76 Hours In The Beginning - The Matrix Games version of Rising Sun
| Rating: | 5.3 (1) |
| Games Played: | 1 |
| SM: | 4 |
| Turns: | 25 |
| Type: | Custom |
| First Side: | Allies |
| Second Side: | Axis |
| Downloads: | 358 |
20 November, 1943
Betio, Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands: [Best played as Allied]
The image most people have of the war with Japan is of amphibious
assaults on coral islands in the central Pacific. The attack
on Betio Island, usually just known as Tarawa, by the US 2nd
Marine Division in the fall of 1943, was one of the first. Once
a British possession, Betio had been occupied in December of
1941. Then with the reverses suffered in 1942, Japanese Imperial
Headquarters decided to fortify the island and build an airfield
to serve as an important link in Japan's defensive perimeter.
It was the mission of Admiral Shibasaki's 3rd Special Base Force
to prepare the Gilbert Islands to face an American attack. By
November 1943, the tiny island had been built into a formidable
fortress with concrete pillboxes, log bunkers and a considerable
number of heavy caliber support weapons. Alerted to the approaching
invasion force on the 19th, the defenders spent the next morning
under an intense naval bombardment that destroyed the above ground
facilities but left most of the combat power of the garrison
intact. It was up to the marines of the reinforced 2nd Marine
Division, churning through the choppy seas toward Red Beach,
to force their way ashore in the face of a well-organized defense
on the island that came to be know only as "Bloody Tarawa". Now
it's up to you to land on Betio ... it's the first Day... Design
Note: Map scale has been adjusted for clarity and playability.
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Moderately Pro Axis | 6 |
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keif149 | vs. | Tiger 88 |  |
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Axis Major Victory | 48 | 8 |
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