other reasonable way to retrieve or develop SigInt info? I did go back through the Operations Reports files from March 1, 1942 to July 22, 1942 to monitor Japanese base building in the Aluetians as follows: Attu: Port 2 (3/22); Port 3 (7/7) Shemya: AF 1 (4/26); AF 2 (6/11); AF 3 (7/11) Amchitka: AF 1 (3/6); AF 2 (3/26); Port 2 (6/5); AF 4 (6/18) Adak: AF 2 (3/8); AF 3 (3/21); AF 4 (4/9); Port 3 (4/29); Port 4 (5/26); AF 5 (6/13); Port 5 (6/26) Umnak: AF 1 (3/2); AF 2 (3/16); AF 3 (4/2); AF 4 (4/19); AF 5 (5/3); Port 2 (5/28) Based upon this plus how the game has unfolded, I read this as: John initially establisihed Adak as his main redoubt. After the Allies moved on Akutan and Cold Bay, John built up Umnak. His rear guard bases seem to be Shemya and Amchitka. Not sure why he chose Shemya (size zero port) over adjacent Attu, which is still a level one airfield. Over in the Kuriles and vicinity, there has been some development of a few main bases: Ominato, Sapporo, Toyohara, Etorufu Island and Parmushiro. I didn't detect any robust development here. Analysis: John has some defense in depth in the Aluetians, though I think he's front-loaded at Umnak and Adak. Amchitka's probably got something like a regiment or mixed brigade. Shemya is a real puzzle - could be an engineer unit or could be something truly tough. The fact that John isn't operating many subs in NoPac is a good sign. The fact that he's ignoring Nome and Bethel doesn't mean anything really. I mean, who does pay them any attention? But I like it that he hasn't.
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