Bougainville 1944

9.3.1944 - 27.3.1944

PacPG: 9.3.1944 - 19.3.1944

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Operation codename: Tasumaki When the Japanese commanders finally realized at the end of 1943 that the landings at Empress Augusta Bay is indeed a major allied operation on the island, they began to plan counterattack. Unfortunately for the Commander 17th Army Lieutenant General Hyakutake the informations he received from his intelligence services about the power of the enemy were very inaccurate. According to them, should go about 30 000 troops, including 10,000 members of the ground-air staff. The Japanese then numbered only about half of the state, which the U.S. XIV. Corps actually had. (Miloš Hubáček - Ofenziva v Pacifiku, Mladá fronta 2000) Article on Czech Wikipedia Article on English Wikipedia Scenario in dates: February 14, 1943: Bougainville - A raid by American B-24 Liberator bombers covered by P-38, P-40 and F4U fighters to Kahili Airfield turns into a "St. Valentine´s Day Massacre". The Japanese Zero fighter defense shots down 8 American aircraft, including two F4Us, when a single Japanese fighter is lost. The action is the first recorded combat engagement of an F4U Corsair fighter. November 11, 1943: In the Solomon Islands - On Bougainville, the Japanese 23rd Regiment is push back by the US 3rd Marine Division. January 9, 1944: In the Solomon Islands - On Bougainville, American engineers complete a second airfield at Piva and the first plane lands. February 14, 1944: In the Solomon Islands - American and New Zealand forces land on the Green Islands. February 15, 1944: In the Solomon Islands - The I Marine Amphibious Corps (Admiral Wilkinson) lands elements of the New Zealand 3rd Division (General Barrowclough) on the Green Islands, north of Bougainville. US Task Force 39 (Admiral Merrill) provides escort. February 21, 1944: In the Solomon Islands - Japanese resistance on the Green Islands, north of Bougainville, ends. The islands are occupied by elements of the New Zealand 3rd Division (Barrowclough). March 7, 1944: In the Solomon Islands - On Bougainville the Japanese are preparing to assault the American beachhead. On the Green Islands Allied forces have completed construction of an airfield. March 8, 1944: In the Solomon Islands - Japanese forces attack the American beachhead on Bougainville. The US airfields at Piva are shelled by the Japanese and some of the American bombers are withdrawn. Japanese infantry infiltrate the positions of the US 37th Division. The attacking troops are most from the Japanese 6th Division (General Kanda) of 17th Army (General Hyakutake). March 9, 1944: In the Solomon Islands - On Bougainville, Japanese counter attacks on the US 37th Division fail to make substantial gains. The American airfields at Piva and Torokina are shelled. March 10, 1944: In the Solomon Islands - On Bougainville, Japanese forces capture Hill 260 but lose ground to American counterattacks in other areas. March 12, 1944: In the Solomon Islands - On Bougainville, Japanese attacks continue. US forces continue to hold. March 13, 1944: In the Solomon Islands - On Bougainville, US forces mount a counterattack, with armor and air support, and recapture most of the ground lost during the last few days. March 15, 1944: In the Solomon Islands - On Bougainville, there are renewed attacks by Japanese forces against the American beachhead. US forces hold the effort. March 23, 1944: In the Solomon Islands - On Bougainville, Japanese forces attack American positions without making any progress. Heavy Japanese losses are reported. March 24, 1944: In the Solomon Islands - On Bougainville, significant Japanese resistance ends. American forces do not attempt to clear the Japanese remnants from the island. Over the course of the past few weeks, Japanese casualties are estimated at 8000 while the US forces have suffered about 300 casualties. August 24, 1945: In the Solomon Islands - On Bougainville, Japanese commander, Lt. General Kanda is still awaiting instruction from Tokyo. September 12, 1945: San Francisco - the St. Francis Hotel holds a party of former members of the VMF-214 Marine Squadron, known as the "Black Sheep", to welcome his commander, Major "Pappy" Boyington, who has returned from Japanese captivity. The coverage of the party by Life magazine will mark the first time that the magazine had ever showed people consuming alcohol. One of the celebrities is also the fighter ace Christopher Magee, who will soon go into the fight again. In 1948 he will take part as a volunteer in the Israeli War of Independence, in which he will complete in České Budějovice, at that time paradoxically in already communist Czechoslovakia, a retraining course for Messerschmitt Bf 109G machines, resp. Avia S-199. Literature sources: . Swanston, Alexander & Malcolm: The Historical Atlas of World War II,   Columbus, 2007, Praha Hrbek, Jaroslav, Hrbek Ivan: Námořní válka vrcholí (War at sea culminates),   Naše vojsko, 1995, Praha Hubáček, Miloš: Ofenzíva v Pacifiku (Offensive in Pacific),   Mladá fronta, 2000, Praha Hrbek, Jaroslav, Hrbek Ivan: Vítězství přichází z moře (Victory comes from sea),   Naše vojsko, 1999, Praha Pejčoch, Ivo: Lehký tank Typ 95 Ha-Go (Light tank Type 95 Ha-Go),  HPM No. 1/1994

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Map size: 45 x 30 hexes 22 turns, 2 turns per day Version: PacPG 1, Starting side: Axis, Campaign: Japanese campaign, Order in campaign: 16.
Axis states:     Japan Allied states:     USA, Australia & New Zealand Neutral states:     -
Axis:     attack Allies:     defend
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Climate region:      Oceania, tropics Weather character in region:      Rain regularly all year round.
Game time costingness of scenario:    21.44 % (product of units and turns numbers divided by difference between the most long and the most short scenario)
Number of Axis units: 48 units, from them are 28 core units and 20 auxiliary units 0 air units, 0 naval units and 48 ground units 0 of units are loaded to air transport and 0 to naval transport	Transports Air/Naval: Axis - Allies 0/0 - 1/0
Number of Allied units: 42 units 3 air units, 0 naval units and 39 ground units 0 of units are loaded to air transport and 0 to naval transport	Initial prestige + every turn donation: Axis / Allies 700 + 0 / 88 + 44
Max number of Axis units: 53 units, from them are 30 core units and 23 auxiliary units - on start of scenario is possible to purchase 5 unit    (2 core + 3 auxiliary)
Max number of Allied units: 44 units - on start of scenario is possible to purchase 2 unit
Transport units: Axis - air:     not available Allies - air:     C-47 Dakota Axis - naval:     not available Allies - naval:     not available

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