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1944 August 03
The Empire captured:
The Allies captured:
Battambang
There were Imperial amphibious or airborne operations at:
There were Allied amphibious or airborne operations at:
Lautem
Imperial Naval Bombardments
Allied Naval Bombardments:
Allied Ships Bombarding Ulithi
Allied Ships Bombarding Ternate
Allied Ships Bombarding Dili
Allied Ships Bombarding Peleliu
Our subs saw no action.
Quiet in China.
More grinding on the troops trapped near Chiang Mai, and on the troops out of Mergui crossing the jungle.
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Ground combat at 59,54 (near Chiang Mai)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 23657 troops, 401 guns, 220 vehicles, Assault Value = 561
Defending force 11656 troops, 152 guns, 77 vehicles, Assault Value = 138
Allied adjusted assault: 217
Japanese adjusted defense: 127
Allied assault odds: 1 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-)
experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: fatigue(-)
Japanese ground losses:
575 casualties reported
Squads: 17 destroyed, 32 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Allied ground losses:
140 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Assaulting units:
23rd Indian Division
14th LRP Brigade
17th Indian Division
Defending units:
14th Division
146th Infantry Regiment
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
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Ground combat at 53,63 (near Mergui)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 12975 troops, 249 guns, 141 vehicles, Assault Value = 321
Defending force 4917 troops, 44 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 77
Allied adjusted assault: 146
Japanese adjusted defense: 76
Allied assault odds: 1 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), op mode(-), morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker: leaders(+), leaders(-)
Japanese ground losses:
520 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 25 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 8 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
80 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Assaulting units:
26th Indian Division
Defending units:
9th Infantry Regiment
8th Field Construction Battalion
311th Ship Eng Coy
211th Ship Eng Coy
91st JAAF AF Bn
8th JAAF AF Coy
9th JAAF AF Coy
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Both attacks shall continue tomorrow.
The cooks and carpenters hold again north of Udon Thani but see AV cut by 70%, the trapped enemy near the coast is almost wiped out by an armoured Rgt, and Battambang is yielded by stubborn defenders.
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Ground combat at 62,58 (near Udon Thani)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 534 troops, 3 guns, 82 vehicles, Assault Value = 44
Defending force 1451 troops, 10 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 10
Allied adjusted assault: 8
Japanese adjusted defense: 13
Allied assault odds: 1 to 2
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Attacker: leaders(-), fatigue(-)
Japanese ground losses:
86 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
640th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Defending units:
4th Naval Construction Battalion
41st JAAF AF Bn
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Ground combat at 66,62 (near Hue)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 576 troops, 0 guns, 108 vehicles, Assault Value = 285
Defending force 742 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5
Allied adjusted assault: 62
Japanese adjusted defense: 1
Allied assault odds: 62 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), fatigue(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
711 casualties reported
Squads: 61 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 16 (16 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Assaulting units:
2/5th Armoured Regiment
503rd Parachute Regiment
22nd Australian Brigade
Defending units:
110th/B Division
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Ground combat at Battambang (58,65)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 26852 troops, 360 guns, 485 vehicles, Assault Value = 873
Defending force 10011 troops, 117 guns, 88 vehicles, Assault Value = 108
Allied adjusted assault: 613
Japanese adjusted defense: 153
Allied assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 1)
Allied forces CAPTURE Battambang !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
4074 casualties reported
Squads: 42 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 174 destroyed, 45 disabled
Engineers: 39 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 34 (29 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Vehicles lost 77 (77 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 5
Allied ground losses:
213 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 28 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
32nd Infantry Division
671th Tank Destroyer Battalion
2nd Australian Division
2/6th Armoured Regiment
4th Armoured Brigade
Defending units:
9th Division
29th JNAF AF Unit
25th Army
26th Air Flotilla
20th AA Regiment
59th JNAF AF Unit
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Tomorrow's attack on the coast will add an infantry Bde and Rgt. The Imperials at Battambang took the road to Ayuthia and illusory safety. SWPac forces will chase them all the way to just outside Ayuthia before SEAC forces advance into that city.
Quinhon is now a size 7 airfield, +4% toward size 8. 48% build was made this past day. Although building slows as the size increases, tomorrow a base force and another engineering unit will land via amphibious convoy and so we might keep up this prodigious rate of expansion a while longer. Plenty of air support is already in place for the B-24 groups and other 4EB with SEAC (which will operate 4EB from Quinhon), so the expansion of the base will present a smooth transition to moving the aerial offensive forward when a number of B-29 groups move into Moulmein as the B-24 groups leave there.
Target: Hanoi CAP!
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Morning Air attack on Hanoi , at 68,56
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 41 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-84a Frank x 111
Allied aircraft
Thunderbolt I x 16
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84a Frank: 3 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Thunderbolt I: 4 destroyed
CAP engaged:
11th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(23 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 23 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 16000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes
25th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 16 on standby, 23 scrambling)
7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 31514.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes
47th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 21 scrambling)
7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 17000 , scrambling fighters between 17000 and 31514.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes
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Morning Air attack on Hanoi , at 68,56
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-84a Frank x 92
Allied aircraft
Thunderbolt I x 16
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84a Frank: 8 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Thunderbolt I: 1 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Thunderbolt I sweeping at 37000 feet
CAP engaged:
11th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
11 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters to 31514.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes
25th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 17 scrambling)
14 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 31514.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes
47th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (2 airborne, 8 on standby, 18 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
12 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 17000 , scrambling fighters between 17000 and 35514.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes
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Morning Air attack on Hanoi , at 68,56
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 12 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-84a Frank x 65
Allied aircraft
P-51B Mustang x 25
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84a Frank: 9 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-51B Mustang: 1 destroyed
CAP engaged:
11th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters to 31514.
