War in the Pacific AAR Thread - ML vs JFranzen

Molon Labe · 01-30-23, 04:34 PM

24 November 1943
It's been awhile since we've had air-to-air combat...Kido Butai intervening at Truk?

Japan
USS Tuna hit a 4875-ton cargo ship with 3 torpedoes in a night surface attack over 500 nautical miles east of Japan. Not sure what they were doing that far out; maybe a radical dogleg course for the Marshalls.

Philippine Sea
USS Seadragon torpedoed and destroyed a PB (215 tons) near Legaspi (port base, southeast Luzon).

Java
Our surprise B-24 raid came in waves. Thunderstorms made the attack somewhat lackluster. We still got a few ships. They had 5 Tojos and 9 Nicks on CAP--enough to get past the P-38s escorting the bombers (who didn't have enough fuel to really mix it up this far west) but not enough to actually shoot any bombers down. The bombers shot down 1 Nick.
E W-25, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
DD Murasame, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Yamakaze, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage

Truk
The regular B-24 raid encountered 24 Zeroes on CAP. P-38 escorts, also lacking fuel, took 4 losses while only downing 1 Zero. No bomber losses. No aircraft are being spotted on the ground by recon, so these Zeroes probably came from carriers. He may be trying to extend a protective umbrella to allow cargo ships to deliver supplies.

Speaking of which, Hellcat escorted SBDs bombed two more cargo ships approaching Truk; 4 Zeroes defended them resulting in a furball in which two Zeroes and 1 Hellcat went down. Both cargo ships were sunk by multiple bomb hits.

Avengers attacked Truk's port--mostly to get any cargo ships that might have made it to the docks. 19 Zeroes intervened and fought the 49 Hellcats escorting the package. This was a low-altitude flight, which gave the Zero a maneuvering advantage, so despite the overwhelming nubmers, losses were 9 Zeroes to 5 Hellcats. They never made it to the Avengers, which caused moderate damage to the port but found no ships to bomb.

Aircraft on ASW patrol around the Yankee Butai reported 3 hits on enemy submarines. Maybe they'll end up crippled in Truk to get picked off like the last 2.

Reinforcements
DD Brown arrives at Los Angeles
DD Wickes arrives at Eastern USA
SS Flounder arrives at Balboa
494th BG/865th BS arrives at Wendover Field
854-875-1871 Engineer Aviation Battalion arrives at San Francisco

Strategic Map. Note the progress in the Dutch East Indies, especially the thrust north up near the Philippines.

Molon Labe · 02-03-23, 09:58 AM

25 November 1943

DEI
Sally bombers attempted a night bombing on our new island base of Salajar. They hit the "runway" once, but that runway is basically trampled grass at this point.

Truk
If I haven't mentioned it already, the enemy appears to be Winchester. I'm reducing the altitude of the heavy bombers since they aren't taking flak anymore.

Reinforcements
SS Templar arrives at Aden

26 November 1943
Ambon: Take two

Japan
USS Darter was engaged by an ASW patrol near Chichi-Jima and severely damaged. I'm really surprised she managed to elude the patrol after taking so much damage. Let's see if she makes it to port.

Sulu Sea
I laid a minefield along the northern route here and it was immediately detected and cleared by enemy PBs. But the price they paid for using PBs instead of real minesweepers was one of the PBs.

DEI
Amphibious landings at Ambon are underway. The enemy troops should be beaten down from weeks of continuous bombing and months of supply shortages, so I expect little resistance beyond just the fact that there are about 50,000 of them here.

Truk
We attacked and brought the forts down to Level 3. Didn't we already hit level 3? That's concerning if true, I didn't think they had the supplies left to rebuild. It would seem some of those cargo ships got through and docked after all. Casualties 426(J) to 138(A).

Burma
I used paratroops to seize 3 unprotected bases in the mountains (Chaing Mai, Raheng, Uttaradit). Rangoon's time is up.

Molon Labe · 02-03-23, 10:23 AM

27 November 1943

DEI
A night raid on Salajar cost the enemy two Sallies this time, as I had stationed F4U-2 night fighters there.

The enemy garrison at Ambon attacked US!!! It didn't go well...casualties 776 to 226 favoring us.

