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- Collection: Combat Commander: Battle Pack #4: New Guinea
Wau Me WorryScenario#: M9 Date: 31-Jan-43 Location: Wau, New GuineaAfter an arduous trek cutting through the jungle, and harassed along the way by Australian KANGA Force, the exhausted Japanese troops of the 102nd Regiment, Okabu Detachment struggled onto the high ground overlooking their objective—the airfield at… Combat Commander — Battle Pack #4: New Guinea |
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The Gloomy ForestScenario#: M2 Date: 26-Jul-42 Location: Oivi, Papua, New GuineaThe initial formation of Maroubra Force (39th, 53rd and Papuan Infantry Battalions) faced the vanguard of the Japanese presence building up on New Guinea in June 1942. The force worked rapidly in an attempt to block the easy spread of … Combat Commander — Battle Pack #4: New Guinea |
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The Butcher's BillScenario#: M7 Date: 10-Dec-42 Location: Sanananda, New GuineaThe Japanese defenses west of the Girua River were anchored on numerous hidden strong points along the Soputa-Sanananda Road. One such strongpoint was flanked and cut off by the men of Coy l, 3rd Bn, 126th IR under the command … Combat Commander — Battle Pack #4: New Guinea |
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Templteton's CrossingScenario#: M4 Date: 17-Oct-42 Location: Templeton's Crossing, Papua, New GuineaThe Japanese advance along the Kokoda trail had reached its high water mark. The Japanese high command decided to focus first on Guadalcanal, and the forces on New Guinea were in retreat, having extended their supply lines. The Australian 25th … Combat Commander — Battle Pack #4: New Guinea |
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Shattered BobdubiScenario#: M11 Date: 30-Jun-43 Location: Bobdubi Ridge, New GuineaFollowing the Allied victory at Buna, Australian infantry pushed northwest toward the next enemy coastal base in a war of small-unit actions across the jungle tracks and kunai-grass heights of the interior. As a pincer with a US landing near … Combat Commander — Battle Pack #4: New Guinea |
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Scarlet BeachScenario#: M12 Date: 17-Oct-43 Location: Song River, New GuineaAs the Allies progressed up the New Guinea coast. General Adachi’s XVIII Army desperately counterattacked. To support a 20th Division thrust into the Allied perimeter around Finschhafen, Adachi dispatched barges loaded with remnants of 1st Lt.… Combat Commander — Battle Pack #4: New Guinea |
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Rebuked at RabiScenario#: M3 Date: 3-Sep-42 Location: Milne Bay, New GuineaThe Japanese attempt to seize the allied airfields in the vicinity of Rabi (Operation Re) encountered unexpected stiff Resistance from the defending Australians of Milne Force. After initial gains the 5th Kure Special Naval Landing Force was driven… Combat Commander — Battle Pack #4: New Guinea |
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Rabaul RousersScenario#: M1 Date: 23-Jan-42 Location: Rabaul, New Britain, New GuineaThe Australian men of Lt. W. G. Grant’s platoon of Coy. A, 2/22 Bn. were the forward elements defending the beachhead on the northern slopes of Mt. Vulcan. Grant's view across Simpson Bay showed the city of Rabaul and its … Combat Commander — Battle Pack #4: New Guinea |
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Encirclement of Troop CScenario#: M14 Date: 21-Jul-44 Location: Driniumor River, New GuineaAfter the westward breakthroughs across the river (earlier in July), the 20th Infantry Division was ordered to entrap and destroy American units. The Miyake Force (composed of the 78th, 79th and 80th Infantry Regiments, each fielding no more than a … Combat Commander — Battle Pack #4: New Guinea |
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Closing Outer CampScenario#: M8 Date: 18-Dec-42 Location: Buna, New GuineaThe Japanese defenses at Buna were extensive and compartmentalized, requiring coordinated Allied operations at various points. Elements of the well-supported 2/9th assaulted the defenders in the area identified by the Japanese as ”Outer Camp". The… Combat Commander — Battle Pack #4: New Guinea |
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Bulolo River BridgeScenario#: M10 Date: 30-Jan-43 Location: Wau, New GuineaA company of the ANZAC 2/5 battalion ordered to intercept elements of the Japanese 51st Division advancing on Wau finds itself bypassed and cut off. The unit attempts to sneak back to friendly lines through the advancing Japanese forces but … Combat Commander — Battle Pack #4: New Guinea |
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BreakoutScenario#: M6 Date: 11-Nov-42 Location: Gorari, New GuineaThe Australians had taken Kokoda and were driving toward the north coast of New Guinea. The Japanese forward defense was centered on Gorari. The Australians managed to find a parallel around the Japanese defense and managed to break it into … Combat Commander — Battle Pack #4: New Guinea |
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Blind Man's BluffScenario#: M5 Date: 28-Oct-42 Location: Eora Creek, Papua, New GuineaThe Australians had taken the crossings over Eora Creek, but the Kokoda Trail remained blocked by a Japanese strongpoint to the north. B Company 2/1 Battalion was pinned down to the south and subjected to fire from Japanese heavy weapons. … Combat Commander — Battle Pack #4: New Guinea |
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Bad DreamsScenario#: M13 Date: 10-Jul-44 Location: Driniumor River, New GuineaThe desperate Japanese offensive along the Driniumor River by forces of the 20th Infantry Division faced widely strung out US regiments (the 127th, the 128th and the 112th Cavalry), with both parties probing each other. At the culmination point,… Combat Commander — Battle Pack #4: New Guinea |