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RE: AAR 1944 - 1/22/2021 1:11:05 PM

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Mine Tarawa and see if that helps along with an ASW TF set to coastal only..

I never had a problem with Fast Transport TFs.

If he is parking subs in a port, then it is time to visit with aircraft - even at night if you have to. Fly in at 1k feet with the load set to "Torpedo" and the Bettys/Nells will carry the full bomb load. Put some mines there as well.

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RE: AAR 1944 - 1/22/2021 4:08:32 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

Mine Tarawa and see if that helps along with an ASW TF set to coastal only..

I never had a problem with Fast Transport TFs.

If he is parking subs in a port, then it is time to visit with aircraft - even at night if you have to. Fly in at 1k feet with the load set to "Torpedo" and the Bettys/Nells will carry the full bomb load. Put some mines there as well.

Tarawa got mines and the sub is at max detection.

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RE: AAR 1944 - 1/22/2021 4:15:45 PM

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That sub should be hiding, returning to base, or sunk!

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RE: AAR 1944 - 1/22/2021 5:06:57 PM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 12, 44
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Ground combat at Poona (36,26)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 227824 troops, 2194 guns, 2307 vehicles, Assault Value = 7347

Defending force 61335 troops, 940 guns, 1539 vehicles, Assault Value = 581

Japanese adjusted assault: 4616

Allied adjusted defense: 283

Japanese assault odds: 16 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
2796 casualties reported
Squads: 16 destroyed, 193 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 51 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 19 disabled
Guns lost 24 (1 destroyed, 23 disabled)
Vehicles lost 162 (41 destroyed, 121 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
6296 casualties reported
Squads: 294 destroyed, 84 disabled
Non Combat: 22 destroyed, 303 disabled
Engineers: 23 destroyed, 18 disabled
Guns lost 136 (76 destroyed, 60 disabled)
Vehicles lost 119 (22 destroyed, 97 disabled)

no airstrikes at all today but another round at Poona... enemy defense just has to crack now at some point...

Assaulting units:
3rd Division
9th Tank Regiment
16th Division
4th Tank Regiment
17th Division
2nd Tank Division
26th Tank Regiment
55th Division
2nd Guards Division
2nd Division
15th Division
30th Division
2nd Tank Regiment
1st Tank Division
51st Division
3rd Tank Division
18th Division
23rd Tank Regiment
34th Division
19th Division
26th Division
15th Tank Regiment
4th Division
3rd South Seas Gsn
2nd Mortar Battalion
28th Army
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
38th Field AA Battalion
4th Mortar Battalion
39th Field AA Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Mortar Battalion
23rd AA Regiment
61st Field AA Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
62nd Field AA Battalion

Defending units:
25th Indian Division
31st Armoured Division
11th (East African) Division
81st (West African) Division
5th Indian Division
23rd LRP Brigade
16th Australian Brigade
XXI Indian Corps
122nd British AT Gun Regiment
Lushai Brigade
8th Indian Div /5
24th Australian Brigade
26th Australian Brigade
72nd British Brigade
16th LRP Brigade
10th Indian Div /4

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Ground combat at 54,38 (near Jessore)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2814 troops, 258 guns, 127 vehicles, Assault Value = 2070

Defending force 124414 troops, 179 guns, 943 vehicles, Assault Value = 1229

Allied ground losses:
134 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
48th Division
21st Division
104th Division
38th Division
7th Division
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
5th Mortar Battalion
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
1st RF Gun Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
3rd Medium Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
2nd British Division
40th Infantry Division
6th Infantry Division
3rd Marine Division
29th British Brigade
10th Indian Division
24th Infantry Division
27th Infantry Division
Americal Infantry Division
41st Infantry Division
4th Marine Division
1st (Spec) Cavalry Division
33rd Infantry Division
43rd Infantry Division
6th Indian Division
7th Infantry Division
8th Indian Division
33rd MAG
III Amphib Corps
Provisionl Tank Brigade
111th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
26th USN Naval Construction Regiment
25th Infantry Division
Seventh US Fleet
31st MAG
22nd Marine Regiment
17th USN Naval Construction Regiment
Thirteenth USAAF
Fifth US Fleet
8th Base Group
3rd Fleet Advn Base Force
58th Base Group
53rd (Sep) Infantry Regiment
32nd MAG
V Amphib Corps
20th USN Naval Construction Regiment
18th Base Group
312th Base Group
19th USN Naval Construction Regiment
298th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
23rd MAG
Pacific Ocean Areas
159th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
34th MAG
4th Port Advn Base Force
29th USN Naval Construction Regiment

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Ground combat at 54,38 (near Jessore)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 107873 troops, 179 guns, 914 vehicles, Assault Value = 1217

Defending force 68526 troops, 796 guns, 257 vehicles, Assault Value = 2070

Japanese ground losses:
407 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 33 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
115 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
4th Marine Division
10th Indian Division
2nd British Division
1st (Spec) Cavalry Division
7th Infantry Division
29th British Brigade
Americal Infantry Division
27th Infantry Division
43rd Infantry Division
24th Infantry Division
33rd Infantry Division
3rd Marine Division
41st Infantry Division
40th Infantry Division
6th Infantry Division
6th Indian Division
8th Indian Division
312th Base Group
Thirteenth USAAF
Pacific Ocean Areas
25th Infantry Division
111th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
17th USN Naval Construction Regiment
V Amphib Corps
31st MAG
19th USN Naval Construction Regiment
32nd MAG
22nd Marine Regiment
Seventh US Fleet
159th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
58th Base Group
33rd MAG
4th Port Advn Base Force
Fifth US Fleet
34th MAG
298th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
8th Base Group
20th USN Naval Construction Regiment
53rd (Sep) Infantry Regiment
23rd MAG
18th Base Group
III Amphib Corps
26th USN Naval Construction Regiment
3rd Fleet Advn Base Force
Provisionl Tank Brigade
29th USN Naval Construction Regiment

Defending units:
38th Division
104th Division
48th Division
21st Division
7th Division
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
1st RF Gun Battalion
3rd Mortar Battalion
5th Mortar Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd Medium Mortar Battalion

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RE: AAR 1944 - 1/22/2021 8:07:46 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: castor troy

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 12, 44
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Ground combat at Poona (36,26)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 227824 troops, 2194 guns, 2307 vehicles, Assault Value = 7347

Defending force 61335 troops, 940 guns, 1539 vehicles, Assault Value = 581

Japanese adjusted assault: 4616

Allied adjusted defense: 283

Japanese assault odds: 16 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
2796 casualties reported
Squads: 16 destroyed, 193 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 51 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 19 disabled
Guns lost 24 (1 destroyed, 23 disabled)
Vehicles lost 162 (41 destroyed, 121 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
6296 casualties reported
Squads: 294 destroyed, 84 disabled
Non Combat: 22 destroyed, 303 disabled
Engineers: 23 destroyed, 18 disabled
Guns lost 136 (76 destroyed, 60 disabled)
Vehicles lost 119 (22 destroyed, 97 disabled)

no airstrikes at all today but another round at Poona... enemy defense just has to crack now at some point...

They will. I've had a lot of these over the years. Cannot explain them in terms of understanding what causes it, but they do happen. They will collapse, and your troops will end up with silly exp from it. But the grind day after day .... yeah, not a lot of fun for either side actually.

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RE: AAR 1944 - 1/22/2021 8:08:41 PM

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Your opponent has a LOT of troops facing extinction here ... serious numbers ... never seen anything like this before ... wow.

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RE: AAR 1944 - 1/22/2021 8:46:33 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: PaxMondo

Your opponent has a LOT of troops facing extinction here ... serious numbers ... never seen anything like this before ... wow.

Poona took three months and in the end the enemy will have lost 2000av, guess around 100,000 troops, some two dozen units. The pocket near Jessore is even worse, losing over 500,000 troops in total during the Calcutta operation, some 150 units. Especially the Calcutta operation is still absolutely amazing me, it results in a total Allied disaster because an Army three times as big as the one invading Normandy couldn't break through at Calcutta, urban hex, lvl. 9 forts and only a couple of IJA divisions plus support. When they reached level 6 forts it was game over for them and with super KB (1300 carrier based ac at that time IIRC) operating in the Indian Ocean the enemy had no chance to supply his troops or evacuate them.

Points for ground losses at the moment are over 43,000 already and I think we will have total superiority on the ground after clearing the pockets in India. No idea how the Allied should ever take any bigger islands when I have 10,000 av in reserve to react. Until the Soviets activate we can oppose any Allied land Army anywhere on the map.

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RE: AAR 1944 - 1/22/2021 8:58:18 PM

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Of course, you probably could take out the Soviets after India is cleared.

Just keep the Allies out of 4E range of the Home Islands.

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RE: AAR 1944 - 1/23/2021 8:42:52 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

Of course, you probably could take out the Soviets after India is cleared.

Just keep the Allies out of 4E range of the Home Islands.

To be honest, I was even thinking of this. A success there too would be crazy, I could muster some 20,000 av for the attack. But a defeat, a stall or a prolonged battle starting in early 45 with over a thousand available 4Es next to Japan really make me think twice about it. Taking out the Soviets would be winning the war and I'm not talking about winning on points as autovictory kicked in already but making it impossible for the Allied to advance due to the sheer number of Japanese troops available for the defense.

What will keep me from attacking is the fact that literally every base that has some Soviet troops must be at level 9 forts and we all saw what level 9 forts plus good terrain can do to an Army one would think it would be unstoppable -> Calcutta...

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RE: AAR 1944 - 1/23/2021 12:21:47 PM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 15, 44
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Sub attack near Calcutta at 52,37

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-39
SC CHa-41
SC CHa-40

Allied Ships
SS Stonehenge, hits 4

four near misses until the subchaser ran out of depth charges...

