Skirmish at Babau*
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Date: February 20, 1942*
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Battle Location: Babau, Dutch West Timor*
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Battle Type: Japan vs ANZAC meeting engagement*
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Description: The Japanese Navy paratroopers of the Yokosuka 3rd SNLF had been tasked with sizing the airfield at Penfui but due to heavy losses by other Japanese parachute operations when the para’s had been dropped on their target airfields it was decided to find an alternative drop zone. This drop zone was located too far away from Penfui and the main body of the Yokusuka 3rd SNLF went on a largely unproductive trek through the jungle of Dutch West Timor.*
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However the 2nd Company was left near the small town of Babau where it was confronted by Australian troops. A bloody battle ensued for control of the town.*
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Notes: If played against the AI the human player should take the Japanese side.*
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Source: Salecker, Gene Eric - Blossoming Silk against the Rising Sun: US and Japanese Paratroopers at War in the Pacific in WWII.*
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Design by: Ulf Lundstrom.**



