During the Second Arakan Campaign of 1944, the British were driving hard to reclaim Burma and shatter the myth of Japanese invincibility. The Kaladan Valley would be the site of hard fighting by the 81st West Africa Infantry Division. New to combat, the West Africans struggled to acclimate themselves to the Burmese environment and then gain the combat skills necessary to defeat the Japanese. Facing the 81st in the Kaladan Valley was the Japanese 55th Reconnaissance Regiment. This understrength unit would patrol aggressively in the valley and subsequently have multiple minor engagements with the patrols of the 81st. March 2nd would see another of these close contact engagements as both patrols attempted to gain intelligence of their opponent’s dispositions in the valley.
Attacker: Japanese (55th Reconnaissance Regiment)
Defender: British (81st West Afrika Infantry Division)
5 turns
Players: 2 OBA: None Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:6.0 D:6.0
AFVs: A:0
AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0 D:0
Misc Rules:
PTO (G.1), Exc: Roads are Roads. Attacker determined initiative. Both Sides: Cloaked (E1.4)