SS Stonehenge launches 2 torpedoes at SC CHa-39
Stonehenge bottoming out ....
SC CHa-41 fails to find sub and abandons search
SC CHa-40 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-40 attacking submerged sub ....
SC CHa-40 is out of ASW ammo
SC CHa-40 is out of ASW ammo
SC CHa-40 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-40 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-40 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-40 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Afternoon Air attack on 2nd British Division, at 54,38 , near Jessore

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y2 Frances x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y2 Frances: 7 damaged

Allied ground losses:
118 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on 2nd British Division, at 54,38 , near Jessore

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y2 Frances x 81

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y2 Frances: 10 damaged

Allied ground losses:
234 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 21 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
27 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
27 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 33rd Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 4th Marine Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 33rd Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 4th Marine Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 33rd Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 4th Marine Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 33rd Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 4th Marine Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 33rd Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 4th Marine Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 33rd Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 4th Marine Division ...

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Afternoon Air attack on 33rd Infantry Division, at 54,38 , near Jessore

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y2 Frances x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y2 Frances: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
41 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

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Ground combat at Poona (36,26)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 228464 troops, 2194 guns, 2457 vehicles, Assault Value = 7433

Defending force 56613 troops, 842 guns, 1509 vehicles, Assault Value = 360

Japanese adjusted assault: 5679

Allied adjusted defense: 233

Japanese assault odds: 24 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
2382 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 126 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 40 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled
Guns lost 17 (1 destroyed, 16 disabled)
Vehicles lost 113 (13 destroyed, 100 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
7688 casualties reported
Squads: 409 destroyed, 22 disabled
Non Combat: 70 destroyed, 503 disabled
Engineers: 57 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 217 (201 destroyed, 16 disabled)
Vehicles lost 141 (43 destroyed, 98 disabled)
Units destroyed 2

next round at Poona and this time we really get a lot of enemy squads destroyed when two more units surrendered to our troops...

Assaulting units:
14th Tank Regiment
15th Division
51st Division
11th Tank Regiment
19th Tank Regiment
3rd Division
2nd Tank Regiment
2nd Division
17th Division
3rd Tank Division
19th Division
55th Division
4th Tank Regiment
12th Tank Regiment
15th Tank Regiment
26th Division
26th Tank Regiment
4th Division
2nd Guards Division
30th Division
1st Tank Division
2nd Tank Division
18th Division
34th Division
16th Division
3rd South Seas Gsn
2nd Mortar Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
38th Field AA Battalion
4th Mortar Battalion
1st Mortar Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
23rd AA Regiment
28th Army
39th Field AA Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
61st Field AA Battalion
62nd Field AA Battalion

Defending units:
11th (East African) Division
81st (West African) Division
31st Armoured Division
25th Indian Division
5th Indian Division
72nd British Brigade
16th LRP Brigade
23rd LRP Brigade
122nd British AT Gun Regiment
XXI Indian Corps
24th Australian Brigade
16th Australian Brigade
Lushai Brigade
8th Indian Div /5
26th Australian Brigade
10th Indian Div /4

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Ground combat at 54,38 (near Jessore)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2814 troops, 258 guns, 127 vehicles, Assault Value = 2031

Defending force 121176 troops, 137 guns, 895 vehicles, Assault Value = 1185

Allied ground losses:
183 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
104th Division
48th Division
38th Division
21st Division
7th Division
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
1st RF Gun Battalion
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
3rd Mortar Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
5th Mortar Battalion
3rd Medium Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
6th Indian Division
7th Infantry Division
43rd Infantry Division
40th Infantry Division
27th Infantry Division
1st (Spec) Cavalry Division
33rd Infantry Division
Americal Infantry Division
2nd British Division
29th British Brigade
3rd Marine Division
10th Indian Division
41st Infantry Division
24th Infantry Division
4th Marine Division
6th Infantry Division
8th Indian Division
58th Base Group
20th USN Naval Construction Regiment
111th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
34th MAG
22nd Marine Regiment
298th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
17th USN Naval Construction Regiment
31st MAG
4th Port Advn Base Force
25th Infantry Division
Thirteenth USAAF
159th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
19th USN Naval Construction Regiment
Fifth US Fleet
3rd Fleet Advn Base Force
Seventh US Fleet
33rd MAG
312th Base Group
23rd MAG
32nd MAG
Pacific Ocean Areas
53rd (Sep) Infantry Regiment
III Amphib Corps
18th Base Group
Provisionl Tank Brigade
V Amphib Corps
26th USN Naval Construction Regiment

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Ground combat at 54,38 (near Jessore)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 105499 troops, 137 guns, 870 vehicles, Assault Value = 1168

Defending force 68172 troops, 796 guns, 257 vehicles, Assault Value = 2031

Japanese ground losses:
571 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 50 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
155 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 19 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
41st Infantry Division
2nd British Division
7th Infantry Division
6th Infantry Division
10th Indian Division
27th Infantry Division
3rd Marine Division
6th Indian Division
29th British Brigade
Americal Infantry Division
43rd Infantry Division
40th Infantry Division
33rd Infantry Division
4th Marine Division
1st (Spec) Cavalry Division
24th Infantry Division
8th Indian Division
25th Infantry Division
34th MAG
32nd MAG
Seventh US Fleet
Pacific Ocean Areas
159th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
111th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
18th Base Group
V Amphib Corps
Provisionl Tank Brigade
Fifth US Fleet
33rd MAG
19th USN Naval Construction Regiment
III Amphib Corps
Thirteenth USAAF
312th Base Group
31st MAG
4th Port Advn Base Force
22nd Marine Regiment
3rd Fleet Advn Base Force
298th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
58th Base Group
23rd MAG
53rd (Sep) Infantry Regiment
17th USN Naval Construction Regiment
20th USN Naval Construction Regiment
26th USN Naval Construction Regiment

Defending units:
21st Division
38th Division
48th Division
104th Division
7th Division
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st RF Gun Battalion
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
5th Mortar Battalion
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Medium Mortar Battalion

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RE: AAR 1944 - 1/23/2021 12:25:27 PM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 16, 44
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ASW attack near Terempa at 54,85

Japanese Ships
DD Hatakaze
E Aguni

Allied Ships
SS Scabbardfish, hits 14, heavy damage

took weeks to see my ASW TF East of Singapore finally attacking that sub which was spotted by my air ASW daily in shallow waters... super E Aguni did a great job scoring no less than five direct hits, the sub is sunk for sure... the IJN is of course still vulnerable in deep water hexes but as soon as the subs go into our sea lanes in shallow waters we can sure hurt them...

SS Scabbardfish is sighted by escort
DD Hatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Aguni fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hatakaze fails to find sub and abandons search
E Aguni fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Aguni attacking submerged sub ....
Debris floats to surface in area of attack!
Escort abandons search for sub

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Afternoon Air attack on 2nd British Division, at 54,38 , near Jessore

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y2 Frances x 135

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y2 Frances: 18 damaged

Allied ground losses:
567 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 19 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 57 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
27 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
27 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
27 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
27 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 10th Indian Division ...
Also attacking Americal Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 10th Indian Division ...
Also attacking Americal Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 10th Indian Division ...
Also attacking Americal Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 10th Indian Division ...
Also attacking Americal Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 10th Indian Division ...
Also attacking Americal Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 10th Indian Division ...
Also attacking Americal Infantry Division ...

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Afternoon Air attack on Benares , at 51,27

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 57

No Allied losses

turned out that was an attack on light industry, the enemy later stated it seems quite hard to destroy LI...

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 15000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 15000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 15000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 15000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 15000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 15000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 15000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 15000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 15000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 15000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 15000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Benares , at 51,27

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 6

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 15000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Benares , at 51,27

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 6

No Allied losses

Light Industry hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 15000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Benares , at 51,27

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 6

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 15000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Benares , at 51,27

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 6

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 15000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Ground combat at Poona (36,26)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2673 troops, 189 guns, 103 vehicles, Assault Value = 7578

Defending force 50954 troops, 664 guns, 1473 vehicles, Assault Value = 316

Allied ground losses:
72 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 5 (3 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Assaulting units:
55th Division
12th Tank Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
17th Division
34th Division
2nd Guards Division
18th Division
2nd Tank Division
1st Tank Division
30th Division
15th Tank Regiment
16th Division
51st Division
3rd Division
2nd Division
26th Division
4th Division
116th Division
19th Division
26th Tank Regiment
15th Division
3rd Tank Division
3rd South Seas Gsn
23rd AA Regiment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Mortar Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
61st Field AA Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
4th Mortar Battalion
39th Field AA Battalion
28th Army
38th Field AA Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
62nd Field AA Battalion

Defending units:
81st (West African) Division
11th (East African) Division
25th Indian Division
5th Indian Division
72nd British Brigade
24th Australian Brigade
XXI Indian Corps
8th Indian Div /5
Lushai Brigade
26th Australian Brigade
16th LRP Brigade
31st Armoured Division
23rd LRP Brigade
10th Indian Div /4

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Ground combat at 54,38 (near Jessore)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2814 troops, 258 guns, 127 vehicles, Assault Value = 2019

Defending force 120167 troops, 122 guns, 879 vehicles, Assault Value = 1162

Allied ground losses:
192 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 17 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
21st Division
38th Division
104th Division
48th Division
7th Division
5th Mortar Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
3rd Mortar Battalion
1st RF Gun Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Medium Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
10th Indian Division
24th Infantry Division
7th Infantry Division
6th Infantry Division
1st (Spec) Cavalry Division
27th Infantry Division
29th British Brigade
33rd Infantry Division
6th Indian Division
3rd Marine Division
40th Infantry Division
Americal Infantry Division
2nd British Division
4th Marine Division
43rd Infantry Division
41st Infantry Division
8th Indian Division
23rd MAG
19th USN Naval Construction Regiment
22nd Marine Regiment
17th USN Naval Construction Regiment
298th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
312th Base Group
20th USN Naval Construction Regiment
32nd MAG
18th Base Group
V Amphib Corps
Fifth US Fleet
III Amphib Corps
4th Port Advn Base Force
3rd Fleet Advn Base Force
33rd MAG
53rd (Sep) Infantry Regiment
34th MAG
Provisionl Tank Brigade
159th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
Seventh US Fleet
111th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
31st MAG
25th Infantry Division
58th Base Group
Pacific Ocean Areas
26th USN Naval Construction Regiment

