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Title
Take Two
Description
Following the costly repulse of Company B of the 2nd Marine Regiment on Tanambogo, the 3rd Battalion of the 2nd Marines was ordered to land on Gavutu at dawn, relieve the exhausted paratroopers, and capture Tanambogo by the end of the day. Ashore at 0700 that Saturday, the 3rd …
Publisher
Date
1942-08-08
Scenario#
151
AH05
Scenario Description
Following the costly repulse of Company B of the 2nd Marine Regiment on Tanambogo, the 3rd Battalion of the 2nd Marines was ordered to land on Gavutu at dawn, relieve the exhausted paratroopers, and capture Tanambogo by the end of the day. Ashore at 0700 that Saturday, the 3rd Battalion spent the morning methodically blasting the Japanese out of cave emplacements with TNT. At 1330, with Gavutu secured, they turned their attention to the island across the inlet. A two pronged attack was settled on. Company I, along with two tanks and supported by continuous air and naval bombardment, would make an amphibious assault on the same beach where the night attack had come to grief. Meanwhile, a platoon of K Company would rush across the causeway on foot to outflank the Japanese defenders on the hill.
Location
Tanambogo, Solomon Islands
Battle Narrative
The Battle of Tulagi and Gavutu–Tanambogo was a land battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, between the forces of the Imperial Japanese Navy and Allied (mainly United States Marine Corps) ground forces. It took place from 7–9 August 1942 on the Solomon Islands, during the initial Allied landings in the Guadalcanal campaign. U.S. Marines of the 1st Marine Division, under the overall command of U.S. Major General Alexander Vandegrift, with the USMC invasion force under the direct command of Brigadier General William Rupertus, captured the islands of Tulagi, Gavutu, and Tanambogo among which the Japanese Navy had constructed a naval and seaplane base. The landings were fiercely resisted by the Japanese Navy troops who, heavily outnumbered and outgunned by the Allied forces, fought and died almost to the last man.
Combatants
American
Japanese
Additional Information
Scenario Type = Standard
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