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Title
Jungle Infiltration
Description
After hitting severe Japanese resistance along the stream that became known as Suicide Creek, the 7th Marine Regiment’s slog through the dense jungle of Cape Gloucester came to a halt as the Marines tired and failed to take the stream “on the fly”. This temporary stabilization of the front …
Publisher
Date
1944-01-02
Scenario#
J132
Scenario Description
After hitting severe Japanese resistance along the stream that became known as Suicide Creek, the 7th Marine Regiment’s slog through the dense jungle of Cape Gloucester came to a halt as the Marines tired and failed to take the stream “on the fly”. This temporary stabilization of the front provided an opportunity for the Japanese to counterattack the Marines while they began building up forces for a more concentrated attack across the stream. The Marines found themselves fighting for their lives against both a determined Japanese counterattack as well as small Japanese outposts which the Marines had bypassed as they hacked through the thick jungle.
Location
Cape Gloucester, New Britian
Battle Narrative
The Battle of Cape Gloucester was fought in the Pacific theater of World War II between Japanese and Allied forces on the island of New Britain, Territory of New Guinea, between 26 December 1943 and 16 January 1944. Codenamed Operation Backhander, the US landing formed part of the wider Operation Cartwheel, the main Allied strategy in the South West Pacific Area and Pacific Ocean Areas during 1943–1944. It was the second landing the US 1st Marine Division had conducted during the war thus far, after Guadalcanal. The objective of the operation was to capture the two Japanese airfields near Cape Gloucester that were defended by elements of the Japanese 17th Division.
Narrative Source
Combatants
Japanese
American
Additional Information
Scenario Type = Standard

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