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Ground combat at 54,38 (near Jessore)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 104713 troops, 122 guns, 858 vehicles, Assault Value = 1145

Defending force 68045 troops, 796 guns, 257 vehicles, Assault Value = 2019

Japanese ground losses:
241 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 18 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
255 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 25 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
10th Indian Division
27th Infantry Division
1st (Spec) Cavalry Division
43rd Infantry Division
7th Infantry Division
24th Infantry Division
2nd British Division
29th British Brigade
40th Infantry Division
3rd Marine Division
6th Indian Division
4th Marine Division
6th Infantry Division
41st Infantry Division
Americal Infantry Division
33rd Infantry Division
8th Indian Division
4th Port Advn Base Force
22nd Marine Regiment
20th USN Naval Construction Regiment
53rd (Sep) Infantry Regiment
34th MAG
V Amphib Corps
111th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
18th Base Group
Fifth US Fleet
III Amphib Corps
17th USN Naval Construction Regiment
Seventh US Fleet
Pacific Ocean Areas
32nd MAG
312th Base Group
19th USN Naval Construction Regiment
298th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
159th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
Provisionl Tank Brigade
3rd Fleet Advn Base Force
25th Infantry Division
31st MAG
58th Base Group
33rd MAG
23rd MAG
26th USN Naval Construction Regiment

Defending units:
21st Division
104th Division
38th Division
48th Division
7th Division
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
5th Mortar Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
1st RF Gun Battalion
3rd Mortar Battalion
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Medium Mortar Battalion

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RE: AAR 1944 - 1/24/2021 11:41:34 AM

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Posts: 14330
Joined: 8/23/2004
From: Austria
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 17, 44
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Morning Air attack on 2nd British Division, at 54,38 , near Jessore

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y2 Frances x 60

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y2 Frances: 18 damaged

Allied ground losses:
215 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 23 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
9 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
6 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
3 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
3 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
3 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 3rd Marine Division ...
Also attacking 33rd Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 6th Indian Division ...
Also attacking Americal Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 6th Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 1st (Spec) Cavalry Division ...
Also attacking 8th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 3rd Marine Division ...
Also attacking 33rd Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...

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Morning Air attack on 2nd British Division, at 54,38 , near Jessore

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y2 Frances x 54

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y2 Frances: 3 damaged

Allied ground losses:
179 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
27 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 41st Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 41st Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 41st Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 41st Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 41st Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 41st Infantry Division ...

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Morning Air attack on 4th Marine Division, at 54,38 , near Jessore

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y2 Frances x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y2 Frances: 5 damaged

Allied ground losses:
132 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 4th Marine Division, at 54,38 , near Jessore

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y2 Frances x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y2 Frances: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
119 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 33rd Infantry Division, at 54,38 , near Jessore

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y2 Frances x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y2 Frances: 3 damaged

Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Madras , at 35,40

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 70 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes

Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 6
B-29-1 Superfort x 36
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 10
F4U-1A Corsair x 18

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 4 damaged
B-29-1 Superfort: 1 destroyed by flak

Light Industry hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 15000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 15000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 15000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 15000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 15000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 15000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 15000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 15000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Madras , at 35,40

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 48 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 16
B-29-1 Superfort x 15

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 5 damaged
B-29-1 Superfort: 1 destroyed by flak

Light Industry hits 1

three of the B-29 fall to flak today for literally no damage to light industry at Madras...

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 15000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 15000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 15000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Madras , at 35,40

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 47 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 6
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 9

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 15000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Madras , at 35,40

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 51 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 5

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 3 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 15000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Madras , at 35,40

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 11

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 2 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 15000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 15000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 6th Indian Division, at 54,38 , near Jessore

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 5 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y2 Frances x 6

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

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Ground combat at Poona (36,26)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 240167 troops, 2296 guns, 2231 vehicles, Assault Value = 7811

Defending force 50994 troops, 655 guns, 1471 vehicles, Assault Value = 313

Japanese adjusted assault: 4539

Allied adjusted defense: 137

Japanese assault odds: 33 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-)
supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1590 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 227 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 23 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled
Vehicles lost 26 (1 destroyed, 25 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
7043 casualties reported
Squads: 86 destroyed, 34 disabled
Non Combat: 172 destroyed, 488 disabled
Engineers: 16 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 54 (26 destroyed, 28 disabled)
Vehicles lost 142 (13 destroyed, 129 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

next round and another unit surrenders... it's a real slow process though but we are getting there, most likely another four or five attacks until the pocket at Poona is cleared...

Assaulting units:
2nd Division
19th Division
12th Tank Regiment
23rd Tank Regiment
26th Division
2nd Guards Division
34th Division
2nd Tank Regiment
30th Division
15th Division
3rd Division
16th Division
3rd Tank Division
116th Division
18th Tank Regiment
51st Division
55th Division
2nd Tank Division
4th Tank Regiment
15th Tank Regiment
4th Division
27th Tank Regiment
26th Tank Regiment
17th Division
18th Division
1st Tank Division
3rd South Seas Gsn
1st Mortar Battalion
38th Field AA Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
4th Mortar Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
23rd AA Regiment
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
39th Field AA Battalion
61st Field AA Battalion
28th Army
62nd Field AA Battalion

Defending units:
11th (East African) Division
25th Indian Division
5th Indian Division
23rd LRP Brigade
72nd British Brigade
31st Armoured Division
XXI Indian Corps
8th Indian Div /5
81st (West African) Division
24th Australian Brigade
16th LRP Brigade
Lushai Brigade
26th Australian Brigade
10th Indian Div /4

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Ground combat at 54,38 (near Jessore)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2806 troops, 258 guns, 127 vehicles, Assault Value = 2036

Defending force 118807 troops, 105 guns, 866 vehicles, Assault Value = 1115

Allied ground losses:
143 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
48th Division
21st Division
38th Division
104th Division
7th Division
5th Mortar Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
1st RF Gun Battalion
3rd Medium Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
2nd British Division
43rd Infantry Division
29th British Brigade
Americal Infantry Division
24th Infantry Division
7th Infantry Division
6th Indian Division
10th Indian Division
41st Infantry Division
40th Infantry Division
33rd Infantry Division
4th Marine Division
6th Infantry Division
3rd Marine Division
27th Infantry Division
1st (Spec) Cavalry Division
8th Indian Division
Fifth US Fleet
32nd MAG
22nd Marine Regiment
34th MAG
111th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
III Amphib Corps
31st MAG
19th USN Naval Construction Regiment
3rd Fleet Advn Base Force
20th USN Naval Construction Regiment
23rd MAG
159th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
Seventh US Fleet
Pacific Ocean Areas
25th Infantry Division
Provisionl Tank Brigade
18th Base Group
17th USN Naval Construction Regiment
312th Base Group
53rd (Sep) Infantry Regiment
298th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
V Amphib Corps
33rd MAG
26th USN Naval Construction Regiment

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Ground combat at 54,38 (near Jessore)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 103615 troops, 105 guns, 847 vehicles, Assault Value = 1102

Defending force 68168 troops, 796 guns, 257 vehicles, Assault Value = 2036

Japanese ground losses:
487 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 38 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
146 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
33rd Infantry Division
6th Indian Division
29th British Brigade
1st (Spec) Cavalry Division
24th Infantry Division
Americal Infantry Division
27th Infantry Division
10th Indian Division
6th Infantry Division
3rd Marine Division
4th Marine Division
40th Infantry Division
7th Infantry Division
43rd Infantry Division
41st Infantry Division
2nd British Division
8th Indian Division
111th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
159th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
23rd MAG
17th USN Naval Construction Regiment
18th Base Group
34th MAG
32nd MAG
Pacific Ocean Areas
33rd MAG
Fifth US Fleet
Provisionl Tank Brigade
III Amphib Corps
Seventh US Fleet
298th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
3rd Fleet Advn Base Force
53rd (Sep) Infantry Regiment
19th USN Naval Construction Regiment
31st MAG
20th USN Naval Construction Regiment
22nd Marine Regiment
25th Infantry Division
312th Base Group
V Amphib Corps
26th USN Naval Construction Regiment

Defending units:
38th Division
104th Division
48th Division
21st Division
7th Division
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
5th Mortar Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
1st RF Gun Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Medium Mortar Battalion

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Post #: 1302

RE: AAR 1944 - 1/24/2021 11:44:23 AM

castor troy

Posts: 14330
Joined: 8/23/2004
From: Austria
Status: offline

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 18, 44
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ASW attack near Shanghai at 93,56

Japanese Ships
E No.10
DD Ume
E No.14

Allied Ships
SS Pampanito

ASW TF on the hunt in shallow waters...

SS Pampanito is sighted by escort
Pampanito bottoming out ....
DD Ume fails to find sub and abandons search
E No.14 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E No.14 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E No.14 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E No.14 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E No.14 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Morning Air attack on Madras , at 35,40

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 18
B-29-1 Superfort x 37
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 10
F4U-1A Corsair x 18

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 10 damaged

B-29 coming back to Madras... Mundy really seems to like the B-29 as they seem to be the only bombers used to attack targets even when other bombers would be in range too...

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 15000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 15000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 15000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 15000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 15000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 15000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 15000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 15000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 15000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 15000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Madras , at 35,40

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 69 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes

Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 4
F4U-1D Corsair x 7
B-29-1 Superfort x 14

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 4 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 15000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 15000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 15000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 15000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Madras , at 35,40

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 3

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 15000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Wake Island , at 136,98

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 12

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 4

that was a quite surprising attack to see as suddenly B-29 show up to bomb Wake Island... we only got nav search there and damage to the airfield was light... the strike must have come from Midway's level 4 airfield...

