Iron Man Finals, Game 1
Turn 5
US Reinforcements and Replacements
Reinforcements ASP level to 3 4Ind to Rangoon 14LRB to China box 2MAW to Ambonia BB WA to Hollandia 2M Mar to Kaveign CA London to Calcutta
Replacements flip XI corps on Midway; place (M Mar brigade) in Hollandia; (CV Wasp) to Kaveign
Japan Reinforcements and Replacements
Reinforcements 28AF to Truk, (33 Army) to Saipan, 8AD to Manila
Replacements (25AF) to Leyte, (ED) to Hanoi, flip 17 army in Balikpapan
Stragetic Warfare
US subs hit. Japan ASP to 3. US goes first with 7 cards; Japan draws 5 card + 2 passes.
Offensives Phase
US #44:2/Operation Squarepeg (EC)
Surprise invasion of Leyte by 3NZ supported by Dutch CA and (CV Wasp)
Japan Reaction #69:1/JN25 & #66:2/Kamikaze
Invasion turned back. CA and CV eliminated but CV gets a CH on an elite Japanese air unit.
Japan pass
US #47:2/WAR IN EUROPE: Major (EC)
WiE +2 to -2
Japan pass
US #72:2/Halsey (OC)
SEAC: Allies fall back from Siam and break up the big stack of units (armor, Chinese and British corps).
Japan #76:2/Special Operation (OC)
CF HQ: Miri and Indochina reinforced. Attu invaders return to Japan.
US Store FO
Japan #80:2/Submarine Launched Air Attack on the Panama Canal (EC)
Japan draws a card
US #80:1/New Submarine Doctrine (EC)
EC to remove from deck and stop Escort cards.
Japan #39:2/Subhas Chandra Bose (EC)
Two ground steps to the Indochina theater.
US #25:1/Operation Lilliput (EC)
SWPAC: raid on Rabaul with CV Lexington, BB NC and 13LRB. Surprise attack eliminates air step and CA Aoboa.
Japan Store FO
US #51:2/Chenault (EC)
14AF replaces AVG in Ragoon. ANZAC: raid on Soerabaja nets surprise with Japan losing 2 air steps to no allied losses.
Japan #23:2/Operation RE (EC)
CF: Vogelkop invaded. British armor unit routed on Burma border for no loss to Japan (surprise attack).
US #31:3/Black Day (OC)
SWPAC: US XIV leaves Borneo and reinforces Sarong. US raids Kwajalein with 2 CVs, BB and LRB. SS reacts with Mogami, APD, 27th AF, 28th AF, [23rd] AF. Both sides get 100% hits. US loses 3 CV steps, 1 BB step and 1 LRB step. Japan loses 3 air steps and CA step.
Japan #82:3/Indian Worker's Strike (OC)
CF: Army group Miri (KOR+2 armies) move into the mountains next to Tarakan. 27 Army AAs adjacent to Tarakan.
Japan #20:2/Naval Battle of Guadalcanal (EC)
CF: Tarakan attacked with KOR + 3 full strength armies. Surprise achieved. Tarakan falls. Allied losses: 3 Aussie ground steps, CV Indominable, CV Hermes, 1 air step. Japanese losses: 4 ground steps (2 to overstacking), 1 air step.
End of turn: DEI conquered; No PoW, -2PW to 5