Somehow, part of my amphibious group turned around instead of merging with the main force, so I'll have to order them back. For now, we're outnumbered, so I'd rather wait a bit even though the enemy is bombed out and starving.

Our airbase on Salajar is now large enough to support offensive operations.

Truk
I'm cycling one CV and one CVL out of the Yankee Butai to replenish aircraft sorties. Meanwhile, a few of those ships that still have plenty remaining are hitting Truk again to try to cause supply-sucking base damage.

USS Narwhal was bombed near Truk, but damage was slight and she's remaining on station. Probably just a floatplane, or one of the baby bombs carried by a Betty.

Burma
I made a probing bombardment attack to reveal the enemy troop strength at Rangoon as my last few units I need for the assault worked their way into position. It's 50k against 28k, and we're the side with supplies and air support. This is going to be a slaughter.

28 November 1943
Rangoon recaptured in a single day of combat

Marianas
West of Guam, USS Bowfin hit a former-minesweeper-turned-Kaibokan with two torpedoes, sinking it.

Truk
My bombers are back to 20k feet... the flak guns are definitely back in business. Which means so are the coastal batteries, so inbound supplies and reinforcements will probably have to wait.

Burma
The enemy resisted as well as they could, but even that plus their fortifications couldn't hold us off. Rangoon is ours. A few enemy units retreated to the river delta swamplands, but most of them are still in the base hex. A few more were destroyed. Casualties 5460 to 3983 favoring us... a great result for taking a fortified major base. And remember those tanks giving me so much trouble? Of 700 defending vehicles, 626 were destroyed! And of course, the enemy is eventually going to lose all 50k troops, so consider that the totals will be 50,000 to a little over 4,000 overall by the time this is over.

The enemy got a small measure of revenge, putting an airborne assault of much greater size than mine together and retaking Raheng.

Molon Labe · 02-06-23, 10:05 PM

29 November 1943

Truk
We attempted to take the base again but didn't make much headway, forts holding at Level 3 and casualties 247 to 341 favoring the enemy.

Burma
At Rangoon we continue to hunt down the enemy units that have been pushed out of the base but remain in the hex. Casualties 4473 to 1040 favoring us.

Japan recaptured Uttaradit with paratroopers.

30 November 1943
Light cruiser and destroyer disabled by mines in southern Luzon route chokepoint.

Philippines
The destroyer Fubuki and the light cruiser Yura hit mines near the eastern exit of the shipping route passing south of Luzon. The rest of the task force was able to clear out the minefield. Fubuki was transporting troops. Both ships likely sank.

Java
I attempted a P-38 sweep of Surabaya. Didn't go so well; first wave was 15 P-38s against 57 enemy fighters, and then 5 stragglers showed up after the hornet's nest had already been kicked. We ended up losing 5 P-38s while taking out just 4 Tonies and 3 Nicks--simply not good enough considering how few P-38s we have. And our actual losses were probably double that if you account for damaged planes that didn't make it back to base or got scrapped after they got there.

Burma

We're still hunting down the enemy around Rangoon. We got 2544 of the 16787 they have left. Friendly casualties 625.

Japan tried to retake the 3rd base we took by paratroopers, Chiang Mai, but this time we had enough of our own paratroops there already to fight off the attack. 64 enemy casualties to 0.

1 December 1943

DEI
The enemy attempted a sweep of Manado with Georges from Davao. Just 5 of them... vs 19 Hellcats, 4 Corsairs, and 4 P-40s. We shot down 3 of the Georges with no losses.

Truk
We attacked the base again, bringing the forts down to Level 2. Casualties 614 to 364 favoring us. It's getting close, we should have the base within a week. I've got some more reinforcements standing by, but I'm going to have them hold off until the AA guns fall silent again. I'm spotting subs near the port--it looks like he might be using them to run supplies to keep those guns in action. So I'll have a few destroyers there on patrol with some Hellcats overhead.