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Wake Island , at 136,98

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 8

No Allied losses

Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on 8th Indian Division, at 54,38 , near Jessore

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y2 Frances x 54

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y2 Frances: 7 damaged

Allied ground losses:
140 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
27 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 8th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 8th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 8th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 8th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 8th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...

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Afternoon Air attack on 8th Indian Division, at 54,38 , near Jessore

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y2 Frances x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y2 Frances: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
113 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on 3rd Marine Division, at 54,38 , near Jessore

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 7 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y2 Frances x 26

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y2 Frances: 5 damaged

Allied ground losses:
144 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
26 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on 3rd Marine Division, at 54,38 , near Jessore

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 3 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y2 Frances x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y2 Frances: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
134 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

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Ground combat at Poona (36,26)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2679 troops, 189 guns, 103 vehicles, Assault Value = 7697

Defending force 45405 troops, 601 guns, 1454 vehicles, Assault Value = 261

Allied ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Assaulting units:
26th Tank Regiment
15th Division
2nd Tank Division
55th Division
2nd Guards Division
27th Tank Regiment
1st Tank Division
4th Division
34th Division
2nd Tank Regiment
17th Division
2nd Division
26th Division
19th Division
12th Tank Regiment
16th Division
116th Division
3rd Division
51st Division
4th Tank Regiment
18th Division
18th Tank Regiment
15th Tank Regiment
23rd Tank Regiment
30th Division
3rd Tank Division
3rd South Seas Gsn
39th Field AA Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
28th Army
4th Mortar Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
61st Field AA Battalion
23rd AA Regiment
38th Field AA Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
1st Mortar Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
62nd Field AA Battalion

Defending units:
25th Indian Division
5th Indian Division
XXI Indian Corps
81st (West African) Division
26th Australian Brigade
23rd LRP Brigade
24th Australian Brigade
72nd British Brigade
31st Armoured Division
11th (East African) Division
8th Indian Div /5
Lushai Brigade
10th Indian Div /4

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Ground combat at 54,38 (near Jessore)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2814 troops, 258 guns, 127 vehicles, Assault Value = 2015

Defending force 117713 troops, 97 guns, 844 vehicles, Assault Value = 1083

Allied ground losses:
133 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 15 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
104th Division
48th Division
38th Division
21st Division
7th Division
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
3rd Mortar Battalion
1st RF Gun Battalion
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
5th Mortar Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
3rd Medium Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
33rd Infantry Division
43rd Infantry Division
7th Infantry Division
24th Infantry Division
40th Infantry Division
41st Infantry Division
1st (Spec) Cavalry Division
Americal Infantry Division
4th Marine Division
6th Indian Division
6th Infantry Division
10th Indian Division
2nd British Division
3rd Marine Division
29th British Brigade
27th Infantry Division
8th Indian Division
20th USN Naval Construction Regiment
32nd MAG
23rd MAG
Fifth US Fleet
III Amphib Corps
V Amphib Corps
Seventh US Fleet
312th Base Group
Pacific Ocean Areas
53rd (Sep) Infantry Regiment
3rd Fleet Advn Base Force
Provisionl Tank Brigade
33rd MAG
34th MAG
298th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
22nd Marine Regiment
19th USN Naval Construction Regiment
17th USN Naval Construction Regiment
111th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
25th Infantry Division
31st MAG
159th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
18th Base Group
26th USN Naval Construction Regiment

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Ground combat at 54,38 (near Jessore)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 102769 troops, 97 guns, 828 vehicles, Assault Value = 1068

Defending force 67996 troops, 796 guns, 257 vehicles, Assault Value = 2015

Japanese ground losses:
238 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 29 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled

Allied ground losses:
191 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
Americal Infantry Division
29th British Brigade
27th Infantry Division
6th Indian Division
4th Marine Division
40th Infantry Division
41st Infantry Division
7th Infantry Division
43rd Infantry Division
3rd Marine Division
1st (Spec) Cavalry Division
33rd Infantry Division
10th Indian Division
2nd British Division
6th Infantry Division
24th Infantry Division
8th Indian Division
20th USN Naval Construction Regiment
V Amphib Corps
17th USN Naval Construction Regiment
Seventh US Fleet
159th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
III Amphib Corps
111th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
31st MAG
Pacific Ocean Areas
22nd Marine Regiment
23rd MAG
19th USN Naval Construction Regiment
18th Base Group
25th Infantry Division
53rd (Sep) Infantry Regiment
32nd MAG
298th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
312th Base Group
Fifth US Fleet
Provisionl Tank Brigade
3rd Fleet Advn Base Force
34th MAG
33rd MAG
26th USN Naval Construction Regiment

Defending units:
48th Division
104th Division
38th Division
21st Division
7th Division
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
1st RF Gun Battalion
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion
5th Mortar Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
3rd Medium Mortar Battalion

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RE: AAR 1944 - 1/24/2021 12:46:52 PM

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Posts: 14330
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 19, 44
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Morning Air attack on 2nd British Division, at 54,38 , near Jessore

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y2 Frances x 152

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y2 Frances: 30 damaged

Allied ground losses:
608 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 53 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
36 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
35 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
33 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
9 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
3 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 6th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 6th Infantry Division ...
Also attacking Americal Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 33rd Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 3rd Marine Division ...
Also attacking 10th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 4th Marine Division ...
Also attacking 24th Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 6th Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 6th Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 6th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 6th Infantry Division ...
Also attacking Americal Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 33rd Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 6th Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 6th Infantry Division ...

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Morning Air attack on 41st Infantry Division, at 54,38 , near Jessore

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y2 Frances x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y2 Frances: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
119 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

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Ground combat at Poona (36,26)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 227508 troops, 2174 guns, 2422 vehicles, Assault Value = 8009

Defending force 45652 troops, 599 guns, 1452 vehicles, Assault Value = 269

Japanese adjusted assault: 5113

Allied adjusted defense: 77

Japanese assault odds: 66 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-)
supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1240 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 75 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 23 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Vehicles lost 42 (7 destroyed, 35 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
4296 casualties reported
Squads: 91 destroyed, 54 disabled
Non Combat: 531 destroyed, 471 disabled
Engineers: 26 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 71 (60 destroyed, 11 disabled)
Vehicles lost 492 (375 destroyed, 117 disabled)
Units destroyed 3

now we're making progress as three more enemy units surrender at a big loss of squads... enemy is finally not able to inflict serious losses on our attacking units anymore...

Assaulting units:
15th Tank Regiment
1st Tank Division
2nd Division
18th Division
16th Division
4th Tank Regiment
25th Tank Regiment
23rd Tank Regiment
56th Division
15th Division
19th Division
18th Tank Regiment
26th Tank Regiment
14th Tank Regiment
3rd Tank Division
4th Division
2nd Guards Division
17th Division
12th Tank Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
116th Division
2nd Tank Division
11th Tank Regiment
51st Division
3rd Division
26th Division
55th Division
27th Tank Regiment
34th Division
3rd South Seas Gsn
23rd AA Regiment
1st Mortar Battalion
61st Field AA Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
28th Army
2nd Mortar Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
4th Mortar Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
39th Field AA Battalion
38th Field AA Battalion
62nd Field AA Battalion

Defending units:
25th Indian Division
81st (West African) Division
5th Indian Division
26th Australian Brigade
72nd British Brigade
8th Indian Div /5
24th Australian Brigade
Lushai Brigade
11th (East African) Division
23rd LRP Brigade
XXI Indian Corps
31st Armoured Division
10th Indian Div /4

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Ground combat at 54,38 (near Jessore)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2814 troops, 258 guns, 127 vehicles, Assault Value = 2010

Defending force 116384 troops, 85 guns, 830 vehicles, Assault Value = 1058

Allied ground losses:
156 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
21st Division
38th Division
104th Division
48th Division
7th Division
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
5th Mortar Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st RF Gun Battalion
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion
3rd Medium Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
29th British Brigade
24th Infantry Division
33rd Infantry Division
7th Infantry Division
40th Infantry Division
4th Marine Division
10th Indian Division
6th Indian Division
2nd British Division
1st (Spec) Cavalry Division
43rd Infantry Division
41st Infantry Division
Americal Infantry Division
27th Infantry Division
3rd Marine Division
6th Infantry Division
8th Indian Division
25th Infantry Division
22nd Marine Regiment
159th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
Fifth US Fleet
Pacific Ocean Areas
17th USN Naval Construction Regiment
32nd MAG
34th MAG
20th USN Naval Construction Regiment
31st MAG
Provisionl Tank Brigade
V Amphib Corps
23rd MAG
Seventh US Fleet
18th Base Group
111th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
53rd (Sep) Infantry Regiment
19th USN Naval Construction Regiment
3rd Fleet Advn Base Force
33rd MAG
312th Base Group
298th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
III Amphib Corps
26th USN Naval Construction Regiment

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Ground combat at 54,38 (near Jessore)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 101651 troops, 85 guns, 814 vehicles, Assault Value = 1046

Defending force 67940 troops, 796 guns, 257 vehicles, Assault Value = 2010

Japanese ground losses:
570 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 58 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled

Allied ground losses:
153 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
24th Infantry Division
41st Infantry Division
40th Infantry Division
10th Indian Division
2nd British Division
7th Infantry Division
Americal Infantry Division
6th Indian Division
33rd Infantry Division
6th Infantry Division
4th Marine Division
27th Infantry Division
1st (Spec) Cavalry Division
3rd Marine Division
43rd Infantry Division
8th Indian Division
32nd MAG
33rd MAG
18th Base Group
53rd (Sep) Infantry Regiment
V Amphib Corps
Fifth US Fleet
20th USN Naval Construction Regiment
Provisionl Tank Brigade
23rd MAG
17th USN Naval Construction Regiment
29th British Brigade
Seventh US Fleet
312th Base Group
298th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
Pacific Ocean Areas
19th USN Naval Construction Regiment
25th Infantry Division
111th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
31st MAG
34th MAG
22nd Marine Regiment
159th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
3rd Fleet Advn Base Force
III Amphib Corps
26th USN Naval Construction Regiment

Defending units:
104th Division
48th Division
21st Division
38th Division
7th Division
1st RF Gun Battalion
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
5th Mortar Battalion
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Medium Mortar Battalion

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RE: AAR 1944 - 1/26/2021 4:45:01 PM

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Posts: 14330
Joined: 8/23/2004
From: Austria
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 20, 44
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Morning Air attack on 33rd Infantry Division, at 54,38 , near Jessore

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y2 Frances x 33

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y2 Frances: 4 damaged

Allied ground losses:
87 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

those Navy bombers have been flying these milkruns for months by now, losing a bomber now and then, not sure it's even worth it as the enemy is starving to death anyways... exp of the bomber crews is up in the 70s as well as ground bombing which is something the Frances' units aren't expected to, they are pure anti naval units...

