AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 07, 42
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" n# y, v6 I$ K1 o' xGround combat at Cairns (92,140)" R0 L0 j8 t4 S- ^
- ^3 ~$ p' ~8 f$ y+ @; R- XJapanese Shock attack- A' U" i2 z! d- l; S1 a1 ]
T) j, ?4 |* I) {Attacking 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% L; k4 Q! [- ^ f% w9 m
! }) {$ [/ @, f* [& c1 NJapanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0
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Japanese adjusted assault: 972
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Allied adjusted defense: 85
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Japanese assault odds: 11 to 1 (fort level 0)
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Cairns !!!9 _" t) R$ f% u3 z5 z8 Q; T
6 J5 M1 {8 }) {) f/ m4 o6 M" O+ YCombat modifiers. |8 p; L; Z* H# F1 T
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), fatigue(-)
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Attacker: shock(+)
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Japanese ground losses:- k6 ]! N N3 }7 C6 C
1051 casualties reported6 [# J/ \2 N3 ^2 s4 U7 T0 Z6 n T7 \
Squads: 8 destroyed, 54 disabled
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Engineers: 2 destroyed, 18 disabled
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Allied ground losses:
+ i# J4 h y/ l, A. O 947 casualties reported8 p! E3 k% C& R0 B$ _8 N2 J3 ^
Squads: 44 destroyed, 29 disabled5 Y9 z" k" Z# o! x$ T
Non Combat: 68 destroyed, 18 disabled' _7 t, \6 K; ?; s/ v
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 0 disabled
3 G# z D& N2 L0 |. v Guns lost 12 (7 destroyed, 5 disabled)
$ h& I- C+ R& [$ m Vehicles lost 47 (46 destroyed, 1 disabled); ?& |! q+ b1 W) n% M9 Z/ I
Units retreated 2% Y' ^* f, o0 a7 [2 A
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Defeated Allied Units Retreating!% C7 M" V: {- v2 W; }( Q! y
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Assaulting units:- k& p' S4 q) K/ {/ ^, p7 ^
61st Division
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1st Ind Engineer Regiment
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2nd Engineer Regiment! s. L5 R6 M% p. U9 A0 {
8th Tank Regiment
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2nd Tank Rgt /1& N; q' V8 e* H t8 |: n) S
14th Naval Construction Battalion# i7 g( C0 ?+ d( `3 U. l
46th JNAF AF Unit
3 B$ e$ v$ W; y5 Y8 p8 a& [ 6th Field Construction Battalion2 O j2 _: _; v; C* ?1 x3 V3 g
2nd Field Artillery Regiment
/ Y' K2 `- I! ? 17th Army, S9 N h) m) i. }. s0 J
16th AA Regiment- ~9 |# _- E0 |) X H
16th Army6 y7 u7 N5 r6 Q5 r; A# _6 C
17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment$ O; G! O/ P' p w, [
55th JNAF AF Unit
8 p& V5 i7 y' ?6 b3 z* z 44th Field AA Battalion# a4 i8 a9 I% A/ r& y& R
85th JAAF AF Bn 1 c) }; A3 j3 J* v' L
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1st Motor Brigade, g3 t; ?- P4 \0 a% y
13th RAAF Base Force |