Japan '46 Operation Coronet Allied AAR

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The optional rules. Default+Programmed Weather. I'm not sure why that is off by default.



The initial landings were not that rough. You can launch "phased" landings in the sense that you don't have to place all the reinforcements at once, so you don't end up with big vulnerable stacks on beach hexes.

The starting situation without any units on the beaches. The ships closest to shore are LCI ® single use rocket units.



Two X Corps divisions, the 24th ID on the left with a dark blue divisional colour and the 31st ID with a turquoise (of sorts) divisional colour on the right land on North Lamour Beach with Corps engineer/tank units in between and face the B quality 84th Division. The going here will be tough.

Two XIV Corps Divisions, the 6th ID with a light purple divisional colour on the left and the 32nd ID on the right with a dark blue divisional colour, face the 140th Division which is large but luckily C quality. Corps engineer and armour units land in between the two divisions and to the right of 32nd ID. The main problem here will be the A quality Naval Landing units coming in from the east.

As in Operation Olympic, the US once again decide to land units on opposite banks of a major river and a large city, though this time there are two divisions on each side.



Two III Marine Amphibious Corps divisions, 1st Marine Division with a green-ish divisional colour on the left/southern flank and 4th Marine Division with a purple divisional colour on the right flank at Katakai, will land together with various Corps units and face the 3rd Imperial Guards, a C quality 1st Line division. As the Marines are nearly all B quality, the going here will be fairly rapid. The LVT's that land in the first wave will get shot up badly as they're frail.

Two XXIV Corps divisions, the 7th ID with a light purple divisional colour on the left/in the south and 27th ID on the right/in the north with a pink divisional colour land together with various Corps units and face the 147th Division, a large C quality 2nd Line formation.