Aircraft Attacking:
30 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
3 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 3rd Marine Division ...
Also attacking 41st Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 33rd Infantry Division ...

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Morning Air attack on 33rd Infantry Division, at 54,38 , near Jessore

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y2 Frances x 54

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y2 Frances: 14 damaged

Allied ground losses:
143 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
6 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
9 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
3 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 4th Marine Division ...
Also attacking 40th Infantry Division ...
Also attacking Americal Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 10th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 33rd Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 4th Marine Division ...
Also attacking 33rd Infantry Division ...

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Morning Air attack on 1st (Spec) Cavalry Division, at 54,38 , near Jessore

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y2 Frances x 26

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y2 Frances: 7 damaged

Allied ground losses:
88 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
26 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 1st (Spec) Cavalry Division, at 54,38 , near Jessore

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y2 Frances x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y2 Frances: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
33 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 4th Marine Division, at 54,38 , near Jessore

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y2 Frances x 30

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y2 Frances: 7 damaged

Allied ground losses:
110 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
24 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 6th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 4th Marine Division ...
Also attacking 6th Indian Division ...

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Morning Air attack on 3rd Marine Division, at 54,38 , near Jessore

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y2 Frances x 6

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

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Ground combat at Poona (36,26)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 241206 troops, 2278 guns, 2492 vehicles, Assault Value = 7957

Defending force 37180 troops, 544 guns, 1175 vehicles, Assault Value = 225

Japanese adjusted assault: 5139

Allied adjusted defense: 29

Japanese assault odds: 177 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-)
supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
398 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 82 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Vehicles lost 62 (9 destroyed, 53 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
11387 casualties reported
Squads: 163 destroyed, 66 disabled
Non Combat: 2652 destroyed, 160 disabled
Engineers: 38 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 235 (200 destroyed, 35 disabled)
Vehicles lost 938 (896 destroyed, 42 disabled)
Units destroyed 7

and here's the first real hammer when it comes to surrendering units at Poona... the enemy has no combat power left and we see huge contingents of enemy troops surrendering today... that was worth like 800 victory points... only three worn down divisions remain in the pocket which will be undoubtedly destroyed soon...

Assaulting units:
17th Division
2nd Guards Division
3rd Tank Division
18th Division
16th Division
26th Tank Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
1st Tank Division
11th Tank Regiment
3rd Division
56th Division
4th Tank Regiment
51st Division
14th Tank Regiment
25th Tank Regiment
12th Tank Regiment
2nd Tank Division
34th Division
19th Division
23rd Tank Regiment
18th Tank Regiment
4th Division
15th Division
116th Division
55th Division
26th Division
2nd Division
15th Tank Regiment
27th Tank Regiment
3rd South Seas Gsn
1st Mortar Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
4th Mortar Battalion
23rd AA Regiment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
39th Field AA Battalion
61st Field AA Battalion
38th Field AA Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
28th Army
62nd Field AA Battalion

Defending units:
5th Indian Division
24th Australian Brigade
26th Australian Brigade
31st Armoured Division
25th Indian Division
XXI Indian Corps
Lushai Brigade
81st (West African) Division
11th (East African) Division
10th Indian Div /4

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Ground combat at 54,38 (near Jessore)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2814 troops, 258 guns, 127 vehicles, Assault Value = 1989

Defending force 115225 troops, 78 guns, 805 vehicles, Assault Value = 1040

Allied ground losses:
210 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

while the troop count in the Jessore pocket is going down and down and down...

Assaulting units:
48th Division
38th Division
104th Division
21st Division
7th Division
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
1st RF Gun Battalion
3rd Mortar Battalion
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
5th Mortar Battalion
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
3rd Medium Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
6th Infantry Division
43rd Infantry Division
6th Indian Division
24th Infantry Division
10th Indian Division
27th Infantry Division
Americal Infantry Division
41st Infantry Division
40th Infantry Division
1st (Spec) Cavalry Division
29th British Brigade
7th Infantry Division
3rd Marine Division
2nd British Division
33rd Infantry Division
4th Marine Division
8th Indian Division
298th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
32nd MAG
159th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
III Amphib Corps
Fifth US Fleet
3rd Fleet Advn Base Force
23rd MAG
33rd MAG
22nd Marine Regiment
31st MAG
53rd (Sep) Infantry Regiment
Pacific Ocean Areas
V Amphib Corps
19th USN Naval Construction Regiment
25th Infantry Division
Seventh US Fleet
312th Base Group
111th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
Provisionl Tank Brigade
26th USN Naval Construction Regiment

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Ground combat at 54,38 (near Jessore)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 100738 troops, 78 guns, 791 vehicles, Assault Value = 1027

Defending force 67752 troops, 796 guns, 257 vehicles, Assault Value = 1989

Japanese ground losses:
685 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 42 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 11 (1 destroyed, 10 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
87 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 15 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

how the enemy artillery can do that kind of losses within our lines is a mystery only the designers know... after being cut off for like six months, having lost 200,000 troops to starvation and our aerial bombings and with laughable 78 guns left the enemy does nukes every turn... this is NOT FOW, my units really get disablements in the dozens each turn lately...

Assaulting units:
6th Indian Division
41st Infantry Division
2nd British Division
33rd Infantry Division
43rd Infantry Division
4th Marine Division
3rd Marine Division
40th Infantry Division
1st (Spec) Cavalry Division
27th Infantry Division
24th Infantry Division
7th Infantry Division
6th Infantry Division
Americal Infantry Division
10th Indian Division
29th British Brigade
8th Indian Division
53rd (Sep) Infantry Regiment
32nd MAG
22nd Marine Regiment
111th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
33rd MAG
3rd Fleet Advn Base Force
312th Base Group
159th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
31st MAG
25th Infantry Division
Provisionl Tank Brigade
Fifth US Fleet
Pacific Ocean Areas
19th USN Naval Construction Regiment
23rd MAG
298th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
Seventh US Fleet
III Amphib Corps
V Amphib Corps
26th USN Naval Construction Regiment

Defending units:
38th Division
104th Division
21st Division
48th Division
7th Division
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
5th Mortar Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
3rd Mortar Battalion
1st RF Gun Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd Medium Mortar Battalion

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Allied Unit(s) surrounded at Poona

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RE: AAR 1944 - 1/26/2021 4:49:17 PM

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Posts: 14330
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From: Austria
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 22, 44
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Morning Air attack on 10th Indian Division, at 54,38 , near Jessore

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y2 Frances x 48

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y2 Frances: 6 damaged

Allied ground losses:
286 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 30 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
30 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
9 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
3 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
3 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
3 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 40th Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 8th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 33rd Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 27th Infantry Division ...
Also attacking Pacific Ocean Areas ...
Also attacking 6th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 10th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 40th Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 10th Indian Division ...

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Morning Air attack on 10th Indian Division, at 54,38 , near Jessore

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y2 Frances x 39

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y2 Frances: 9 damaged

Allied ground losses:
110 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
33 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
6 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 41st Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 10th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 41st Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 10th Indian Division ...

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Morning Air attack on 2nd British Division, at 54,38 , near Jessore

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y2 Frances x 76

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y2 Frances: 12 damaged

Allied ground losses:
251 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 28 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
26 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
25 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking Americal Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking Americal Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking Americal Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking Americal Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking Americal Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking Americal Infantry Division ...

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Morning Air attack on 40th Infantry Division, at 54,38 , near Jessore

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y2 Frances x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y2 Frances: 4 damaged

Allied ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 8th Indian Division, at 54,38 , near Jessore

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 9 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y2 Frances x 6

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
43 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

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Ground combat at Poona (36,26)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 243347 troops, 2278 guns, 2734 vehicles, Assault Value = 8206

Defending force 17224 troops, 293 guns, 314 vehicles, Assault Value = 11

Japanese adjusted assault: 5669

Allied adjusted defense: 9

Japanese assault odds: 629 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-)
supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
259 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 22 (2 destroyed, 20 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
12778 casualties reported
Squads: 136 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1024 destroyed, 202 disabled
Engineers: 31 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 202 (202 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 155 (115 destroyed, 40 disabled)
Units destroyed 2

two of the three remaining divisions surrendering today, one unit still fighting on...

