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Heroic Defense of Wake PTO (id:#59970)
(Dispatches from the Bunker #25 ID: DB062)   [next]   [previous]
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#5: Enemy Apparently Landing (Wake - Pacific Alamo)
#6: Situation Bleak (Wake - Pacific Alamo)
#7: "This Is As Far As We Go" (Wake - Pacific Alamo)
#8: Counterattack on Wilkes (Wake - Pacific Alamo)
#9: Pacific Alamo (Wake - Pacific Alamo)
FT269: End of the Rope... (From The Cellar Pack #9)
Designer: Tom Morin
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Balance:
JapaneseAmerican (USMC)
100%

Overview:

To ensure success for the second Wake invasion, the Japanese high command strengthened the invasion force with additional Rikusentai (Special Naval Landing Force) troops, four 8” gun cruisers and the carriers Soryu and Hiryu. Daily bomber attacks from Japanese bases in the Marshall Islands pummeled the atoll. Even with the addition of the personnel of Marine Fighter Squadron VMF-211 who reported as infantry after their Wildcat fighters were destroyed, the defiant Marine garrison on Wake Island was still badly understrength, and no relief would be coming. In the early morning of December 23rd, lookouts spotted lights offshore. The second invasion of Wake had begun.
Attacker: Japanese (Elements of the 2nd Maizuru Special Naval Landing Force and 6th Base Force Special Landing Force plus Elements of Itaya Company)
Defender: American (USMC) (Elements of the 1st Marine Defense Battalion, Fighter Squadron VMF-211 and ad hoc Naval and Civilian personnel and elements of Battery "D")  
7.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: Yes
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:32.0 D:17.0
AFVs: A:2
Daihatsu x 2
LCI(S) x 2

AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0
Type 89 Heavy Grenade-Launcher x 5
D:2
M3 76L 3-inch AA x 2

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Night rules Turns 1-3. Coral Soils. A: Air Sup; Bombproof Pillboxes, Seaborne Assault
Map Board(s): 19 38
Overlays: Be5 Be6 Oc1 Oc2 Hi1 O1 O2 O3 O4 O5 OW1
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DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultComments
2017-12-22(A) Jason Wert vs Cliff Welsh Japanese winReally tough on the USMC. Lack of Starshells and such allows free roaming IJA at night. If the IJA is aggressive, then not much in way of options for Marines but to shoot and shoot
2007-07-12(D) Eric Partizan Eric vs Michel Bongiovanni Japanese win
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Bongiovanni Added a playing2022-12-12 14:25:08
pybarrondo Linked the scenario to ROAR2021-09-28 17:29:05
mtrodgers99 Modified the misc. rules2020-05-31 00:36:41
hoxson1 Modified the Defender's Guns2020-03-17 18:48:44
hoxson1 Modified the unit counts2020-03-17 18:48:44
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Statistics:
Avg Rating: 4.50Votes: 2
Views: 2415
To-Play list count: 0
Estimated Play time: 14.2 hours
Recorded Games: 2
Archive recorded plays:
Japanese2
American (USMC)0
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of November 2021)
Heroic Defense of Wake [Confirmed]
[A] Japanese 5
[D] American 0
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