Slitherine

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ORIGINAL: m10bob

In 1944, Gen Chennault's 14th air force had B 24 bombers with the range to hit mainland Japan and Formosa, and had been very effective sinking Japanese shipping off the coast of China, but he was forbidden to hit Japan and Formosa because, at that time, the Japanese and the Chinese on the ground had reached a stalemate, and had reached an unofficial truce. Washington D.C. did not want to do anything which might rock the boat with Chaing Kai Shek..

In fact, Chaing was so hard to get along with, he tried to charge the U.S. $800 million to build 4 B 29 bases north of Chunking. It mattered not that those bombers were going to be bombing a common foe, nor that the allies had been helping him with HIS war for years.

Stilwell had earlier predicted Chaing was "willing to let the Americans win the war for him", so he (Chaing) could prep HIS forces to take on Mao at wars end......

This is from THE PACIFIC WAR 1941-1945 by John Costello,(which has certain errors, mostly concerning OOB's), but he does quote sources thru-out...........

The biggest errors I have found with the book is he often identifies divisions, when it should be regiments, and vice a versa..

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ORIGINAL: RabidGibbon

I disagree about removing China. Even though land combat in China is laborious and rarely offers the satisfaction of a sudden ambush on the high seas the fact that its there is a major part of the appeal of War in The Pacific to me. It showcases the complete war against Japan in a way that most games don't. Perhaps the mechanics could be altered to better reflect the fragmented nature of China (reduced number of units, Garrison requirements or maybe even a percentage chance any given force just stays put or goes off in a random direction) but just cutting it out would be like removing Australia or India which played far less of a role than China (in terms of fighting on their territory rather than commitment).

I'm also not entirely certain that Japan could have taken as much of China as it wanted - they weren't there for a laugh and if they could of overrun the whole country they would of. The problem was garrisoning it.



Edit: What I'm trying to say is it would dramatically reduce the alternative options availdable to either player which are such an appeal to wargamers. The option to try out a strategic bombing campaign from the continent should be open to the Allied player, and the Japanese should be welcome to try a ground counter offensive in response.

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ORIGINAL: RabidGibbon

Edit: What I'm trying to say is it would dramatically reduce the alternative options availdable to either player which are such an appeal to wargamers. The option to try out a strategic bombing campaign from the continent should be open to the Allied player, and the Japanese should be welcome to try a ground counter offensive in response.