1943年12月6日3 y) |* d8 h& w: m/ _
帝国苏瓦守军在经过了多日激战后已经丧失了有组织的抵抗,全军被赶至最后的一小块阵地中,准备玉碎8 F" A, n' i7 x# _
Ground combat at Suva (132,160)
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Allied Shock attack2 W; e0 F# t$ V( O$ y
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Attacking force 78944 troops, 1592 guns, 2590 vehicles, Assault Value = 31189 e4 |/ B! J# B( I) a2 |# l$ J
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Defending force 23035 troops, 228 guns, 186 vehicles, Assault Value = 1572 ~1 W9 @/ r# a" V4 O
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Allied adjusted assault: 2475
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Japanese adjusted defense: 295
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9 H0 ?4 c1 R+ U" ~2 T1 pAllied assault odds: 8 to 1 (fort level 4) 1 s W7 i+ u4 H9 {+ I* }( F
2 h1 u+ y1 L; R# Z! T; |. S5 GAllied forces CAPTURE Suva !!! ]+ h( A7 G0 L
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Combat modifiers
w) a8 V9 W* ^8 X7 }. Z, T; KDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
- `( I1 R1 T/ @Attacker: shock(+)% E/ x! u6 A) E
& f( `0 c, z9 ^( [Japanese ground losses:( n3 n/ S' G, l. {. _3 B
5690 casualties reported" @8 T* [1 Q% f2 p$ J5 o4 t
Squads: 99 destroyed, 69 disabled
J" }- C# s+ a* p9 C4 W5 M" k Non Combat: 355 destroyed, 175 disabled; |4 N- `' q, |% l
Engineers: 255 destroyed, 26 disabled
. s+ I0 t0 r0 K, O: N Guns lost 160 (115 destroyed, 45 disabled)+ M" D3 S+ U8 U
Vehicles lost 122 (120 destroyed, 2 disabled)6 z+ {2 x+ P& q% B1 z" V
Units destroyed 1
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/ J1 N/ W, R% o9 ?$ s% ?Allied ground losses:
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Squads: 2 destroyed, 95 disabled5 R" x4 |$ ~$ z+ t# J- u, w0 e
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 15 disabled
' d! A3 K6 l7 l Engineers: 2 destroyed, 29 disabled8 Y- I- ]( @9 `
1 `( U: j% N+ V$ @2 h( TAssaulting units:
: a8 @5 y. ]* [) i7 Z2 u 33rd Infantry Division/ Y9 {& D, @+ J# J
2nd NZ Division0 g; G6 Y, q0 }; V
640th Tank Destroyer Battalion+ X& |2 u8 u1 l
131st Combat Engineer Regiment, u0 R% J. `( q
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
- y9 W! q( R% ~+ l8 @1 A- u 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion6 r& [; g" }! Z/ e: D3 a
150th RAC Regiment8 o! {+ F) V* O L
50th Tank Brigade
! P1 _5 Z3 Z2 a. |0 S 24th Infantry Division
5 U: e! Z0 _9 c3 o 255th Armoured Brigade
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1st Cavalry (Spec) Cavalry Division
; q" Z( B, \* M6 N' ` 1st USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
4 Z1 l* l" ^: V4 b 10th Indian Division ]$ d& U. {1 `" \' x
20th USN Naval Construction Regiment! x" B, u/ w% R! R, s' t
XXXIII Indian Corps3 S* b0 S" _( y6 A2 M n
226th Field Artillery Battalion0 r+ d3 f- r" O/ r% k' k. v
South Pacific
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Defending units:. D5 j7 P7 A% D9 }! {
16th Garrison Unit
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+ W( b& q0 Y3 x# ^" O/ U. } 87th Naval Guard Unit
4 Y9 Y( i x+ c. ^+ e) f# ~ 10th JNAF AF Unit
2 B- b% j4 x7 w. s Southeast Area Fleet8 V8 z. _3 M! H$ x0 J% a% S
24th Air Defense AA Regiment
2 b+ J( @% c; k, ~4 O& E# D2 ], Y 6th Naval Construction Battalion) l6 e. g3 e, S% r
105th JAAF AF Bn
: F1 J0 `# c) i& ^3 n6 M 13th JAAF AF Bn . ^8 c& g# l- W8 W2 H
4th Fleet
1 P( l5 B& H: j# Z9 q 26th Air Defense AA Regiment2 g# Y; V# m" m! h! a! G3 S
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment, g% X6 H" H: y q
4th Field AF Construction Battalion
$ p# n3 m# x& f1 X3 O 2nd Naval Construction Battalion
7 P* k& ^3 ?% h( ` 49th JNAF AF Unit
+ u* l1 l' {, v9 G- ^1 \- K0 O$ w 1st Air Army3 e7 t3 {1 [" A5 ]
111th Naval Construction Battalion# l% h5 C6 f- @ o1 o1 P
39th Field AA Machinecannon Company: O3 f& c6 N4 f8 B% h4 y8 ?
15th JNAF AF Unit
( h4 [0 P5 `8 Y5 \! [ 2nd JAAF Base Force
0 X% j/ U1 R# r0 b" r 52nd JNAF AF Unit 9 X* \. l" `, Z
28th JNAF AF Unit ; ]4 b! Q' m; x4 S \: J
2nd Provisional Base Force7 m3 g' i& i# h7 e2 d$ K$ z9 @' L
18th JAAF Base Force /6 |