Panay

18.3.1945 - 10.5.1945

PacPG: 18.3.1945 - 28.3.1945

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Last revision date: 		stanny
6.1.2007
24.7.2011 		  
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A completely new scenario. The liberation of the Philippine island of Panay.

Historic overview:

Operation codename: Victor I
Long time before the collapse of the Japanese resistance on the Zamboanga peninsula and the Sulu archipelago, Gen. Eichelberger gave the order to commence operations to liberate the islands of Panay, Negros, Cebu and Bohol, forming the southern part of the Visayas archipelago. The task of occupying the northern part of Panay and Negros, called Negros Occidental, fell to the 40th Division and the 503rd airborne regimental combat group. The southern part of Negros, called Negros Oriental, Cebu and Bohol received the famous Americal Division, which had won laurels at Guadalcanal and in early 1945 participated in the mopping up operations on Leyte. When the operations against the southern islands of the Visayas archipelago started, this island group was completely isolated from the rest of the Philippine archipelago: to the north Mindoro was in the hands of the Allies as were the most important areas of Luzon, to the south the Zamboanga Peninsula and the Sulu archipelago, to the west Palawan and to the east Leyte and Samar. The Japanese troops located in the southern Visayas found themselves in a trap from which there was no escape, because all the retreating routes had been dominated by the Allied Navy and Air Force. (Miloš Hubáček - Boj o Filipíny, Panorama 1990)

Article on English Wikipedia

Scenario in dates:
March 18, 1945: In the Philippines - There are American landings on Panay by 14,000 men of US 40th Infantry Division (General Brush) in the area near Iloilo. There is little initial opposition from the Japanese garrison.
June 20, 1945: In the Philippines - On Luzon, Filipino guerrillas advance up the Cagayan valley from Aparri and liberate the town of Tuguegarao. The American regimental task force enters Aparri while elements of the US 37th Division advances 2.5 miles north of Ilagan. The Philippine guerrillas in the area are led by General Donald Blackburn, who managed to avoid capture in Bataan in 1942 and subsequently organized a several thousand guerrilla unit. Meanwhile, the US 8th Army headquarters announces that operations to recapture the islands of Panay, Negros, Cebu, Bohol and Palawan, as well as the western part of Mindanao, are completed.

Literature sources:
Hubáček, Miloš: Boj o Filipíny (Fight for Philippines),   Paseka, 2005, Praha, Litomyšl
Moskin, J. Robert: The U.S. marine corps story,   Laser - books, 1997, Plzeň
Hata, Izawa, Sh, Ikuhiro, Yasuho, Christopher: Japanese army air force fighter units and their aces, 1931-1945,   DOBROVSKÝ s.r.o., 2007, Praha
Hrbek, Jaroslav, Hrbek Ivan: Vítězství přichází z moře (Victory comes from sea),   Naše vojsko, 1999, Praha

Game play matters:

Campaign play:
This scenario is not part of any campaign, it can be run only as single.

Scenario data:

Map size: 47 x 47 hexes
21 turns, 2 turns per day
Version: PacAGPG 2, Starting side: Allies, Campaign: Single scenario, Order in campaign: 0.
Allied states:    USA, Philippines
Axis states:    Japan
Neutral states:    -
Allies:    attack
Axis:    defend
Experience of Allied purchased units:   
Experience of Axis purchased units:   
Climate region:    Oceania, tropics
Weather character in region:    Rain regularly all year round.
Game time costingness of scenario:    12.61 %
(product of units and turns numbers divided by difference between the most long and the most short scenario)
Number of Allied units:
27 units, from them are 0 core units and 27 auxiliary units
3 air units, 1 naval units and 23 ground units
0 of units are loaded to air transport and 9 to naval transport
 Transports Air/Naval:
Allies - Axis

1/15 - 0/1
Number of Axis units:
32 units
0 air units, 0 naval units and 32 ground units
0 of units are loaded to air transport and 0 to naval transport
Initial prestige + every turn donation:
Allies / Axis

200 + 0 / 570 + 35
Max number of Allied units:
35 units, from them are 2 core units and 33 auxiliary units
- on start of scenario is possible to purchase 8 unit
   (2 core + 6 auxiliary)
Max number of Axis units:
35 units
- on start of scenario is possible to purchase 3 unit
Transport units:
Allies - air:    C-47 Dakota
Axis - air:    not available
Allies - naval:    AF Transport
Axis - naval:    Transport

Victory conditions:

This scenario is single, not part of any campaign. Victory is not differentiated in Major and Minor - all strategic objectives must be token up to last turn.

Battle participated units:

   Complete list of all units on map including coordinates, strenght, experience etc.

 List of types participated units
Allied units:

Flamethrower Infantry (USA)
Infantry HW 43 (USA)
Infantry 43 (USA)
Bridge Engineers (USA)
LVT (A)-4 (USA)
M4A1 Sherman (USA)
Sherman POA (USA)
M5 Stuart (USA)
US M8 Greyhound Light Armored Car (USA)
US 57mm ATG (USA)
US M4A3 (105) (USA)
US M15A1 (USA)
F6F Hellcat (USA)
SB2C Helldiver (USA)
Destroyer (USA)
US M2 Halftruck (USA)
US GM Truck (USA)
LVT-2 Water Buffalo (USA)
AF Transport (USA)
Partisans (Philippines)
Infantry 1936 (Philippines)
 Axis units:

Kyoka Hohei 1943 (Infantry HW 1943) (Japan)
Hohei 1943 (Infantry 1943) (Japan)
Type 1 Chi-He (Japan)
Type 95 Ha-Go (Japan)
Type 93 Sumida (Japan)
Type 1 47mm (Japan)
Type 91 105mm (Japan)
Meiji 38 Improved 75mm Field Gun (Japan)
Type 99 88mm (Japan)
Type 98 20mm (Japan)
Strong Point (Japan)
Isuzu Type 94 6-Wheeled Truck (Japan)

The same time period scenarios:

Burma 44-45 (PacAGPG 2), Buin (PacAGPG 2), Panay (PacAGPG 2), Iwo Jima (PacPG 1)

Map names list:

Airfield
Ajuy Bay
Aklan Point
Aklan River
Bacolod Airstrip
Bacolod; Negros
Bago River
Balud; Masbate
Banate Bay
Batbatan Island
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