Reg
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ORIGINAL: pauk Remember, this is a WiTP game, not "Air and sub transport simulation game" where whole divisions are transported via air. (BTW, this was happen in real life? I'm not expert in that area, so just wondering myself if Allies really tranports divisions via air?) General MacArthur proposed to employ the 32nd Division in the recapture the Buna-Gona beachhead until the momentum of the Japanese advance across the Owen Stanleys led him to amend this plan. With the wholesale assistance of Australia's civil airlines and the entire resources of the Air Commander, Lt-Gen Kenny, the 128th regiment and detachments of the 126th were flown from Queensland to Port Moresby by 25th September 1942. The remaining elements of the 126th regiment arrived by sea three days later. Source: Retreat from Kokoda, Raymond Paul, 1958. During the reduction of the Japanese strong holds on the north coast in the latter stages of the same campaign, elements of the same 32nd Division were flown from Port Moresby to small airfields between Wanigela and Buna. Source: as above.
< Message edited by Reg -- 2/16/2006 10:58:57 AM >
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Cheers, Reg. (One day I will learn to spell - or check before posting....) Uh oh, Firefox has a spell checker!! What excuse can I use now!!!
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