AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 07, 42
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# q o( _& J& P& y" |; [' nGround combat at Cairns (92,140)
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7 h& M" j: q7 Z1 tJapanese Shock attack% K. o" p7 ?8 c! Q5 J. e* W
; b0 ]+ B0 ]0 ~. W0 m7 AAttacking force 36101 troops, 401 guns, 248 vehicles, Assault Value = 856
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Defending force 3091 troops, 38 guns, 60 vehicles, Assault Value = 97
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Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0+ F/ G0 l! g' i* S2 K$ J' r: L( E
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Japanese adjusted assault: 972 0 w( d4 H) v5 ~
' ~, k% A+ n) d5 _( s/ D& c( tAllied adjusted defense: 85 6 ~% M% V$ ~0 p2 v7 S% f
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Japanese assault odds: 11 to 1 (fort level 0)
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2 f. r* a* m/ V; _/ QJapanese forces CAPTURE Cairns !!!! {% T2 ^% W: {. K' f
7 Z& _6 `3 ^. A( RCombat modifiers' Z6 B7 F6 K+ N
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), fatigue(-)2 V B; R* K# B$ y9 z$ | R
experience(-), supply(-)
% [; J q% i' t2 ~Attacker: shock(+)
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Japanese ground losses:- I0 x' H0 G4 ]
1051 casualties reported
! P+ }* L* d+ C* ^; Y Squads: 8 destroyed, 54 disabled
2 P) v- a# @4 F2 Z' T8 F4 d Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled
" c% r1 p) u1 u Engineers: 2 destroyed, 18 disabled& {4 A: ^# w o
Guns lost 9 (4 destroyed, 5 disabled)
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Allied ground losses:
/ d/ {) e" D+ H2 ^9 t+ S8 G6 s4 r 947 casualties reported
7 O, x2 P$ j- ^& ~$ T( T& r Squads: 44 destroyed, 29 disabled
+ q$ W5 [$ h& f9 P+ D& N+ c Non Combat: 68 destroyed, 18 disabled/ S7 ?& G1 K, T: q3 j9 ]8 `
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 0 disabled, _& ]( @4 b7 x2 y
Guns lost 12 (7 destroyed, 5 disabled)
, S6 |3 h9 w: M% t; D2 N4 v Vehicles lost 47 (46 destroyed, 1 disabled)7 y5 ]4 D9 ~ r+ s4 R# ~) K/ {
Units retreated 2$ o9 K/ x2 u* O" v. ^! }
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Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
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5 S( K& z/ s! DAssaulting units:
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2nd Recon Regiment
9 [6 L) g) e. z, k 52nd Division
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38th Division U' ?" E+ }1 p7 m. ^
2nd Engineer Regiment
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# \0 f- H& U1 x: u8 k7 g 19th Ind Engineer Regiment; `9 ]! D6 V! J; Z5 q) R* f. a
2nd Tank Rgt /1
( R) c7 j# b! F0 |& r 14th Naval Construction Battalion: x! n1 b+ X( _3 A
46th JNAF AF Unit
% o/ q2 G' ~# W+ X/ ~% j 6th Field Construction Battalion
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17th Army# x9 H8 v% o. Q4 W+ h) L
16th AA Regiment" s; F8 S9 K0 G, z' V
16th Army
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55th JNAF AF Unit 6 t: M4 x0 `. }
44th Field AA Battalion
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6 ~! [7 U+ X) I& E; Z8 R1 FDefending units:
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