Burma
Getting close to finishing the mop up. Casualties 3003 to 226.
We eliminated the enemy paratroops at Chiang Mai. (Correction: no we didn't, still working on it)

Reinforcements
DD Hickox arrives at Balboa
VB-116 arrives at San Diego
No. 681 Sqn RAF arrives at Rangoon
18th FG/12th FS arrives at San Francisco

Molon Labe · 02-08-23, 10:32 PM

2 December 1943

DEI
Current bombing targets:
Kendari (airfield): 1 B-24 shot down by flak. 35 base hits, 12 casualties.
Koepang (ground forces): ineffective
Ambon (ground forces and airbase): 9 base hits
Makassar (airbase): 19 base hits

Land battles in progress:
Ambon: Allied deliberate attack--forts holding at Level 4, casualties 520 (A) to 236(J); but enemy losses included 39 destroyed vehicles so this isn't as lopsided as it may appear.

China
Current bombing targets:
Sinyang (ground forces - 103 casualties)
Anking (ground forces - 47 casualties)
Kiukiang (ground forces - 11 casualties)

Burma
Current bombing targets:
Rangoon (ground forces): 198 casualties
Pisanuloke (ground forces): 166 casualties

Land battles:
Rangoon: Allied deliberate attack, casualties 166(A) to 3215 (J).
Chaing Mai (paratroopers vs paratroopers): Allied deliberate attack; casualties 17 Japanese to 0 Allied.

Truk
Bombing port, airbase, and ground forces. 2 port hits, 14 airbase hits, 17 casualties
Land combat: enemy bombardment attack--ineffective; Allied deliberate attack--forts reduced to Level 1, 365 to 45 casualties favoring us. Next attack might put us over the top!

I'm rotating carriers out to replenish aircraft fuel/ammo supplies. Essex and Belleau Wood have completed that task today and are headed back to rejoin the Yankee Butai.

Papua New Guinea
For several weeks, I've had an amphibous group picking off empty bases from near Rabaul west along the PNG coast. We've been stopped at Hollandia by a minor force there that we are now engaging. Casualties this turn 73 to 18 favoring us, forts at Level 3.

Palau Islands
USS S-45 was bombed by enemy aircraft yesterday, and sank today. Based on a search of this thread, S-45 doesn't appear to have been lost without any victories in its career.

Reinforcements
CVE Wake Island arrives at Portland
DD Cogswell arrives at Eastern USA
VMB-413 arrives at Eastern USA
18th FG/12th FS arrives at Los Angeles
11th RAAF M/W Sqn arrives at Sydney

Molon Labe · 02-08-23, 10:59 PM

3 December 1943
Allied Victory Points overtakes Japan's

Japan
USS Wahoo and USS Sculpin took light depth charge damage from sub chasers near Chichi-jima.
USS Whale torpedoed and destroyed an enemy subchaser near Aogashima.

DEI and Mindanao
Hellcats from Manado swept Davao (the suspected originating base of the George sweep a few days ago)--no joy.

Bombing targets:
Koepang (ground forces): 7 casualties
Ambon (ground forces): 4 casualties
Makassar (ground forces): 14 casualties
Kendari (airbase): 1 hit

Land combat:
Ambon: Japanese bombardment attack--ineffective.

China
Bombing targets:
Sinyang (ground forces): 21 casualties
Anking (ground forces): 23 casualties
Kiukiang (ground forces) 7 casualties

Burma
Bombing targets:
Rangoon (ground forces): 91 casualties
Pisanuloke (ground forces): 50 casualties

Land combat:
Rangoon--Allied deliberate attack: 226 enemy casualties, 0 Allied.
Chiang Mai--Allied deliberate attack, 24 enemy casualties, 0 Allied.

Truk
Bombing port, airbase, and ground forces: 22 casualties, 4 port hits, 5 airbase hits
Land combat: Allied deliberate attack--forts reduced to 0, casualties 536(J) to 151(A).

At least 2 enemy subs are approaching Truk, perhaps to drop off supplies.
ASW patrol aircraft from my carriers claimed 3 hits on enemy submarines.

Reinforcements
DD Charles Badger arrives at Eastern USA
DD McCord arrives at San Francisco
DMS Palmer arrives at Eastern USA
TK K.R. Kingsbury arrives at Portland

Ostfriese · 02-09-23, 11:09 AM

I guess Rangoon caused that spike.

