The Angaur Campaign - Memoir 44

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1 The - Memoir Developed by ACCMP Final Resistance Taking the Town of Saipan TOTALS The Phosphate Works Eastern Landing Northern Landing

2 Equipment Needed Memoir base game (Obviously) Terrain Pack Pacific Theater Campaign Book Vol (Suggested but not required) Rules Play the Scenarios in the following order: & - Northern Landing, Eastern Landing (You choose Order) - The Phosphate Works - Taking the Town of Saipan - Final Resistance Scoring Victory Point for each Medal gained per Scenario (There are no extra points for Objective medals, they count as normal points) Victory Point for each game won When these points are calculated at the end of the game put the points next to the power you are playing on the Victory Map. Scenario Allied Win Japanese Win Northern Landing No Bonus No Bonus Eastern Landing No Bonus No Bonus Both Northern and Eastern Landing won The Phosphate Works Taking the Town of Saipan At the Phosphate Works of your Artillery units can be upgraded to be a Mobile Artillery unit. At the Town of Saipan two tank units of your choice become Flame Thrower Tanks. At Final Resistance two enemy infantry units of your choice remove figure. At the Phosphate Works add Sniper unit and give another Infantry unit a Mortar SWA. At the Town of Saipan place two mines and two barbed wire pieces on the board but they may not be adjacent to enemy units. At Final Resistance add mines on to unoccupied hill hexes.,00cm

3 0 [Angaur] Eastern Landing -. Sep Part of the Southern RR AbandondedMine At the same time as the nd RCT were landing at the north of the island the RCT was landing on the east coast, on Beach Blue. This was after a preliminary bombardment by the battleship, USS Tennessee, as well as one heavy cruiser and three light cruisers. Dauntless dive bombers from the USS Wasp (CV-) also attacked the beaches and LCI(G)'s fired.in rockets to support the landing. They only encountered only minor resistance on landing but met stiffer resistance once it moved off the beach and did not advance as far as the. The stage is set, the battle lines are drawn and you are in command, the rest is history. Allied Player [United States] Take Cards You move first. Take Cards Medals [Nation ] Imperial Japanese Army command rules are in effect. [Nations ] US Marine Command Rules are in effect.

4 0 [Anguar] Northern Landing -. Sep Part of Anguar Campaign 0 x Lake Aztec Pacific RR AbandondMine Seaboard RR Beach Red On of September, the nd RCT landed on Beach Red on the Northeast of Anguar. This was after a preliminary bombardment by the battleship, USS Tennessee, as well as one heavy cruiser and three light cruisers. Dauntless dive bombers from the USS Wasp (CV-) also attacked the beaches and LCI(G)'s fired.in rockets to support the landing. They only encountered only minor resistance on landing but met stiffer resistance once it moved off the beach. The stage is set, the battle lines are drawn and you are in command, the rest is history. Allied Player [United States] Take Cards You Move First Take Cards Medals [Nation ] Imperial Japanese Army Command are in effect. [Nations ] US Marine Command Rules are in effect.

5 0 [Angaur] The Phosphate Works -. Sep Part of the x x 0 x Allied Player [USA] Take Cards You Move First Take Cards x x Phosphate Works High Ground Northern RR Southern RR The next day, F+, both RCT's advanced towards each other and linked up, neutralizing small Japanese reconnaissance positions along the way. Both groups had air and tank support. The nd then pushed west from Beach Red towards the center of the island and the high ground where Major Goto had his final defensive position, and had reached the phosphate plant on the outskirts of Saipan Town early in the afternoon. Japanese resistance was starting to stiffen. The st RCT pushed west from Beach Blue and progressed well until they came up against the formidable defenses of Beach Green. Medals Temporary medal objectives are in effect for the Hexes with Objective Medals. [Nations ] Imperial Japanese Army Command Rules are in effect. [Nations ] US Marine Command Rules are in effect. [Troops 0] Sniper rules are in effect for the single figure Japanese unit with the badge.

6 0 [Angaur] Taking the Town of Saipan - Part of the.. Sep x 0 x 0 x x Ocean Cove Middle Village Siapan PhospahteWorks Soon after taking the phosphate plant the st RCT pushed west from all the way across the island until they came up against the defenses of Beach Green which they encircled. The town of Saipan was easily taken. On F+ they continued their push into the defenses on Beach Green from the rear and were forced to reduce the fortifications one by one. After continued hard fighting the other elements of the st RCT reached the shoreline of the southwest of the island. There were now only two remaining pockets of Japanese resistance on the island. Allied Player [USA] Take Cards - You Move First Take Cards Medals Any US unit that reaches the other side of the board collects a Temporary Medal Objective. [Nations ] Imperial Japanese Army Command Rules are in affect. [Nations ] US Marines Command Rules are in effect. [Troops 0] Sniper rules are in affect for the Japanese unit with the Badge.

7 0 [Angaur] Final Resistance 0. Sep - Part of x x 0 Medals The two hill hexes with the Allied Objective Medals are Temporary Medal Objectives for the Allied Player. Romauldo Hill Western RR Lake Aztec Milwaukee RR Lake Salome Lighthouse Hill Major Goto, the commander of the Japanese units on the island of Angaur, decided to put his last defense on Romauldo Hill, a series of coral ridges. The fighting here went on for weeks in which the RCT was locked in vicous hand to hand close quarters combat with the Japanese. Flame throwers and bulldozers were used by the Marines to neutralize the Japanese cave complexes. Major Goto was killed fighting on October.Fighting finally ceased on the of October. Allied Player [USA] Take Command Cards - You Move First Take Command Cards [Nations ] Imperial Japanese Army command rules are in effect. [Nations ] US Marines Command Rules are in effect. [Special Rule] The armor units with figures and that have the Battle Stars tokens are Bulldozer units. They are command as armor units. They can move three hexes. They never battle. When they are adjacent to a cave hex, even the turn they move next to it, they roll dice. If a Star is rolled the cave is sealed and the enemy unit on it, no matter the strength, is eliminated and counts as a medal for the Allied Player.