10/22/16

Order of Battle Pacific: US Marines – AAR, Scenario 5 Part 1

Airboy’s extended campaign AAR continues across the Pacific ~

Avery Abernethy, 22 October 2016

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Scenario 5 Bougainville – Avery Abernethy

In the Bougainville scenario you have to land, advance, build two airfields and then survive the Japanese Counter-Attacks. Your Marines must be aggressive to take the ground and build both landing strips within 20 turns.   A large surface fleet naval battle must be won to protect your Marine supply ships.

The Land Battle, part 1:

amphibious landing
Amphibious landing

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10/8/16

Order of Battle Pacific: US Marines – AAR, Scenario 4 Part 1

Back to the Pacific with Airboy’s extended campaign AAR ~

Avery Abernethy, 8 October 2016

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Scenario 4 – Operations Goodtime and Blissful

This is a complex scenario. You have to eliminate the Japanese from the two Treasury Islands Mono and Stirling. You must also heavily raid a much larger island and destroy three of four fuel dumps.

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Operations Blissful and Goodtime

 

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09/26/16

Order of Battle Pacific: US Marines – AAR, Scenario 3 Part 3

Airboy AAR’s his way through the Pacific campaign ~

Avery Abernethy, 26 September 2016

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Scenario 3 – Operation Cartwheel,  Attack on New Georgia

Turn 17 Jap counterattacks almost destroyed half of the Northern probe
Turn 17 Jap counterattacks almost destroyed half of the Northern probe

 

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