Lighter Than a Feather PTO (id:#56996)
"Sugar Loaf", Okinawa
1945-05-16 (2 others)
Designer: Peter Mudge
Starter kit scenario?: Deluxe scenario?:
Balance:
American (USMC)Japanese
Overview:
Described by one Marine as a “small pimple of a hill”, Sugar Loaf Hill would turn out to be the costliest battle in the Pacific Campaign for the Marine Corps. The Japanese commander on Okinawa, Lt. General Mitsuru Ushijima, wisely deduced that to defend the entire island was foolhardy. He would give up the northern two-thirds and concentrate his resources on the southern third. Called the Shuri Line, the U.S. Army and Marine Corps would face more concentrated artillery fire than any previous campaign and these artillery attacks would be uncannily accurate, having been ranged on a small hill known on maps as point 51.2. By the evening of 15 May, the Marines had already made several assaults on the hill. Many times they reached the summit only to be driven off by ferocious counterattacks and devastating artillery barrages. Now it was the turn of the 3rd Battalion.Attacker: American (USMC) (Company I, 3rd Battalion, 22nd Marine Regiment and elements of the 713th Tank Battalion)
Defender: Japanese (Elements of the 15th Independent Regiment)
7 turns
Players: 2 OBA: Both Night: NoUnit Counts: |
Squads: A:20.0 D:21.0 |
AFVs: A:4 M4A1 x 2 POA-CWS-H1 x 2 |
AFVs: D:0 |
Guns: A:0 D:2 Year-41 Type Mountain Gun Type 1 Machine-Moved Gun Type 89 Heavy Grenade-Launcher x 2 |
Misc Rules: | Ov2 w A: FTV2 w D: Cave Complex is double normal size |
Map Board(s): |
Publication | Board |
---|---|
ASL 5a - For King and Country | 15 |
ASL 6 - The Last Hurrah (2nd Edition) | 33 |
ASL 11 - Doomed Battalions (3rd Edition) | 33 |
Overlays: | B3 | B5 |
Errata (source)
The Marines set up in hexes numbered <=4. | CH |
The Japanese Cave Complex is double normal size, i.e. "<= 4 hexes from 15AA6". | CH |
Players wanting to play this game/Request a match:
Scenario info
Action | Date |
---|---|
Hutch Modified the overview | 2021-12-03 19:48:03 |
Hutch Modified the location | 2021-12-03 19:46:41 |
hoxson1 Modified the misc. rules | 2021-12-03 19:39:43 |
Hutch Modified the unit counts | 2020-11-25 11:39:46 |
Hutch Modified the Defender's Guns | 2020-11-25 11:39:46 |
File | Description | User | Views |
---|---|---|---|
(okinawa.png) | Image | hoxson1 | 840 |
(usmc-jap.png) | Image | hoxson1 | 725 |
(ch55 map with SSRs.png) | Map Image | hoxson1 | 839 |
Description | Uploaded by |
---|
Title | Author | Date |
---|
Description | Uploaded by |
---|