Patrol at Wanetchaung CBI (id:#67429)

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Wanetchaung, Burma 1942-03-07 (9 others)

Overview:

Part 2 of the "Roadblock at Mithwephok" Campaign Game played on HASL map. . .On March 6, 1942, General Sir Harold Alexander decided to abandon the effort to hold Rangoon and gave the order to evacuate all Commonwealth civilians and military units ahead of the invading Japanese. The fighting retreat headed north on the Prome Road. On March 7, lead forces of the retreating army reported that the Japanese had cut he road to Prome at Mile Post 27 near the village of Mithwephok. A recon unit patrolling north of Wanetchaung, a small village northeast of Mithwephok, was ordered to probe into Mithwephok and report the strength of the Japanese forces and assist in clearing the road for the retreating Commonwealth forces. Upon reaching the outskirts of Wanetchaung, the recon unit encountered Japanese resistance in the small village.

Defender: Japanese (2nd Infantry Battalion, 214th Infantry Regiment with Pack Company, Transport Regiment)  

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