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攻陷拉包尔。南太门户打开 7 v m9 j0 w# h2 ~
山口杨力量悬殊,明日可下' P: F5 T/ a# A' A
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, C6 a7 x' F$ V$ M ~% \7 NDay Air attack on Kendari , at 33,71
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Japanese aircraft
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$ Y6 G9 Y' h- }No Japanese losses. k5 O! P$ m1 S) J9 `
7 ` u: |! k; ^5 @* @Airbase hits 29 Z3 P3 C6 t* J- Z- [
Airbase supply hits 1
' O2 }& \6 f, p' T$ a2 kRunway hits 11; t" l( P% ?: x; D! {
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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 = 2427 H0 s) L) j% [7 F& G1 f' s
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Defending force 3986 troops, 20 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 334 G5 O, b; A3 ^' F4 t2 m& ]
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Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2
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7 p, k$ @( Z" \0 @Japanese max assault: 496 - adjusted assault: 280
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; \/ ^/ p! e' p0 c6 a- M) TAllied max defense: 28 - adjusted defense: 31
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6 H/ R0 o. V) a# C- w& \/ TJapanese assault odds: 9 to 1 (fort level 2) ) ~) o3 v o j/ L+ i1 }" M) C! o
) ]1 `' A8 q7 q1 j: f# n; K6 j1 fJapanese forces CAPTURE Rabaul base !!!3 {, b7 E r6 I3 V, y* V1 f
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no flights
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Allied aircraft losses$ n' v) \$ E: }8 f6 S. R2 ~% c% a' j
Catalina I: 2 destroyed6 m: ?) R) S& p- u" M, y" A
A-24 Dauntless: 1 destroyed# e( y) G/ L3 l
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4 g( I, C- z# ^9 m* z# L316 casualties reported! [" f5 p3 s2 J* _ G- _9 f
Guns lost 3$ v, A7 K! C1 h. a# M* J2 D
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Allied ground losses:0 N5 e% d c% S, a7 ]. h; L
149 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Singkawang" ]# k1 O) u4 o% _: V8 |8 J' T7 M
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- a. T4 G2 P! J0 Q- m) D% vAttacking force 3827 troops, 21 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1397 s1 a+ E9 u4 v1 C0 K
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Defending force 1850 troops, 16 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 20 ~3 N+ F* d% g. C
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Ground combat at Singapore* e) G8 h( @$ w* e
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Attacking force 105694 troops, 552 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2526" h( j2 p& Q7 { F9 r
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Defending force 83937 troops, 622 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 1119
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Allied ground losses:
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