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Darkman:
Maybe you are right about Kuribayashi to a 1 defensive re-roll instead of 2. Might be too much for pacific. Maybe then make him an 2-4-0-1 Leader or something like that.


Still working on the Japanese Naval Leaders. I hope i'm done in 2-3 days

Mark:
OK - will make the adjustment for Kuribayashi.  Interested in what you end up doing to my naval leaders. . .

I don't think the Japanese need too many in play at any time. . .maybe 4. . .more than that and it seems they do not end up getting used.

Darkman:
Ok finally it's done! I read a LOT biography of Japanese Leaders over the last week... especially Naval Leaders now.. very interesting i have to say. I have to admit, the pacific ´scenario is very interesting.. more and more.

@Mark I'm happy you posted about not liking to have too many leaders.. it changed my point of view a Little bit  and i had to take the scissors  8)
   
I only took the Leaders that were interesting in my Point of view.  Only Admiral / Vice Admiral / Rear Admiral, as you already did with your Leaders aswell.

I didn't want to change your Leaders stats.. only for Tamon Yamaguchi maybe he should earn a boost. But look below (Marked in Red)
All other stats are unchanged. None of your Leaders are removed but some have different Entries / Removal. Much closer to history i think. (I checked everyone many times)
 
Some like Tanaka don't work 100% , because i know you guys like to have a fixed season as much as possible. So they are sometimes 1 or 2 monther earlier or later.. So i moved them into another season.

For almost all Jap Leaders "Autumn" worked very well..i was really surprised and happy about that. Hope you guys like it.

I want to introduce 4 Vice Admirals

*** Chuichi Hara *** Autumn 1939 - Autumn  1944

Hara was the commanding officer of the Fifth Carrier Division of the Imperial Japanese Navy for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
His command contained the two brand new aircraft carriers Zuikaku and Shokaku.

Later Hara was reassigned to command the 8th Cruiser Division, containing the large, fast heavy cruisers Tone and Chikuma, and their escorting destroyers, during the long, bitter struggle with the Americans for the Solomon Islands. Hara and his warships were present for two large battles in the South Pacific: the Battle of the Eastern Solomons and the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands.

*** Takeo Kurita *** Autumn 1942 - Autumn 1944

Kurita led his battleships in an intense bombardment of Henderson Field in Guadalcanal Campaign
This was the single most successful Japanese attempt to incapacitate Henderson Field by naval bombardment.

Kurita later commanded major naval forces during the Central Solomon Islands campaign and during the Battle of Philippine Sea.
Later In 1943, Kurita replaced Admiral Kondō as the commander of IJN 2nd Fleet.
The IJN 2nd Fleet included the largest battleships in the world, Yamato and Musashi. Additionally, the IJN 2nd Fleet included the battleships Nagato, Kongō, and Haruna, 10 cruisers and 13 destroyers. The largest japanse fleet.

*** Shoji Nishimura *** Autumn 1943

To have some naval generals in the end i had look which leaders fought until the end of war or died through battle.
Since we ignore the history on the remove table if Leaders died in battle, Nishimura is a good choice

Near the end of the war, Nishimura was named the commander of the "Southern Force" in "Operation Sho-Go", aimed at a final and decisive naval battle against the United States Navy in the Philippines.  Nishimura was killed during the battle when his flagship, the Yamashiro was sunk after being hit multiple times from the U.S. battleships

*** Aruga Kosaku *** Autumn 1944

On 25 November 1944, he was given command of the battleship Yamato.
In April 1945, under Operation-Ten Gō, Yamato was assigned on a suicide mission against the American forces at the Battle of Okinawa


Stats changed on Tamon Yamaguchi.

He was, in short, the epitome of the traditional samurai - hot tempered, aggressive to a fault; a man who valued honor as the ultimate virtue", or as Japanese navy officer Masatake Chihaya said, the "Oriental Hero Type". He was very clever. I think he deserves a boost.


So thats it

To make it short again.

It's 3 Leaders in the beginning. (1939-1941) , from (1941 - 1944) it's 6 Leaders instead of 5.
And from 1944 - 1945 it's 4 Leaders.





       

Darkman:
Any Feedback ? :-)

John D.:
I personally think that is awesome - although I'm not sure we will ever see 6 naval leaders being utilized - but it does give options and certainly it is during the height of conflict so it makes sense to me. Very good info!

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