Raid is overhead
47th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 3 scrambling)
13 plane(s) not yet engaged, 11 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 17000 , scrambling fighters between 21000 and 35514.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes
25th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
18 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 23000 and 36514.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes
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Morning Air attack on Hanoi , at 68,56
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 11 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-84a Frank x 38
Allied aircraft
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 25
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84a Frank: 11 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 37000 feet
CAP engaged:
47th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
13 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 17000 , scrambling fighters between 21000 and 31514.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes
25th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
13 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 25000 and 31514.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
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Morning Air attack on Hanoi , at 68,56
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 38,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-84a Frank x 9
Allied aircraft
P-38J Lightning x 25
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84a Frank: 4 destroyed
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
24 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 35000 feet
CAP engaged:
25th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 27000 and 38514.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes
47th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 17000 , scrambling fighters between 26000 and 31000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
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Morning Air attack on Hanoi , at 68,56
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 23 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-84a Frank x 1
Allied aircraft
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 25
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
25 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 37000 feet
CAP engaged:
47th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 17000 , scrambling fighters to 35000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes
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Morning Air attack on Hanoi , at 68,56
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 11 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-51B Mustang x 25
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
25 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 37000 feet
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The P-38 groups at Quinhon did not fly, likely due to weather. The day's score for just the weeps looks to be 66 to 25. The Thunderbolt I groups are standing down due to high fatigue and (in one case) losses while the rest of the squadrons remain with attack orders. Rain is forecast tomorrow throughout the region, but there are still 50 fighters seen by recon over Hanoi.
CVE Breton went down fighting.
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Fires damage engines aboard CVE Breton ...
Damage Control efforts fail and CVE Breton is abandoned
The naval bombardment of Ternate was accurate and damaging, but did not lead to an effective land bombardment, so likely the troops there are tough and well fortified. Empty Lautem is invaded, but Dili holds. The damage done to the defenders is certainly weakening their position. The Imperial garrison at Peleliu is only several hundred and I would prefer to capture the base without landing, but a commando Bn is preparing.
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Night Naval bombardment of Ulithi at 98,97
Allied Ships
CA Vincennes
CA San Francisco
CA Astoria
CA Portland
Japanese ground losses:
344 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Port hits 14
Port supply hits 1
SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CA Vincennes
CA Vincennes firing at Ulithi
SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CA San Francisco
CA San Francisco firing at 5th Infantry Regiment
CA Astoria firing at Ulithi
CA Portland firing at Ulithi
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Night Naval bombardment of Ternate at 78,102
Allied Ships
CA Baltimore
Japanese ground losses:
174 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Airbase hits 8
Runway hits 23
Port hits 4
Port supply hits 1
SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CA Baltimore
CA Baltimore firing at Ternate
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Night Naval bombardment of Dili at 71,115
Allied Ships
CL De Ruyter
DD Van Ghent
DD Banckert
DD Van Nes
DD Witte de With
DD Evertsen
DD Piet Hein
Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 12
Port hits 5
Port fuel hits 1
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CL De Ruyter
CL De Ruyter firing at 24th Nav Gsn Unit
DD Van Ghent firing at 24th Nav Gsn Unit
DD Banckert firing at Dili
DD Van Nes firing at 57th Infantry Regiment
DD Evertsen firing at Dili
DD Piet Hein firing at 24th Nav Gsn Unit
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Night Naval bombardment of Peleliu at 90,98
Allied Ships
DD Stack
DD Benham
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 8
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 2
DD Stack firing at Peleliu
DD Benham firing at Peleliu
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Ground combat at Ternate (78,102)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1014 troops, 127 guns, 85 vehicles, Assault Value = 120
Defending force 11323 troops, 91 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 223
Assaulting units:
31st Infantry Regiment
131st Field Artillery Battalion
205th Field Artillery Battalion
260th Field Artillery Battalion
148th Field Artillery Battalion
147th Field Artillery Battalion
134th Field Artillery Battalion
Defending units:
12th Garrison Unit
34th Ind Engineer Regiment
11th Special Base Force
2nd JNAF AF Unit
70th JAAF AF Bn
51st Field AA Battalion
72nd JAAF AF Bn
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Ground combat at Dili (71,115)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 4496 troops, 69 guns, 90 vehicles, Assault Value = 116
Defending force 5632 troops, 52 guns, 41 vehicles, Assault Value = 89
Allied adjusted assault: 89
Japanese adjusted defense: 207
Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 3)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
246 casualties reported
Squads: 13 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
121 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
30th Australian Brigade
Provisional GMC Grp
Defending units:
2nd Recon Regiment
57th Infantry Regiment
24th Nav Gsn Unit
47th JNAF AF Unit
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The infantry Rgt at Dili will recover some disabled squads before attacking again in concert with a naval bombardment.
A bit of bad news.
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Previous report of sinking of BB Yamato incorrect. Intelligence reports ship is still in service
But on the positive side.
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CV Shokaku Sunk by 22.4in Mk 13 Torp. at 57,80 near Groot Natoena
CA Maya Sunk by 1000 lb SAP Bomb at 56,79 near Terempa
The damaged fast battleships have just made it to Pearl Harbor. Alabama, with 39-6(0)-9(0) would need 112 days to repair there and will head to Bremerton instead.
Indochina, et al.
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