Assaulting units:
19th Tank Regiment
23rd Tank Regiment
2nd Tank Division
2nd Guards Division
116th Division
56th Division
3rd Tank Division
26th Tank Regiment
3rd Division
15th Tank Regiment
25th Tank Regiment
34th Division
17th Division
4th Tank Regiment
2nd Division
9th Tank Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
26th Division
12th Tank Regiment
27th Tank Regiment
14th Tank Regiment
1st Tank Division
4th Division
18th Tank Regiment
18th Division
11th Tank Regiment
15th Division
22nd Tank Regiment
19th Division
51st Division
55th Division
16th Division
3rd South Seas Gsn
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
4th Mortar Battalion
23rd AA Regiment
28th Army
61st Field AA Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
39th Field AA Battalion
38th Field AA Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Mortar Battalion
62nd Field AA Battalion

Defending units:
5th Indian Division
25th Indian Division
81st (West African) Division

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Ground combat at 54,38 (near Jessore)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2814 troops, 258 guns, 127 vehicles, Assault Value = 2006

Defending force 113053 troops, 54 guns, 771 vehicles, Assault Value = 1012

Allied ground losses:
145 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
21st Division
38th Division
104th Division
48th Division
7th Division
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
5th Mortar Battalion
1st RF Gun Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
3rd Medium Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
3rd Marine Division
10th Indian Division
40th Infantry Division
29th British Brigade
4th Marine Division
33rd Infantry Division
43rd Infantry Division
6th Infantry Division
27th Infantry Division
2nd British Division
7th Infantry Division
41st Infantry Division
Americal Infantry Division
24th Infantry Division
1st (Spec) Cavalry Division
6th Indian Division
8th Indian Division
Provisionl Tank Brigade
22nd Marine Regiment
III Amphib Corps
3rd Fleet Advn Base Force
V Amphib Corps
25th Infantry Division
23rd MAG
Fifth US Fleet
159th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
31st MAG
312th Base Group
111th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
298th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
33rd MAG
Pacific Ocean Areas
Seventh US Fleet
32nd MAG
53rd (Sep) Infantry Regiment
19th USN Naval Construction Regiment

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Ground combat at 54,38 (near Jessore)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 6605 troops, 49 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1000

Defending force 67894 troops, 796 guns, 257 vehicles, Assault Value = 2006

Allied ground losses:
85 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
10th Indian Division
40th Infantry Division
Americal Infantry Division
41st Infantry Division
4th Marine Division
2nd British Division
1st (Spec) Cavalry Division
43rd Infantry Division
33rd Infantry Division
6th Indian Division
27th Infantry Division
29th British Brigade
3rd Marine Division
7th Infantry Division
24th Infantry Division
6th Infantry Division
8th Indian Division
312th Base Group
32nd MAG
Seventh US Fleet
159th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
33rd MAG
Provisionl Tank Brigade
3rd Fleet Advn Base Force
III Amphib Corps
25th Infantry Division
23rd MAG
53rd (Sep) Infantry Regiment
22nd Marine Regiment
Pacific Ocean Areas
Fifth US Fleet
V Amphib Corps
298th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
31st MAG
111th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
19th USN Naval Construction Regiment

Defending units:
104th Division
48th Division
21st Division
38th Division
7th Division
1st RF Gun Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
3rd Mortar Battalion
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
5th Mortar Battalion
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Medium Mortar Battalion

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Ground combat at Bangalore (32,37)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 104 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0

Japanese adjusted assault: 8

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 8 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Bangalore !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-)

Assaulting units:
2nd Raiding Rgt /1

with the Poona pocket being cleared within the next days we ordered para drops on the bases South of Poona, we're trying to seize the rail junctions in Western India... no doubt this will create enemy reactions, the paras will be sure nuked from the air but if we can take the rail junctions the enemy has to march in which takes time...

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Allied Unit(s) surrounded at Poona

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RE: AAR 1944 - 1/26/2021 7:28:07 PM

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Did you guys play past the Auto Victory? It seems like you should've earned Auto-Vic by now....still in Central India in 1944!

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RE: AAR 1944 - 1/27/2021 3:12:54 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Q-Ball

Did you guys play past the Auto Victory? It seems like you should've earned Auto-Vic by now....still in Central India in 1944!

Not only in Central India, but DOMINATING in India in '44.

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RE: AAR 1944 - 1/27/2021 5:11:38 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Q-Ball

Did you guys play past the Auto Victory? It seems like you should've earned Auto-Vic by now....still in Central India in 1944!

Yes, we are playing until the bitter end (for Japan), achieved autovictory with something like 6.5:1 at the beginning of 43, mainly due to the Allied loss of China, India and a carrier engagement in 42.

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RE: AAR 1944 - 1/27/2021 5:14:05 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: PaxMondo

quote:

ORIGINAL: Q-Ball

Did you guys play past the Auto Victory? It seems like you should've earned Auto-Vic by now....still in Central India in 1944!

Not only in Central India, but DOMINATING in India in '44.

Don't forget that's mostly due to the insane losses of Allied ground troops the years before. At some point Japanese domination on the ground just became like an avalanche. Comparable to the usual Allied buildup against Japan but in this case, the Allied built up, had to do something and we could use the hammer again and again. Fail just once (like we could during the Allied operation against Calcutta) and the situation would look completely different as I would have had 6,000 av literally cut off in India.

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RE: AAR 1944 - 1/27/2021 5:23:29 PM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 23, 44
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Morning Air attack on 2nd British Division, at 54,38 , near Jessore

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y2 Frances x 54

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y2 Frances: 10 damaged

Allied ground losses:
111 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
9 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
9 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
3 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
3 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
3 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 33rd Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 43rd Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 6th Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 4th Marine Division ...
Also attacking 1st (Spec) Cavalry Division ...
Also attacking 7th Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 33rd Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...

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Morning Air attack on 2nd British Division, at 54,38 , near Jessore

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y2 Frances x 59

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y2 Frances: 8 damaged

Allied ground losses:
75 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
33 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
26 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 41st Infantry Division ...
Also attacking Americal Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking Americal Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking Americal Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 41st Infantry Division ...
Also attacking Americal Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking Americal Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking Americal Infantry Division ...

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Morning Air attack on 41st Infantry Division, at 54,38 , near Jessore

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y2 Frances x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y2 Frances: 5 damaged

Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Americal Infantry Division, at 54,38 , near Jessore

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y2 Frances x 51

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y2 Frances: 5 damaged

Allied ground losses:
125 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
26 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
25 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 40th Infantry Division ...
Also attacking Americal Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 40th Infantry Division ...
Also attacking Americal Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 40th Infantry Division ...
Also attacking Americal Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 40th Infantry Division ...
Also attacking Americal Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 40th Infantry Division ...
Also attacking Americal Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 40th Infantry Division ...

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Morning Air attack on 43rd Infantry Division, at 54,38 , near Jessore

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y2 Frances x 6

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

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Ground combat at Poona (36,26)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 243999 troops, 2278 guns, 2826 vehicles, Assault Value = 8229

Defending force 6267 troops, 104 guns, 195 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 5577

Allied adjusted defense: 3

Japanese assault odds: 1859 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), preparation(-)
fatigue(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
53 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
2257 casualties reported
Squads: 12 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 797 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 122 (122 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 220 (220 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

THE END... 5th Indian Div was the last unit to fight in the Poona pocket and is finally destroyed after like three months of constant fighting... thinking about it it again feels like totally insane as we probably attacked over a dozen times with at times crazy odds but cut off units just don't surrender while it would have taken only one or perhaps two attacks to see the enemy surrendering with all troops had they been in an Allied base... anyways, this is yet another big victory in India as it robs the Allied of another 2,000+ av with several divs/bgds destroyed and no chance to rebuild them due to the limited squad replacements and the horrendous losses in the past...

with the pocket at Jessore where we have trapped 150+ enemy units (now down to 32 units) the enemy will lose 600,000 troops, roughly 15,000av in India in 44... China is in 9 out of 10 times a cakewalk, no matter what the Allied player was trying but never achieved anything like this in India before while I was able to take India several times already... as mentioned earlier this will give us such an advantage in troop strenght I have no clue how the Allied could do any protracted ground offensives, other than island hopping and even then, if they get stalled on an island and we have the chance to reinforce we would have the tools to destroy the Allied invasion...

Assaulting units:
2nd Guards Division
2nd Division
18th Tank Regiment
19th Division
27th Tank Regiment
14th Tank Regiment
22nd Tank Regiment
2nd Tank Division
55th Division
116th Division
12th Tank Regiment
51st Division
4th Division
3rd Division
19th Tank Regiment
16th Division
15th Tank Regiment
15th Division
11th Tank Regiment
23rd Tank Regiment
1st Tank Division
9th Tank Regiment
17th Division
26th Division
4th Tank Regiment
56th Division
2nd Tank Regiment
34th Division
18th Division
3rd Tank Division
26th Tank Regiment
25th Tank Regiment
3rd South Seas Gsn
28th Army
61st Field AA Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
2nd Mortar Battalion
38th Field AA Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Mortar Battalion
4th Mortar Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
23rd AA Regiment
39th Field AA Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
62nd Field AA Battalion

Defending units:
5th Indian Division

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Ground combat at 54,38 (near Jessore)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2808 troops, 258 guns, 127 vehicles, Assault Value = 2025

Defending force 112185 troops, 49 guns, 750 vehicles, Assault Value = 1010

Allied ground losses:
190 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
21st Division
104th Division
48th Division
38th Division
7th Division
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
5th Mortar Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
1st RF Gun Battalion
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
3rd Medium Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
41st Infantry Division
1st (Spec) Cavalry Division
4th Marine Division
2nd British Division
6th Infantry Division
7th Infantry Division
Americal Infantry Division
43rd Infantry Division
3rd Marine Division
10th Indian Division
27th Infantry Division
40th Infantry Division
29th British Brigade
33rd Infantry Division
24th Infantry Division
6th Indian Division
8th Indian Division
23rd MAG
25th Infantry Division
22nd Marine Regiment
Provisionl Tank Brigade
33rd MAG
III Amphib Corps
111th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
Seventh US Fleet
32nd MAG
V Amphib Corps
Fifth US Fleet
159th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
Pacific Ocean Areas
3rd Fleet Advn Base Force
298th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
53rd (Sep) Infantry Regiment
31st MAG
19th USN Naval Construction Regiment

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Ground combat at 54,38 (near Jessore)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 6509 troops, 47 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 995

Defending force 68114 troops, 796 guns, 257 vehicles, Assault Value = 2025

Allied ground losses:
70 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
Americal Infantry Division
41st Infantry Division
7th Infantry Division
6th Indian Division
24th Infantry Division
3rd Marine Division
27th Infantry Division
6th Infantry Division
33rd Infantry Division
2nd British Division
40th Infantry Division
1st (Spec) Cavalry Division
43rd Infantry Division
10th Indian Division
4th Marine Division
29th British Brigade
8th Indian Division
Pacific Ocean Areas
Fifth US Fleet
33rd MAG
53rd (Sep) Infantry Regiment
23rd MAG
Seventh US Fleet
159th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
III Amphib Corps
25th Infantry Division
32nd MAG
111th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
31st MAG
Provisionl Tank Brigade
298th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
22nd Marine Regiment
V Amphib Corps
3rd Fleet Advn Base Force
19th USN Naval Construction Regiment

Defending units:
38th Division
48th Division
104th Division
21st Division
7th Division
3rd Mortar Battalion
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
1st RF Gun Battalion
5th Mortar Battalion
3rd Medium Mortar Battalion

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Ground combat at Salem (32,39)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 92 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0

Japanese adjusted assault: 8

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 8 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Salem !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-)

Assaulting units:
2nd Raiding Rgt /2

taking out all the rail junctions in South Western India...

