Toaw Scenario: Tarawa 1943

Tarawa,
November 19, 1943,

USA army of 307 units opposed to Japanese army of 189 units
for a battle of complexity 0 at Company(I) level
on a 2.5 Km/Hex map
for 0 turns of 6 Hours each.

by Tarawa 1943 submited on 25-01-2009

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Briefing

Bloody Tarawa

Version: 1.3
Developed with Marc Custer
PBEM, US and Japanese PO
Additional information in the doc file included in the zip file.
1. Background
On November 20th 1943 the US 2nd Marine Division launched the first of America's fledgling amphibious assaults doctrine. The object was the island Betio in the Tarawa atoll held by elite troops of the Japanese Special Navel Landing Force. Their commander Admiral Shibasaki boasted that "the Americans could not take Tarawa with a million men in a thousand years" In one of the most brutal battles of World War II the fighting on the tiny island fortress lasted for three days and left 6000 men dead.
2. Unit Colours
  • American: Green
  • Japanese: Tan
3. Sources
  • Utmost Savagery - The Three Days Of Tarawa (Alexander 1995)
  • Tarawa 1943 - The Turning Of The Tide (Wright 2000)
  • One Square Mile Of Hell - The Battle For Tarawa (Wukovits 2006)
  • Bloody Tarawa (Hammel & Lane 1998)
  • Betio Island (John Tiller's Campaign Series - Maxis)
Erik Nygaard