macrobo
King of Boxcars
- Joined
- Nov 5, 2005
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- Location
- Geelong Melbourne
- First name
- Rob
- Country
Hi All
As usual, may I ask those with CH issues to leave without a message of negativity
I have a particular interest in Buna - This is an early part (after the Milne Bay success) of the one half of operation Cartwheel - what happened in the pacific when Stalingrad was ablaze!! - The One arm going up New Guinea and the other up the Solomon Islands - I had a Old bloke across the road when I was a Kid that participated in the action - he was never talking about it much (nor did my Dad about his stuff in WW2) but its an area where I really enjoy historical depictions
Buna was a shocker for the US troops - A few Battalions of two Divisions 126th and 128th really expected a walk over but found teh going even worse than Guadalcanal - instead of a simple fight in November - It took till January 43 with the help of some tough Aussies to crack this formidable integrated Bunker/Fortification defense - deep in the jungle
SO usual CH pack
Large Historical Map of the area - Map Panels (Yes They are hard)
2 page History/Special Rules
10 Moderate scenarios and 1 mega scenarios
1 x big counter sheet of IJA and 1/2 Counter sheet of Aussie/US in that period
What I like
The Buna terrain is nice and nasty jungle and coastal stuff for that area is represented well
The US have FP but is matched nicely by IJA Fortifications - makes for repetitive nasty assaults which can go either way
The funny here is when the Aussies arrive they bring in the tanks to tip the scales!! - not the USA - They only had a few 37LL ATGs that were really tough to get around
Anyway Thats my quick look at a product I have always wanted
Cheers
Rob
As usual, may I ask those with CH issues to leave without a message of negativity
I have a particular interest in Buna - This is an early part (after the Milne Bay success) of the one half of operation Cartwheel - what happened in the pacific when Stalingrad was ablaze!! - The One arm going up New Guinea and the other up the Solomon Islands - I had a Old bloke across the road when I was a Kid that participated in the action - he was never talking about it much (nor did my Dad about his stuff in WW2) but its an area where I really enjoy historical depictions
Buna was a shocker for the US troops - A few Battalions of two Divisions 126th and 128th really expected a walk over but found teh going even worse than Guadalcanal - instead of a simple fight in November - It took till January 43 with the help of some tough Aussies to crack this formidable integrated Bunker/Fortification defense - deep in the jungle
SO usual CH pack
Large Historical Map of the area - Map Panels (Yes They are hard)
2 page History/Special Rules
10 Moderate scenarios and 1 mega scenarios
1 x big counter sheet of IJA and 1/2 Counter sheet of Aussie/US in that period
What I like
The Buna terrain is nice and nasty jungle and coastal stuff for that area is represented well
The US have FP but is matched nicely by IJA Fortifications - makes for repetitive nasty assaults which can go either way
The funny here is when the Aussies arrive they bring in the tanks to tip the scales!! - not the USA - They only had a few 37LL ATGs that were really tough to get around
Anyway Thats my quick look at a product I have always wanted
Cheers
Rob