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攻陷拉包尔。南太门户打开
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; R" T( C, F: l- O& xDay Air attack on Kendari , at 33,71
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Japanese aircraft T) T" U1 Y/ @: ?+ ~& X6 P. @
A6M2 Zero x 27& ] X6 H2 z. i
G4M1 Betty x 49
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No Japanese losses+ z5 ]- Y5 S$ k0 s9 @# ]' G1 r
: [- ?. [' X0 D' ~& Q9 X" w5 YAirbase hits 2( P% L9 K' H2 L7 G
Airbase supply hits 10 J5 c6 b* d; \4 P
Runway hits 11
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Ground combat at Rabaul
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Japanese Shock attack
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Attacking force 13250 troops, 45 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 242
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Defending force 3986 troops, 20 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 338 A8 z4 U6 Z6 k; l! _
- a4 N0 T5 T4 U- ?4 t. j) dJapanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2
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Japanese max assault: 496 - adjusted assault: 280
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) w0 E1 g* X" W2 _8 MAllied max defense: 28 - adjusted defense: 31
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Japanese assault odds: 9 to 1 (fort level 2) ) v4 L5 ]6 ?' C! j. F3 [+ A9 v" T
3 O# S* F2 k: r. N9 G+ tJapanese forces CAPTURE Rabaul base !!!
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Allied aircraft5 Q( ?/ x4 r& W" _$ x
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, Z1 }. ?+ i0 }* nAllied aircraft losses
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# K, u& |/ Q' q. X) e9 }Japanese ground losses:
& y! s% \' M# P# Q) d- J316 casualties reported
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Allied ground losses:
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Guns lost 5
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Ground combat at Singkawang4 U- \* w7 B# V
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Japanese Bombardment attack3 }$ R4 R) f X- B I5 e$ V1 d
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Attacking force 3827 troops, 21 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 139
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2 H9 [, f5 Q5 P: O C/ v) rDefending force 1850 troops, 16 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 2+ b$ {6 `8 Y: X
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5 Q3 t1 f) t: J, L: Q/ f+ m( jGround combat at Singapore
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" X. r: }; C/ r4 |) r% aJapanese Bombardment attack
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3 H. C. ]; {# e0 @Attacking force 105694 troops, 552 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2526
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" g; g, r/ h# M9 K/ jDefending force 83937 troops, 622 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 1119
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1 |6 O* t: \) o0 X+ VAllied ground losses:% L" \1 G' a; ^% H8 ?
168 casualties reported |