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RE: AAR 1944 - 1/27/2021 5:32:21 PM

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here's the victory points' screen, showing the development of the last seven weeks with Allied ground losses going up from around 38,000 to 44,000 which means the destruction of the Poona pocket nets probably 4,000 points (estimate 2,000 points due to starvation at Jessore)... we lost something like 250 points at Poona as we mostly suffered disablements (tank rgts were hit hard though with three outright destroyed in a single attack) so that makes it a 8:1 in victory points at Poona... the victory at Poona didn't come cheap though as we suffered thousands and thousands of disabled squads so several convoys full of supplies were spent just to get the disabled squads back into action...

victory points aside as they don't count at all anymore anyways , the loss of all these troops most likely means the Western flank is more or less safe for the rest of the war as the Allied just won't have the troops to take India/Burma or threaten the SRA out of Ceylon... another big operation in the West would most likely end in another fiasco because a) that front is fully built up and b) we could react with our reserves as we did around Calcutta already...

1.5 years after achieving autovictory we have pushed the point ratio up to 6.4:1 again...

one goal is to push the victory points above 100,000 now...

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RE: AAR 1944 - 1/28/2021 7:37:22 PM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 31, 44
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ASW attack near Port Swettenham at 48,80

Japanese Ships
DD Oite
E Aguni

Allied Ships
SS Billfish, hits 8

spotted several subs coming down the Malacca straits yesterday so we've ordered two ASW groups to hunt them down together with my air ASW... Billfish is the first one to be engaged, taking a hit and seven near misses...

SS Billfish is sighted by escort
DD Oite fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Aguni fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Oite fails to find sub and abandons search
E Aguni attacking submerged sub ....
E Aguni fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Aguni fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Aguni fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Aguni attacking submerged sub ....
E Aguni is out of ASW ammo
E Aguni is out of ASW ammo
E Aguni is out of ASW ammo
E Aguni is out of ASW ammo
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Malacca at 48,81

Japanese Ships
E Chiburi
DD Matsukaze

Allied Ships
SS Scamp, hits 11

Scamp is also hit once, guess that's mission kill number two...

SS Scamp launches 2 torpedoes at E Chiburi
Scamp bottoming out ....
DD Matsukaze fails to find sub and abandons search
E Chiburi attacking submerged sub ....
E Chiburi fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Chiburi fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Chiburi fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Chiburi attacking submerged sub ....
E Chiburi is out of ASW ammo
E Chiburi fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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ASW attack near Kochi at 106,64

Japanese Ships
APD T-10
APD T-9
APD T-5

Allied Ships
SS Piranha, hits 2

these APDs head to Truk after being commissioned just recently...

SS Piranha is sighted by escort
APD T-10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
APD T-9 fails to find sub and abandons search
APD T-5 fails to find sub and abandons search
APD T-10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
APD T-10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
APD T-10 attacking submerged sub ....
APD T-10 attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

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TF 204 encounters mine field at Singapore (50,84)

Allied Ships
SS Hake, Mine hits 1, heavy damage

sub number three taking damage moving into the China Sea...

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ASW attack near Singapore at 49,83

Japanese Ships
E Miyake
DD Matsukaze

Allied Ships
SS Shark II

guess halve a dozen of the buggers move to their patrol zones around Singapore...

SS Shark II is located by E Miyake
Shark II bottoming out ....
DD Matsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Matsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Matsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Matsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Matsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Morning Air attack on 7th Infantry Division, at 54,38 , near Jessore

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y2 Frances x 39

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y2 Frances: 4 damaged

Allied ground losses:
102 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
30 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
3 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
3 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
3 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 6th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 8th Indian Division ...
Also attacking Americal Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 24th Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 7th Infantry Division ...

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Morning Air attack on 7th Infantry Division, at 54,38 , near Jessore

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y2 Frances x 42

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y2 Frances: 6 damaged

Allied ground losses:
66 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
33 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
6 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
3 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 3rd Marine Division ...
Also attacking 33rd Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 7th Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 3rd Marine Division ...
Also attacking 7th Infantry Division ...

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Morning Air attack on 2nd British Division, at 54,38 , near Jessore

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y2 Frances x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y2 Frances: 5 damaged

Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 2nd British Division, at 54,38 , near Jessore

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y2 Frances x 33

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y2 Frances: 4 damaged

Allied ground losses:
75 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
33 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 40th Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 40th Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...

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Morning Air attack on 40th Infantry Division, at 54,38 , near Jessore

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 7 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y2 Frances x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y2 Frances: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 1st (Spec) Cavalry Division, at 54,38 , near Jessore

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y2 Frances x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y2 Frances: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
98 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 6th Indian Division, at 54,38 , near Jessore

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y2 Frances x 6

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

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Ground combat at 54,38 (near Jessore)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2806 troops, 258 guns, 127 vehicles, Assault Value = 2092

Defending force 105545 troops, 27 guns, 600 vehicles, Assault Value = 878

Allied ground losses:
160 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
48th Division
38th Division
21st Division
104th Division
7th Division
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
1st RF Gun Battalion
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion
5th Mortar Battalion
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
3rd Medium Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
41st Infantry Division
1st (Spec) Cavalry Division
24th Infantry Division
3rd Marine Division
7th Infantry Division
6th Indian Division
43rd Infantry Division
27th Infantry Division
4th Marine Division
6th Infantry Division
2nd British Division
10th Indian Division
33rd Infantry Division
40th Infantry Division
Americal Infantry Division
8th Indian Division
111th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
Provisionl Tank Brigade
Pacific Ocean Areas
Fifth US Fleet
29th British Brigade
3rd Fleet Advn Base Force
V Amphib Corps
53rd (Sep) Infantry Regiment
25th Infantry Division
298th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
31st MAG
159th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
Seventh US Fleet
III Amphib Corps
22nd Marine Regiment
32nd MAG
19th USN Naval Construction Regiment

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Submarine attack near Port Swettenham at 48,80

Japanese Ships
DD Oite
E Aguni
E Kurahashi

Allied Ships
SS Hake, hits 16, and is sunk

Hake ran onto a mine at Singapore yesterday and was heading back into the Malacca straits to get back to Ceylon when one of our ASW groups "finds" the sub... well, it was Hake find our ASW group firing four torps at DD Oite... pity that the routine lets heavily damaged subs submerge, no matter how many holes they got in their hulls and no matter how big the holes are... several direct hits forced the sub to surface and the bugger was sunk... E Aguni is a killer E with an ASW rating of 10 with lots and lots of Type 2 DCs...

SS Hake launches 4 torpedoes at DD Oite
Hake bottoming out ....
DD Oite fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Aguni fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Oite fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Oite fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Oite fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Oite attacking submerged sub ....
SS Hake forced to surface!
E Aguni firing on surfaced sub ....
E Kurahashi firing on surfaced sub ....
Sub slips beneath the waves

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Ground combat at Bellary (34,33)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 256822 troops, 2258 guns, 689 vehicles, Assault Value = 7798

Defending force 4837 troops, 64 guns, 263 vehicles, Assault Value = 218

Japanese adjusted assault: 5448

Allied adjusted defense: 22

Japanese assault odds: 247 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), op mode(-), disruption(-), preparation(-)
experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
365 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 34 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
1868 casualties reported
Squads: 117 destroyed, 47 disabled
Non Combat: 104 destroyed, 28 disabled
Engineers: 19 destroyed, 14 disabled
Guns lost 54 (34 destroyed, 20 disabled)
Vehicles lost 154 (120 destroyed, 34 disabled)
Units retreated 2

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

that's an interesting development in Western India as the enemy has sent two motorized units to Bellary which is one of the important rail junctions our paras took a couple of days ago... while the enemy units were moving into the hex coming from a secondary road we had our Army moving in from Poona to operate further South and needless to say the enemy has no chance and suffers during the retreat...

Assaulting units:
53rd Division
17th Division
16th Division
2nd Guards Division
19th Division
10th Division
116th Division
51st Division
55th Division
56th Division
66th Division
34th Division
4th Division
18th Division
3rd Division
15th Division
26th Division
2nd Division
38th Field AA Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
61st Field AA Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
39th Field AA Battalion
28th Army
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
4th Mortar Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Mortar Battalion
23rd AA Regiment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
62nd Field AA Battalion

Defending units:
268th Motorised Brigade
18th Cavalry Regiment

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Ground combat at 54,38 (near Jessore)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2814 troops, 258 guns, 127 vehicles, Assault Value = 2099

Defending force 104572 troops, 25 guns, 582 vehicles, Assault Value = 895

Allied ground losses:
143 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
104th Division
21st Division
38th Division
48th Division
7th Division
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
5th Mortar Battalion
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
1st RF Gun Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
3rd Mortar Battalion
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd Medium Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
27th Infantry Division
6th Infantry Division
43rd Infantry Division
2nd British Division
41st Infantry Division
7th Infantry Division
40th Infantry Division
24th Infantry Division
3rd Marine Division
33rd Infantry Division
6th Indian Division
1st (Spec) Cavalry Division
Americal Infantry Division
4th Marine Division
10th Indian Division
8th Indian Division
32nd MAG
III Amphib Corps
Pacific Ocean Areas
Fifth US Fleet
Seventh US Fleet
25th Infantry Division
3rd Fleet Advn Base Force
Provisionl Tank Brigade
29th British Brigade
298th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
111th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
53rd (Sep) Infantry Regiment
V Amphib Corps
22nd Marine Regiment
31st MAG
19th USN Naval Construction Regiment

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 02, 44
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Morning Air attack on 2nd British Division, at 54,38 , near Jessore

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y2 Frances x 66

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y2 Frances: 14 damaged

Allied ground losses:
163 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
33 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
9 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
9 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
9 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
3 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
3 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 6th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 3rd Marine Division ...
Also attacking 10th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 4th Marine Division ...
Also attacking 27th Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 24th Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 43rd Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 6th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 3rd Marine Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...

