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Title
Shoestring Ridge
Description
The arrival of the 11th Airborne Division on 22 November 1944 allowed Gen. Hodge to move the rest of the 7th Division to the west, in the direction of Ormoc. The Japanese had to stop this advance to secure the …
Subject
Publisher
Date
1944-11-23
Scenario#
21689
Scenario Description
The arrival of the 11th Airborne Division on 22 November 1944 allowed Gen. Hodge to move the rest of the 7th Division to the west, in the direction of Ormoc. The Japanese had to stop this advance to secure the western entrance to the trail towards the airfields in the east of the island. In the night of 23rd November, the Japanese troops opened fire across the Palanas River. The regiment's 2nd Battalion was pushed back off Hill 918 to a defensive position along the highway together with their artillery base. Also, a platoon of tanks from the 767th Tank Battalion was stationed at Damulaan. The next night, Japanese attacks put four pieces of Battery B out of action. The defensive battle for 'Shoestring Ridge', so named to reflect the supply situation, continued until 29th November, when US troops were able to take the offensive.
Location
Damulaan, Phillipines
Battle Name
Battle Narrative
The Battle of Leyte in the Pacific campaign of World War II was the amphibious invasion of the island of Leyte in the Philippines by American forces and Filipino guerrillas under the overall command of General Douglas MacArthur, who fought against the Imperial Japanese Army in the Philippines led by General Tomoyuki Yamashita. The operation, codenamed King Two, launched the Philippines campaign of 1944–45 for the recapture and liberation of the entire Philippine Archipelago and to end almost three years of Japanese occupation.
Narrative Source
Wikipedia: Battle of Leyte
Combatants
American
Japanese
Additional Information
Game Type: Standard
Board Type: Countryside
Website Access: Available

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