Since November Jomni and I have been locked in an epic struggle. Well...not really. I have poked and prodded but been so far unsuccessful in stopping his Japanese forces as they spread over the Pacific.
Newsreel footage: March 8, 1942 - The USS Maryland is torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-162 off the coast of Australia. "Twas only a flesh wound" remarked a British adviser who happened to be on the Maryland at the time.
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W00t! I can't wait to read how this goes.
Awesome. Love reading AAR's, and WITP ones tend to be especially entertaining.
March 11, 1942
Its a sad day, after a long struggle Allied forces lost the battle of Rabaul.
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The battle of Rabaul was hard fought, and the USS Yorktown was lost during its defense about a month prior. (Unfortunately it was because of my own inexperience with the game. I had left her air groups on training. While I'm certain i would have lost her anyway...she failed to launch a single sortie in her defence)
In a prepared statment Admiral Nimitz informed the nation "We've learned a lot in these early months of the war, and we've made a lot of mistakes. You mark my words...the days of Japanese victories are soon coming to an end!"
Sources close to the administration however are not so optimistic about a quick end to Japanese expansion. An unnamed source stated "1942 may indeed be the year of the Rising Sun...but 1943 is sure to be the year the sun begins to set."
the Third Konigleijke Dutch Naval Base force left Banjarmasin, as we all know in April 4th, 1942 not March 11th.... so much for historical realism.
March 14, 1942
It can now be disclosed that the HMS Indomitable has been on a secret mission in the vicinity of Eastern Australia. The submarine I-175 spotted the Indomitable task for on the morning of the 13th.
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Very quickly the P Class destroyer HMS Panther dispatched the enemy submarine forthwith.
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Unfortunately not before the HMS Cornwall took one amidships.
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Meanwhile on the west coast of Borneo, "we're giving as good as we're getting" said an allied aviator.
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Sweet. This is fun!
Hey! Martin bomber is Dutch. Good to see the Royal Dutch East Indies Air Force in action.
March 15, 1942
More action from allied bombers.
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The silent service has begun to make their presence known as well
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MORE????
MORE!!!!!!!!
yes please, more!
Sorry. There will be no more...
The Allies surrendered to the might of Japan!
Not so fast Tojo! I've been on hiatus trying to adjust to a new job. The Allies have a plan...and as soon as I can find out where I wrote it down.... :)
Remember the stellar rallying cry to bolster morale on the home front, Hollywood included it in those early movies, "Buy US War Bonds."
Quote from: republic on October 07, 2012, 07:56:58 AM
Not so fast Tojo! I've been on hiatus trying to adjust to a new job. The Allies have a plan...and as soon as I can find out where I wrote it down.... :)
Ah good to hear you are thinking getting back.
I sure am! I'm about to do a computer upgrade though so I'll probably go ahead and wait until that is over with, since we've been dormant so long another week or two won't matter. :)
Lookit me! I was trying to spam to forums! I'm such a dork!
^Necrospam!