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19th Nov 43 Carriers east of Manus China Bombed Burma Bombed. Ground action near Prome below. Ground combat at 54,49 (near Ramree Island) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 36164 troops, 774 guns, 975 vehicles, Assault Value = 1789 Defending force 16850 troops, 180 guns, 339 vehicles, Assault Value = 401 Allied adjusted assault: 725 Japanese adjusted defense: 988 Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 2230 casualties reported Squads: 21 destroyed, 106 disabled Non Combat: 17 destroyed, 94 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled Guns lost 36 (7 destroyed, 29 disabled) Vehicles lost 64 (26 destroyed, 38 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Allied ground losses: 344 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 40 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 24 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Assaulting units: 27th Infantry Division 111th Chindit Brigade 3rd Carabiniers Regiment Provisionl Tank Brigade 5th Indian Division BFF Brigade 77th Chindit Brigade 9th Australian Division 1st RM Heavy AA Regiment 98th Field Artillery Battalion 21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 85th British AT Gun Regiment 24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 28th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 6th Mixed A/T Mtr Regiment Defending units: 1st Division 1st Tank/B Division 18th Army 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion Chirstmas Island IO Bettys sink 2 xAKs. Time to CAP trap. Umboi Island Japs attack from the air. His planes chewed up my CAP with ease. I think he had Georges on LRCAP. KB showed up but didn't participate in the attack, thank god. Mississippi takes 2 TTs and I hope she will make Lae during the night phase. I lose a bunch of xAPs and xAKs. These were the cheap kind. So no big loss. The transports took most of the brunt from the Jills dropping bombs. The TT bombers went after the warships and only got 2 hits. Most of all ships are running for cover. Air loses are 48 Zeros, 26 Georges, 22 Nells, 14 Jakes, 7 Judys, 6 Tojos, 4 Jills and a few others. We lose 21 Hellcats, 19 Warhawks, 7 P47s, 7 P39s, 5 Boomerrangs, 2 Corsairs. I think he had most of his planes in on this battle. I am tempted to launch bombers and sweeps at Rabual. Intel says it still has almost 400 fighters.
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