Plantation Waltz, Jan 1942*
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Date: January 7, 1942*
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Battle Location: North of the Slim River, Malaya*
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Battle Type: Japan (Assault) vs India (Defend)*
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Description:
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The British Army had been thrown back form it's defensive positions in northern Malaya, where it was sharply defeated by Japanese armour and superior staff operations. The British attempted to implement a delaying strategy, retreating slowly in the direction of Singapore. 12th Brigade of 11th Indian Division dug into defensive positions along the Trunk Road north of the Slim Plantation. This area laid in defile between hilly jungle terrain, assumed to be impenetrable. 42 Regiment, supported by armour from 6 Tank Regiment, chose to implement the same tactics that had defeated the British to the north. Two flanking columns were detached to either side of the Trunk road, and sent around the enemy defensive positions, while the remainder of the attacking force drove against the Colonial and British troops in a holding attack. The British, taken hit from all sides at once fell apart.*
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Notes: Converted/adapted by Jose Logrono from the original 1995 Steel Panthers wargame.*
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Design by: Mitch Hagmaier (Scenario found in Hapshott's Steel Panthers scenario collection @
www.alternatewars.com/Games/SP/SPanthers.htm).**