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- | (note, if you just want to know how to play, you can skip everything but the " | + | (if you just want to know how to play, you can skip everything but the " |
====== Introduction for USA ====== | ====== Introduction for USA ====== | ||
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- | Control of Iwo Jima is critical to our victory. | + | Control of Iwo Jima is critical to our victory. |
- | ====== Historical Background ====== | ||
- | (thanks Wikipedia) | ||
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- | The Battle of Iwo Jima (1945), was a major battle in which the United States Armed Forces fought for and captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Empire. The American invasion had the goal of capturing the entire island, along with its three airfields, to provide a staging area for attacks on the Japanese main islands. This five-week battle comprised some of the fiercest and bloodiest fighting of the War in the Pacific of World War II. The Imperial Japanese Army positions on the island were heavily fortified, with a dense network of bunkers, hidden artillery positions, and 18 km (11 mi) of underground tunnels. | ||
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- | The 36-day (Iwo Jima) assault resulted in more than 26,000 American casualties, including 6,800 dead. Of the 22,060 Japanese soldiers entrenched on the island, 18,844 died either from fighting or by ritual suicide. Only 216 were captured during the course of battle. After Iwo Jima, it was estimated there were no more than 300 Japanese left alive in the island' | ||
====== Playing the Game ====== | ====== Playing the Game ====== | ||
+ | Pretty much everything you need to play the game is given tersely on the board image. | ||
USA and Japan both have different advantages, and you will need to exploit your advantages while dulling your opponents advantages. | USA and Japan both have different advantages, and you will need to exploit your advantages while dulling your opponents advantages. | ||
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===== Border Modifiers ===== | ===== Border Modifiers ===== | ||
- | Attacking uphill (i.e. across orange lines towards the center of the island or up Mt. Suribachi) is at extreme disadvantage (attack | + | Attacking uphill (i.e. across orange lines towards the center of the island or up Mt. Suribachi) is at extreme disadvantage (defend |
===== Earning and Placing Units ===== | ===== Earning and Placing Units ===== | ||
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Units can only be placed in a few territories. | Units can only be placed in a few territories. | ||
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===== Other Rules ===== | ===== Other Rules ===== | ||
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* return to attack from transfer | * return to attack from transfer | ||
* 20 unit max in all territories (although tunnels start with more units, once they move out they are limited to 20 units thereafter) | * 20 unit max in all territories (although tunnels start with more units, once they move out they are limited to 20 units thereafter) | ||
- | * Heavy Fog | + | * Medium |
===== Strategy ===== | ===== Strategy ===== | ||
- | You need to make sure you have some airports and/or landing zones that do not have 20 units on them. If those territories are " | + | You need to make sure you have some airports and/or landing zones that do not have 20 units on them. If those territories are " |
+ | Usually you want to leave 1 or 2 units behind in most territories. | ||
- | Usually you want to leave 1 or two units behind in most territories. | + | * [[http:// |
+ | * [[http:// | ||
==== USA ==== | ==== USA ==== | ||
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Build slowly | Build slowly | ||
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+ | ====== Historical Background ====== | ||
+ | (thanks Wikipedia) | ||
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+ | The Battle of Iwo Jima (1945), was a major battle in which the United States Armed Forces fought for and captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Empire. The American invasion had the goal of capturing the entire island, along with its three airfields, to provide a staging area for attacks on the Japanese main islands. This five-week battle comprised some of the fiercest and bloodiest fighting of the War in the Pacific of World War II. The Imperial Japanese Army positions on the island were heavily fortified, with a dense network of bunkers, hidden artillery positions, and 18 km (11 mi) of underground tunnels. | ||
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+ | The 36-day (Iwo Jima) assault resulted in more than 26,000 American casualties, including 6,800 dead. Of the 22,060 Japanese soldiers entrenched on the island, 18,844 died either from fighting or by ritual suicide. Only 216 were captured during the course of battle. After Iwo Jima, it was estimated there were no more than 300 Japanese left alive in the island' | ||
====== Photograph Controversy ====== | ====== Photograph Controversy ====== | ||
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- | >As a result of this report, Rosenthal was repeatedly accused of staging the photograph, or covering up the first flag-raising. One New York Times book reviewer even went so far as to suggest revoking his Pulitzer Prize. | + | >As a result of this report, Rosenthal was repeatedly accused of staging the photograph, or covering up the first flag-raising. One New York Times book reviewer even went so far as to suggest revoking his Pulitzer Prize. |