01-30-23, 04:34 PM	#1
Molon Labe Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Along the Watchtower Posts: 3,810 Downloads: 27 Uploads: 5	24 November 1943 It's been awhile since we've had air-to-air combat...Kido Butai intervening at Truk? Japan USS Tuna hit a 4875-ton cargo ship with 3 torpedoes in a night surface attack over 500 nautical miles east of Japan. Not sure what they were doing that far out; maybe a radical dogleg course for the Marshalls. Philippine Sea USS Seadragon torpedoed and destroyed a PB (215 tons) near Legaspi (port base, southeast Luzon). Java Our surprise B-24 raid came in waves. Thunderstorms made the attack somewhat lackluster. We still got a few ships. They had 5 Tojos and 9 Nicks on CAP--enough to get past the P-38s escorting the bombers (who didn't have enough fuel to really mix it up this far west) but not enough to actually shoot any bombers down. The bombers shot down 1 Nick. E W-25, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk DD Murasame, Bomb hits 1, on fire DD Yamakaze, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage Truk The regular B-24 raid encountered 24 Zeroes on CAP. P-38 escorts, also lacking fuel, took 4 losses while only downing 1 Zero. No bomber losses. No aircraft are being spotted on the ground by recon, so these Zeroes probably came from carriers. He may be trying to extend a protective umbrella to allow cargo ships to deliver supplies. Speaking of which, Hellcat escorted SBDs bombed two more cargo ships approaching Truk; 4 Zeroes defended them resulting in a furball in which two Zeroes and 1 Hellcat went down. Both cargo ships were sunk by multiple bomb hits. Avengers attacked Truk's port--mostly to get any cargo ships that might have made it to the docks. 19 Zeroes intervened and fought the 49 Hellcats escorting the package. This was a low-altitude flight, which gave the Zero a maneuvering advantage, so despite the overwhelming nubmers, losses were 9 Zeroes to 5 Hellcats. They never made it to the Avengers, which caused moderate damage to the port but found no ships to bomb. Aircraft on ASW patrol around the Yankee Butai reported 3 hits on enemy submarines. Maybe they'll end up crippled in Truk to get picked off like the last 2. Reinforcements DD Brown arrives at Los Angeles DD Wickes arrives at Eastern USA SS Flounder arrives at Balboa 494th BG/865th BS arrives at Wendover Field 854-875-1871 Engineer Aviation Battalion arrives at San Francisco Strategic Map. Note the progress in the Dutch East Indies, especially the thrust north up near the Philippines. __________________

02-03-23, 09:58 AM	#2
Molon Labe Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Along the Watchtower Posts: 3,810 Downloads: 27 Uploads: 5	25 November 1943 DEI Sally bombers attempted a night bombing on our new island base of Salajar. They hit the "runway" once, but that runway is basically trampled grass at this point. Truk If I haven't mentioned it already, the enemy appears to be Winchester. I'm reducing the altitude of the heavy bombers since they aren't taking flak anymore. Reinforcements SS Templar arrives at Aden 26 November 1943 Ambon: Take two Japan USS Darter was engaged by an ASW patrol near Chichi-Jima and severely damaged. I'm really surprised she managed to elude the patrol after taking so much damage. Let's see if she makes it to port. Sulu Sea I laid a minefield along the northern route here and it was immediately detected and cleared by enemy PBs. But the price they paid for using PBs instead of real minesweepers was one of the PBs. DEI Amphibious landings at Ambon are underway. The enemy troops should be beaten down from weeks of continuous bombing and months of supply shortages, so I expect little resistance beyond just the fact that there are about 50,000 of them here. Truk We attacked and brought the forts down to Level 3. Didn't we already hit level 3? That's concerning if true, I didn't think they had the supplies left to rebuild. It would seem some of those cargo ships got through and docked after all. Casualties 426(J) to 138(A). Burma I used paratroops to seize 3 unprotected bases in the mountains (Chaing Mai, Raheng, Uttaradit). Rangoon's time is up. __________________

