Operation Blissful
Operation Blissful
Artist Credit: daddog screen shot
In October of 1943 the next stage of the Allied plan in the Pacific was ready for implementation. On the 27th of October, a feint assault on the island of Choiseul (Operation Blissful) obscured the real objective, Bougainville. On October 27th New Zealand troops captured Treasury Island. On November 1st U.S. 3rd Marine Divison went ashore at Empress Augusta Bay. Despite Japanese counter attacks in the air and on land Americans held a defensive perimeter ten miles wide and file miles deep and made Augusta Bay into a naval base with three operating airstrips.
- The Cassell, Atlas of the Second World War.
This Close Escort will place players in and around “The Slot” in October of 1943.
Arena
SEA
Country Percentages
Allied ~ 40%
Axis ~ 60%
| Allies | Axis | |
| Units: | F4U-1 FM2 P-38G Fields A1, A32, A35, A41 and CV8. | A6M5 (Sub for A6M3) Ki67 (Sub for Betty) Fields: A9, A10, A11, A30 and CV28. |
| Orders: | Frame 1 – Defend Port 31 and Vehicle base 4 Frame 2 – Defend Port 31 and Vehicle base 36 Frame 3 – Defend A1 and A41 | Frame 1 – Attack Port 31 and Vehicle base 4 Frame 2 – Attack Port 31 and Vehicle base 36 Frame 3 – Attack Fields A1 and A41 |
| Restrictions: | All Allied aircraft must take 100% fuel and drop tanks. All Allied aircraft must be used. F4U’s must take off from CV8 | Axis Fighters must take 100% fuel and drop tanks. |
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