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Weekend Events (June 8-10)
« on: June 08, 2001, 09:18:00 AM »
Gentlemen,

The Friday night and Saturday Snapshots are titled "Torpedo 8".  They will take place at 10 PM Eastern Time on Friday and on Saturday at 3 PM Eastern Time. CM's are cobra and banana.  :)
                       
The Check 6! event this Sunday will use one of our two new terrains, ETO or the Philippines.  It will be at the usual time slot of 3 PM Eastern Time. CM will be 10bears.  Details will follow.

Come join the fun!  Check here for details!
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Weekend Events (June 8-10)
« Reply #1 on: June 09, 2001, 11:28:00 PM »
Check 6 for this Sunday. Hosted by 10bears.  :)
Overview:

A desperate Gamble to Protect Japan

Admiral Soemu Toyoda, the commanding officer of Japan's Combined Fleet, made up his mind on October 18, 1944 to send his three separate naval forces to destroy the two U.S. fleets and animmense invasion convoy heading for Leyte. The decision, he said, was "as difficult as swallowing molten iron" --and for good reason. The admiral's battle plan, outlined on the map shown below, was designed to neutralize the air superiority of the American Third Fleet, whose 800 carrier-based planes outnumbered all of the Japanese aircraft within range of Leyte Gulf. Toyoda knew that even if the plan was successful, it would probably cost him half of his warships. But with the security of the home islands at stake, Toyoda's admirals welcomed the mission. Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita, commanding the main force of battleships and cruisers, felt that the fleet had "the suicide spirit." Vice Admiral Shoji Nishimura, whose only son had recently been killed in action, was eager to join him in patriotic death. Vice Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa volunteered to sacifice his entire force to lure the Third Fleet away for Leyte Gulf.

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Use the following planes
Japanese - Ki61 and Niki and Ju88 for Japanese land bases. Zeke for IJN CV's
American - F4UD and P-38 and B26 for land bases. F6F and TBM for CV's.
Both - PT boats, M16's.

 
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