Tulagi

7.8.1942 - 9.8.1942

PacPG: 7.8.1942 - 9.8.1942

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Operation codename: Ringbolt In the morning 7th August 1942, at the islans of Tulagi, Gavutu and Tanambogo landed part of the 1st and 2nd Division USMC. First came to the island twenty sniper Clarence Frederic Miller from the 1st Battalion, 2nd Regiment, 2nd Division USMC. Miller became the first American soldier who during the Second World War entered the enemy-held territory. Soldiers of Japanese 3rd Kaigun tokubecu rikusentai put up stiff resistance, but the next day the island was declared secure. The Americans then established a forward base Tulagi, whose port allowed to do a makeshift repair of ships damaged during the Battle of Guadalcanal. On the island of Tulagi and Makamba was established a PT torpedo boat base, including PT-109 of captain John F. Kennedy, later U.S. president. Article on English Wikipedia Scenario in dates: May 4, 1942: In the Coral Sea - Aircraft from the USS Yorktown (CV-5) positioned 100 miles south of Guadalcanal, attack Japanese forces off Tulagi. The Yorktown then returns south to join the American Task Force 17 which is assembling to engage the Japanese. American actions are dictated by their code breaking which has revealed many of the Japanese plans to them. August 7, 1942: In the Solomon Islands - First landings on Guadalcanal. From a US naval based task force of three carriers and support ships under the command of Admiral Fletcher, an amphibious force under Admiral Turner and 1st Marine Division, General Vandergrift, land on Guadalcanal. Smaller forces are also landed on Tulagi and Gavutu. Initially the landings receive little opposition. August 8, 1942: In the Solomon Islands - The invasion of Guadalcanal continues as the remainder of the first wave of American troops come ashore. Advancing rapidly inland, they capture the Japanese airstrip intact, renaming it Henderson Field. The missions on Tulagi and Gavutu are completed and the islands captured. Due to Japanese air and submarine attacks, Admiral Fletcher decides to withdraw his carriers, leaving the cruisers and transports near the island. This action is a serious mistake. August 9, 1942: In the Solomon Islands - under cover of night darkness enters Savo Sound between Savo Island and Guadalcanal, the Japanese group of cruisers commanded by Admiral Mikawa. But American patrol cruisers under Admiral Crutchleye have for night fighting as little experience and inadequate equipment, so in a conflict known as the Battle of Savo Island Americans suffered the greatest defeat in the history of the Navy, which lost four cruisers and not sink any Japanese ship. Savo Sound is later renamed the Ironbottom Sound, for a number of sunken ships, resulting in its bottom. American cargo ships unloading supplies for landed troops on Guadalcanal in the Lunga Point they are not attacked (The Japanese even at night trying to get away from the range aircraft carriers, about which they has no idea that Americans driven off), but they are ordered to withdrawal due to the threat of assault, and so the 1st Marine Division is left short of heavy equipment and with only one half of their supplies. Literature sources: Rottman, Gordon L.: Battle orders 12 US special warfare units in the Pacific theater 1941-45,   Computer press, 2007, Brno uucp, : U.S. Army code names in World War II,  everything2.com,

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Map size: 0 x 0 hexes 21 turns, 3 days per turn Version: PacAGPG 2, Starting side: Allies, Campaign: Single scenario, Order in campaign: 0.
Allied states:     USA, Australia & New Zealand Axis states:     Japan Neutral states:     -
Allies:     attack Axis:     defend
Experience of Allied purchased units:     Experience of Axis purchased units:
Climate region:      Monsoon Weather character in region:      Rain periods alternate with dry period. Rain period between June and September.
Game time costingness of scenario:    27.37 % (product of units and turns numbers divided by difference between the most long and the most short scenario)
Number of Allied units: 48 units, from them are 0 core units and 48 auxiliary units 13 air units, 12 naval units and 23 ground units 0 of units are loaded to air transport and 21 to naval transport	Transports Air/Naval: Allies - Axis 2/23 - 0/3
Number of Axis units: 70 units 12 air units, 4 naval units and 54 ground units 0 of units are loaded to air transport and 2 to naval transport	Initial prestige + every turn donation: Allies / Axis 500 + 0 / 640 + 70
Max number of Allied units: 52 units, from them are 4 core units and 48 auxiliary units - on start of scenario is possible to purchase 4 unit    (4 core + 0 auxiliary)
Max number of Axis units: 70 units - on start of scenario is possible to purchase 0 unit
Transport units: Allies - air:     C-47 Dakota Axis - air:     not available Allies - naval:     AF Transport Axis - naval:     Transport

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