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Lighter Than a Feather PTO (id:#56996)
Critical Hit (Critical Hit # 3.1 ID: CH 55)   [next]   [previous]
See Also: Lighter Than A Feather by Critical Hit
"Sugar Loaf", Okinawa 1945-05-16 (2 others)
CH 55: Lighter Than A Feather (Critical Hit #3.1 2022 Reprint)
BD-6: Bitterest Day (Bitterest Day)
Designer: Peter Mudge
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
American (USMC)Japanese
50%

Overview:

Described by one Marine as a “small pimple of a hill”, Sugar Loaf Hill would turn out to be the costliest battle in the Pacific Campaign for the Marine Corps. The Japanese commander on Okinawa, Lt. General Mitsuru Ushijima, wisely deduced that to defend the entire island was foolhardy. He would give up the northern two-thirds and concentrate his resources on the southern third. Called the Shuri Line, the U.S. Army and Marine Corps would face more concentrated artillery fire than any previous campaign and these artillery attacks would be uncannily accurate, having been ranged on a small hill known on maps as point 51.2. By the evening of 15 May, the Marines had already made several assaults on the hill. Many times they reached the summit only to be driven off by ferocious counterattacks and devastating artillery barrages. Now it was the turn of the 3rd Battalion.
Attacker: American (USMC) (Company I, 3rd Battalion, 22nd Marine Regiment and 713th Tank Battalion)
Defender: Japanese (15th Independent Regiment)  
7 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: Both     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:20.0 D:21.0
AFVs: A:4
M4A1 x 2
POA-CWS-H1 x 2

AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0 D:2
Year-41 Type Mountain Gun
Type 1 Machine-Moved Gun
Type 89 Heavy Grenade-Launcher x 2

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Woods, Brush: Debris. A: FTV (D3.6), D: Cave Complex is double normal size
Map Board(s):
33 15 Show/hide map dependencies
PublicationBoard
ASL 5a - For King and Country15
ASL 6 - The Last Hurrah (2nd Edition)33
ASL 11 - Doomed Battalions (3rd Edition)33
ASL 11a - Doomed Battalions (4th Edition)33
Overlays: B3 B5
Errata (source)
The Marines set up in hexes numbered <=4.CH
The Japanese Cave Complex is double normal size, i.e. "<= 4 hexes from 15AA6".CH
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Hutch Modified the Unit Elements2025-05-16 11:34:20
Hutch Modified the misc. rules2025-05-16 11:29:34
Hutch Modified the Unit Elements2025-05-16 11:28:20
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Estimated Play time: 9 hours
Recorded Games: 0
Archive recorded plays:
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Lighter than a Feather
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[A] American 2
[D] Japanese 2
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