02-03-23, 10:23 AM	#3
Molon Labe Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Along the Watchtower Posts: 3,810 Downloads: 27 Uploads: 5	27 November 1943 DEI A night raid on Salajar cost the enemy two Sallies this time, as I had stationed F4U-2 night fighters there. The enemy garrison at Ambon attacked US!!! It didn't go well...casualties 776 to 226 favoring us. Somehow, part of my amphibious group turned around instead of merging with the main force, so I'll have to order them back. For now, we're outnumbered, so I'd rather wait a bit even though the enemy is bombed out and starving. Our airbase on Salajar is now large enough to support offensive operations. Truk I'm cycling one CV and one CVL out of the Yankee Butai to replenish aircraft sorties. Meanwhile, a few of those ships that still have plenty remaining are hitting Truk again to try to cause supply-sucking base damage. USS Narwhal was bombed near Truk, but damage was slight and she's remaining on station. Probably just a floatplane, or one of the baby bombs carried by a Betty. Burma I made a probing bombardment attack to reveal the enemy troop strength at Rangoon as my last few units I need for the assault worked their way into position. It's 50k against 28k, and we're the side with supplies and air support. This is going to be a slaughter. 28 November 1943 Rangoon recaptured in a single day of combat Marianas West of Guam, USS Bowfin hit a former-minesweeper-turned-Kaibokan with two torpedoes, sinking it. Truk My bombers are back to 20k feet... the flak guns are definitely back in business. Which means so are the coastal batteries, so inbound supplies and reinforcements will probably have to wait. Burma The enemy resisted as well as they could, but even that plus their fortifications couldn't hold us off. Rangoon is ours. A few enemy units retreated to the river delta swamplands, but most of them are still in the base hex. A few more were destroyed. Casualties 5460 to 3983 favoring us... a great result for taking a fortified major base. And remember those tanks giving me so much trouble? Of 700 defending vehicles, 626 were destroyed! And of course, the enemy is eventually going to lose all 50k troops, so consider that the totals will be 50,000 to a little over 4,000 overall by the time this is over. The enemy got a small measure of revenge, putting an airborne assault of much greater size than mine together and retaking Raheng. __________________

02-06-23, 10:05 PM	#4
Molon Labe Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Along the Watchtower Posts: 3,810 Downloads: 27 Uploads: 5	29 November 1943 Truk We attempted to take the base again but didn't make much headway, forts holding at Level 3 and casualties 247 to 341 favoring the enemy. Burma At Rangoon we continue to hunt down the enemy units that have been pushed out of the base but remain in the hex. Casualties 4473 to 1040 favoring us. Japan recaptured Uttaradit with paratroopers. 30 November 1943 Light cruiser and destroyer disabled by mines in southern Luzon route chokepoint. Philippines The destroyer Fubuki and the light cruiser Yura hit mines near the eastern exit of the shipping route passing south of Luzon. The rest of the task force was able to clear out the minefield. Fubuki was transporting troops. Both ships likely sank. Java I attempted a P-38 sweep of Surabaya. Didn't go so well; first wave was 15 P-38s against 57 enemy fighters, and then 5 stragglers showed up after the hornet's nest had already been kicked. We ended up losing 5 P-38s while taking out just 4 Tonies and 3 Nicks--simply not good enough considering how few P-38s we have. And our actual losses were probably double that if you account for damaged planes that didn't make it back to base or got scrapped after they got there. Burma We're still hunting down the enemy around Rangoon. We got 2544 of the 16787 they have left. Friendly casualties 625. Japan tried to retake the 3rd base we took by paratroopers, Chiang Mai, but this time we had enough of our own paratroops there already to fight off the attack. 64 enemy casualties to 0. 1 December 1943 DEI The enemy attempted a sweep of Manado with Georges from Davao. Just 5 of them... vs 19 Hellcats, 4 Corsairs, and 4 P-40s. We shot down 3 of the Georges with no losses. Truk We attacked the base again, bringing the forts down to Level 2. Casualties 614 to 364 favoring us. It's getting close, we should have the base within a week. I've got some more reinforcements standing by, but I'm going to have them hold off until the AA guns fall silent again. I'm spotting subs near the port--it looks like he might be using them to run supplies to keep those guns in action. So I'll have a few destroyers there on patrol with some Hellcats overhead. Burma Getting close to finishing the mop up. Casualties 3003 to 226. We eliminated the enemy paratroops at Chiang Mai. (Correction: no we didn't, still working on it) Reinforcements DD Hickox arrives at Balboa VB-116 arrives at San Diego No. 681 Sqn RAF arrives at Rangoon 18th FG/12th FS arrives at San Francisco __________________ Last edited by Molon Labe; 02-07-23 at 03:55 PM.