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Morning Air attack on 2nd British Division, at 54,38 , near Jessore

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y2 Frances x 54

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y2 Frances: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
144 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
27 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 8th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 8th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 8th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 8th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 8th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 8th Indian Division ...

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Morning Air attack on 33rd Infantry Division, at 54,38 , near Jessore

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y2 Frances x 54

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y2 Frances: 7 damaged

Allied ground losses:
186 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
27 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 10th Indian Division, at 54,38 , near Jessore

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y2 Frances x 6

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

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Ground combat at 54,38 (near Jessore)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2814 troops, 258 guns, 127 vehicles, Assault Value = 2101

Defending force 103879 troops, 23 guns, 565 vehicles, Assault Value = 886

Allied ground losses:
194 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 21 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
21st Division
48th Division
38th Division
104th Division
7th Division
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
3rd Mortar Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
5th Mortar Battalion
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
1st RF Gun Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
3rd Medium Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
1st (Spec) Cavalry Division
4th Marine Division
24th Infantry Division
6th Infantry Division
7th Infantry Division
Americal Infantry Division
6th Indian Division
43rd Infantry Division
41st Infantry Division
33rd Infantry Division
27th Infantry Division
10th Indian Division
2nd British Division
3rd Marine Division
40th Infantry Division
8th Indian Division
Fifth US Fleet
29th British Brigade
53rd (Sep) Infantry Regiment
32nd MAG
22nd Marine Regiment
111th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
III Amphib Corps
31st MAG
25th Infantry Division
298th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
3rd Fleet Advn Base Force
Pacific Ocean Areas
Seventh US Fleet
V Amphib Corps
19th USN Naval Construction Regiment

not much fighting going on today but East of the Marshalls we picked up enemy carriers again heading West... pretty sure they are heading directly towards Maloelap with a convoy to pick up the stranded US Inf Divs that failed to take the atoll... we've got a small convoy in the area unloading at Mili, not sure it would be valuable enough to see the enemy carriers even launching a strike against it but we've moved in the three Frank units we have in the Marshalls for a warm welcome of the USN flyboys...

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 03, 44
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TF 104 encounters mine field at Maloelap (136,117)

Allied Ships
LCI-776, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

lots of action this turn, actually more than expected... we start off with a troop loaden LCI at Maloelap hitting a mine (and sinking)... troops aboard that LCI? Means my assumption that the enemy is going to evacuate the US Army troops from Maloelap's beaches was wrong...

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Mili at 136,121

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84a Frank x 129

Allied aircraft
FM-2 Wildcat x 24
F4U-1A Corsair x 30
F6F-3 Hellcat x 176
F6F-5 Hellcat x 21
SB2C-3 Helldiver x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84a Frank: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
FM-2 Wildcat: 2 destroyed
F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed
F6F-3 Hellcat: 13 destroyed
F6F-5 Hellcat: 3 destroyed
SB2C-3 Helldiver: 13 destroyed

Japanese Ships
xAKL P-105, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
xAKL P-46
xAKL P-75

as the carriers take position one hex East of Maloelap they spot my small supply convoy at Mili which was pushing in a day before and stayed under an umbrella of IJNAF fighters that totally mauled the incoming carrier strike... total air losses later, it was yet another dive (it has been fixed), dive (it has been fixed yet again, dive (it was fixed?) massacre... totally loopsided... ah yeah, these were the same Frank units that lost 1:24 against some helpless Corsairs some time ago...

huge escort that outnumbers our CAP 2:1 for two dozen Helldivers of which 5 get through to bomb a 100 ton capacity xAKL... I'm using these ships like longer ranged barges, they are perfectly suited for operations in dangerous waters when you don't have to move huge supply amounts at once...

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
1 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
11th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 28 on standby, 0 scrambling)
14 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 16000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes
19th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 29 on standby, 0 scrambling)
14 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes
22nd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 30 on standby, 0 scrambling)
14 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Mili at 136,121

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84a Frank x 104

Allied aircraft
FM-2 Wildcat x 5
F4U-1A Corsair x 28
F6F-3 Hellcat x 156
F6F-5 Hellcat x 17
SB2C-3 Helldiver x 5

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed
F6F-3 Hellcat: 8 destroyed
SB2C-3 Helldiver: 1 destroyed

afternoon strike was even worse when it comes down to kill rates as the enemy didn't even manage to damage a single Frank... NONE... 200 escorting fighters for not even halve a dozen bombers and the 200 fighters fail to even damage a single of our 104 Franks on CAP... why? Guess why! Same as in the morning the Franks were set higher than the incoming strike and radar alerting did the rest, it was a never ending dive massacre... the only real difference to the morning strike was the Franks attacking the bombers way earlier and then left the escorts get away as the combat was over with the last Helldiver shot down...

CAP engaged:
11th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 24 on standby, 0 scrambling)
12 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes
19th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 23 on standby, 0 scrambling)
11 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes
22nd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 23 on standby, 0 scrambling)
11 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes

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Pre-Invasion action off Maloelap (136,117) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

210 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
BB New Jersey, Shell hits 10, on fire
CL Santa Fe
CL Montpelier, Shell hits 3
CL Phoenix, Shell hits 1
CL Honolulu
DD Charles Badger
DD Bache, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Charles Ausburne, Shell hits 1
LCI(G)-465
LCI(G)-464
LCI(G)-463
LCI(G)-462
LCI(G)-455
LCI(G)-454
LCI(G)-453
LCI(G)-452
LCI(G)-451
LCI(G)-450
LCI(G)-442
LCI(G)-441
LCI(G)-439
LCI(G)-437
LCI(G)-373
LCI(G)-366
LCI(G)-365
LCI(G)-220
LCI(G)-82
LCI(G)-81
LCI(G)-79
LCI(G)-78
LCI(G)-77
LCI-70
LCI-69
LCI-67
LCI-66
LCI-65
LCI-64
LCI-443
LCI-444
LCI-448
DD Bennett
LCI-523

Japanese ground losses:
1335 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 31 disabled
Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 66 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 34 (7 destroyed, 27 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
45 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

already expected this after seeing a LCI with troops aboard hitting a mine earlier today, the enemy is landing more troops on Maloelap after having three divisions trapped there already... the losses within Japanese lines due to naval gunfire are severe... lots of 15cm hits on enemy shipping but other than bouncing off the ships' armor nothing happened...

Maloelap Naval Fortress firing at BB New Jersey
BB New Jersey firing at Maloelap Naval Fortress
CL Santa Fe firing at Maloelap Naval Fortress
Maloelap Naval Fortress firing at CL Santa Fe
CL Montpelier firing at Maloelap Naval Fortress
Maloelap Naval Fortress firing at CL Montpelier
CL Phoenix firing at Maloelap Naval Fortress
Maloelap Naval Fortress firing at CL Phoenix
CL Honolulu firing at Maloelap Naval Fortress
Maloelap Naval Fortress firing at CL Honolulu
DD Charles Badger firing at Maloelap Naval Fortress
Maloelap Naval Fortress firing at DD Charles Badger
DD Bache firing at Maloelap Naval Fortress
Maloelap Naval Fortress firing at DD Bache
DD Charles Ausburne firing at Maloelap Naval Fortress
Maloelap Naval Fortress firing at DD Charles Ausburne
LCI(G)-465 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-464 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-463 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-462 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-455 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-454 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-453 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-452 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-451 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-450 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-442 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-441 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-439 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-437 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-373 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-366 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-365 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-220 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-82 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-81 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-79 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-78 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-77 fired at enemy troops
LCI-70 fired at enemy troops
LCI-69 fired at enemy troops
LCI-67 fired at enemy troops
LCI-66 fired at enemy troops
LCI-65 fired at enemy troops
LCI-64 fired at enemy troops
DD Bache fired at enemy troops
DD Charles Ausburne fired at enemy troops
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 5,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards

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Amphibious Assault at Maloelap (136,117)

TF 104 troops unloading over beach at Maloelap, 136,117

Allied ground losses:
661 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 54 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 36 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 60 (0 destroyed, 60 disabled)
Vehicles lost 63 (2 destroyed, 61 disabled)

we identify another THREE US divs storming ashore at the small atoll... insane, our brave defenders now fight against six enemy divisions plus enemy tanks and heavy artillery... Mundy really wants Maloelap, no doubt... looking at the losses during the landing these troops must have quite a good preparation already which also surprises me as I just can't imagine he would actually prep six divs plus support only for Maloelap...

15 Support troops lost from landing craft during unload of 11th Airborne Div
15 Support troops lost in surf during unload of 11th Airborne Div /2
15 Engineers lost overboard during unload of 93rd Infantry Div /3
13 troops of a USA 44 Rifle Squad lost in surf during unload of 98th Infantry Div /3
Motorized Support dropped into water during unload of 98th Infantry Div /4
15 Support troops lost from landing craft during unload of 11th Airborne Div /7
Motorized Support lost overboard during unload of 711th Tank Bn /7

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