Peleliu #4*
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Date: September 16, 1944*
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Battle Location: Peleliu Island, Palau*
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Battle Type: US Marines Assault vs Japanese Defend*
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Turns: 20*
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Description: This scenario represents the advance of the 1st Marine Division on Peleliu (part of the operation "Stalemate 2") on September 16, 1944 and can be played only from the US Marines side.*
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Orders: The beaches at ORANGE 1 - 3 have been cleared and good progress was made in the advance of 5th and 7th Marines over the airfield. Now we are going to clear the south of the island. You are in command of the main part of Combat team 3 (7th Marines). It has landed with all three battalions, but 2/7 was attached to the 5th Marines this morning. Take and hold the objectives. Good luck!*
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Gameplay Notes/Tips: Move your troops only to the victory hexes and the approx. connecting line between them, because the next scenario will start on these points. Find and fight down the Japanese artillery. They can painful slow down your progress.*
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Designer Notes: The troops strength (Marines and Japanese) is reduced to 33%. Combat looses are subtracted. Marines 37mm AT guns are able to fire AP and clusters; select the ammo (gun; right mouse) before you fire. The Japanese side have reinforcements to simulate sheltered troops and the relocation of troops in the battle, this means you are not able to destroy all the enemy with your initial bombardment or locate them with your spotter planes. A large number of  the original units have been changed in the editor; name, number of men, weapons, ammo, armour, land speed, water speed, sometimes the icon etc to accomodate the compressed time span and other issues. One Example of this is that the number of men in all marines units goes constantly down between scenario Peleliu #1 to Peleliu #5 due to casualities.*
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Sources:*
Moran J. & Rottman, G. L., Peleliu 1944, Osprey*
Rottman, Gordon L., Japanese Pacific Island Defence 1941-45, Osprey*
Zaloga, Steven, Amtracs: US Amphibious assault vehicles, Osprey*
Camp, Dick, Last man standing, Zenith Press*
http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC/USMC-M-Peleliu/index.html#index*
http://home.sprynet.com/~kier/peleliu.htm#Overview*
http://www.4point2.org/gunboats.htm#peleliu*
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Design by: Christian Basener, Germany*
Email: christian.basener@gmx.de*
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AATB = Armored Amphibian Tractor Battalion*
ATB = Amphibian Tractor Battalion*
TCAT = Transportation Corps Amphibious Truck*
CU = Construction Unit*
AB = West Carolinas Air Force Base Units*