02-08-23, 10:32 PM	#5
Molon Labe Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Along the Watchtower Posts: 3,810 Downloads: 27 Uploads: 5	2 December 1943 DEI Current bombing targets: Kendari (airfield): 1 B-24 shot down by flak. 35 base hits, 12 casualties. Koepang (ground forces): ineffective Ambon (ground forces and airbase): 9 base hits Makassar (airbase): 19 base hits Land battles in progress: Ambon: Allied deliberate attack--forts holding at Level 4, casualties 520 (A) to 236(J); but enemy losses included 39 destroyed vehicles so this isn't as lopsided as it may appear. China Current bombing targets: Sinyang (ground forces - 103 casualties) Anking (ground forces - 47 casualties) Kiukiang (ground forces - 11 casualties) Burma Current bombing targets: Rangoon (ground forces): 198 casualties Pisanuloke (ground forces): 166 casualties Land battles: Rangoon: Allied deliberate attack, casualties 166(A) to 3215 (J). Chaing Mai (paratroopers vs paratroopers): Allied deliberate attack; casualties 17 Japanese to 0 Allied. Truk Bombing port, airbase, and ground forces. 2 port hits, 14 airbase hits, 17 casualties Land combat: enemy bombardment attack--ineffective; Allied deliberate attack--forts reduced to Level 1, 365 to 45 casualties favoring us. Next attack might put us over the top! I'm rotating carriers out to replenish aircraft fuel/ammo supplies. Essex and Belleau Wood have completed that task today and are headed back to rejoin the Yankee Butai. Papua New Guinea For several weeks, I've had an amphibous group picking off empty bases from near Rabaul west along the PNG coast. We've been stopped at Hollandia by a minor force there that we are now engaging. Casualties this turn 73 to 18 favoring us, forts at Level 3. Palau Islands USS S-45 was bombed by enemy aircraft yesterday, and sank today. Based on a search of this thread, S-45 doesn't appear to have been lost without any victories in its career. Reinforcements CVE Wake Island arrives at Portland DD Cogswell arrives at Eastern USA VMB-413 arrives at Eastern USA 18th FG/12th FS arrives at Los Angeles 11th RAAF M/W Sqn arrives at Sydney __________________

02-08-23, 10:59 PM	#6
Molon Labe Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Along the Watchtower Posts: 3,810 Downloads: 27 Uploads: 5	3 December 1943 Allied Victory Points overtakes Japan's Japan USS Wahoo and USS Sculpin took light depth charge damage from sub chasers near Chichi-jima. USS Whale torpedoed and destroyed an enemy subchaser near Aogashima. DEI and Mindanao Hellcats from Manado swept Davao (the suspected originating base of the George sweep a few days ago)--no joy. Bombing targets: Koepang (ground forces): 7 casualties Ambon (ground forces): 4 casualties Makassar (ground forces): 14 casualties Kendari (airbase): 1 hit Land combat: Ambon: Japanese bombardment attack--ineffective. China Bombing targets: Sinyang (ground forces): 21 casualties Anking (ground forces): 23 casualties Kiukiang (ground forces) 7 casualties Burma Bombing targets: Rangoon (ground forces): 91 casualties Pisanuloke (ground forces): 50 casualties Land combat: Rangoon--Allied deliberate attack: 226 enemy casualties, 0 Allied. Chiang Mai--Allied deliberate attack, 24 enemy casualties, 0 Allied. Truk Bombing port, airbase, and ground forces: 22 casualties, 4 port hits, 5 airbase hits Land combat: Allied deliberate attack--forts reduced to 0, casualties 536(J) to 151(A). At least 2 enemy subs are approaching Truk, perhaps to drop off supplies. ASW patrol aircraft from my carriers claimed 3 hits on enemy submarines. Reinforcements DD Charles Badger arrives at Eastern USA DD McCord arrives at San Francisco DMS Palmer arrives at Eastern USA TK K.R. Kingsbury arrives at Portland __________________ Last edited by Molon Labe; 02-09-23 at 10:14 AM.

02-09-23, 11:09 AM	#7
Ostfriese Ace of the Deep Join Date: May 2004 Location: Northern Germany Posts: 1,175 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I guess Rangoon caused that spike.