"Mad Mike's" Finest Hour"
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""Mad Mike's" Finest Hour" | |
| Publication: Dezign Pak 4 | |
| Location: Outside Mogaung, Burma | |
| Scenario Date: 06/06/1944 | |
| # of Turns: 8,5 | |
| # of Maps: 4 | |
| Maps Used: 32, 34, 37, 47 | |
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| Attacker: Indian / Chinese | |
| Defender: Japanese | |
Conflict
James Michael Calvert DSO and Bar was a British soldier involved in special operations in Burma during World War II. He participated in both Chindit operations and was instrumental in popularizing the unorthodox ideas of General Orde Wingate. Calvert frequently led risky attacks from the front, a practice that earned him the nickname "Mad Mike." On 27 May, Major General Walter Lentaigne (who had taken command of the Chindits after Wingate was killed in an air crash in late March) ordered Calvert's brigade to capture the town of Mogaung. Calvert at first promised to capture Mogaung by 5 June. However, the Japanese reinforced the defenders of the town until it was held by a force of four battalions from the 53rd Division. As Calvert's brigade tried to advance over flooded flat ground, they suffered severely from shortage of rations, exhaustion and disease. Finally, Calvert was reinforced by a Chinese battalion and put in an all-out assault on 24 June which captured almost all of the town. The last resistance was cleared by 27 June. Calvert's brigade had suffered 800 battle casualties in the siege, half of its strength. Of the remainder, only 300 men were left fit to fight.
Versions History
- Scenario ESG46 in Dezign Pak 4
- Oct-08 Published by East Side Gamers
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