[Fritz]

Week 2, June 1944

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Major ground operations on Guam have come to a close.

The Tinian invasion force is strung out between Wake and Guam, where they will collect prior to making an assault. (Note here: The invasion is really of Tinian and Rota and Goat islands. IRL Tinian is just 6 miles from Saipan, but in the game they might as well be 60 miles apart). Rear Admiral Tisdale's Battleship force has been making daily bombardment strikes for the better part of 10 days.

Naval operations in the waters around Iwo Jima continue to result in losses to Japanese transports and their escorts. This fertile hunting ground has allowed the allies to pass the 1200 ship (100 ship per month for a year) mark

As the week has come to a close, a CV Task Force conducting sea lane interdiction operations in the middle of the Philippine Sea has sited what it thinks are two Japanese CV moving northward. The largely green American TF has been issued orders to pull back towards Guam to join up with two other American CV TFs moving southeast from Iwo.

Southwest NG

The American 1st Cav division has landed at Hollandia, met by an Japanese force of inconclusive size. The Americans landed unopposed, so Gen. Bradley suspects the Japanese are not prepared to hold the area. On the off chance they are, the 503rd PIR and 4 Marine parachute Battalions are ready to drop in as reinforcements.

The 3rd and 9th Australian Divisions have been moved north of Madang. The divisions will begin the march south to the costal base by June 21st. General Bradley's staff is expecting a large, but poorly supplied Japanese force.

Southwest DEI

The Australian 1st Cav staged a mini-revolt when issued orders to plan for combat on Borneo. Several Junior officers and senior NCO have transferred out and veterans brought in. Given the poor morale of the division, The 4th AUS division has instead been issued orders for Borneo. The 1st AUS Cav will instead move to Kendari to replace US Marines sometime in late June/Early July.