Imperial Japanese Navy heavy cruiser Haguro during attack on Simpson Harbor, Rabaul, November 2nd 1943.[1450x939]
Rabaul burns at the height of a low-level bombing attack. Stores and warehouses smoke along the waterfront of the key base. In the foreground a B.25 medium bomber races over a Japanese freighter. Other bombers are still coming in. November, 1943
Japanese warships hit by US Navy Dauntless dive bombers off Rabaul in late 1943
B-25 Raid on Rabaul | Pearl Harbor 80th Annversary Special Cinematic v.redd.it/88r7udreb7481
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American B-25s on their way to bomb Japanese bases in Rabaul fly above an invasion convoy headed to the Green islands, 1945. (Photo by US Army Air Force/Interim Archives/Getty Images)
November 5th, 1943, A Dauntless on board the US aircraft carrier USS Saratoga. This hole cost a manβs life. The gunner in this Navy bomber was killed by a 20mm shell from a Japanese Zero during the US Navy raid on Rabaul.
Douglas SBD Dauntless makes its dive on a Japanese cruiser traveling at speed off the coast of Rabaul in November 1943
SaburΕ Sakai's return to base at Rabaul. He had flown for four hours and forty-seven minutes after having been shot in the skull and near blinded during an engagement with American planes. He insisted on completing his mission report before collapsing, then underwent surgery without anesthesia.
14 Dec 1943: [Photo] Skip bombing over Simpson Harbor, Rabaul ww2db.com/image.php?imageβ¦
Japanese destroyer under heavy attack new Rabaul
Douglas SBD Dauntless makes its dive on a Japanese cruiser traveling at speed off the coast of Rabaul in November 1943
14 Dec 1943: [Photo] B-25 bombers over Rabaul, New Britain ww2db.com/image.php?imageβ¦
Aβ20 from the 3rd Bombardment Group barely hit the mast of a Japanese freighter after a lowβlevel skip bomb attack. This photo was taken during an attack on Japanese ships in the harbor at Rabaul.
Aβ20 from the 3rd Bombardment Group barely hit the mast of a Japanese freighter after a lowβlevel skip bomb attack. This photo was taken during an attack on Japanese ships in the harbor at Rabaul.
In a ready room on Bouganville, Marine fighter pilots gather around their flight leader to get some last minute pointers before they take off on a bomber escort mission against Rabaul. February 12, 1944
Is bombarding Rabaul hard-coded to do 0 damage?
I just bombarded Rabaul three times and none of them resulted in any change to the port or airfield level. I've bombarded other bases down to 0/0 port and airfield, so I'm confident I'm not just goofing something with the UI.
This is a vanilla play-through with no mods. My task force has 2 BBs and a CA, plus escorts, and looking at the heavies' details I can see they are down to zero 8" and 16" ammunition from being full just prior.
Is there something in the game coding that makes Rabaul impervious to damage? Is it always going to be a 5/5 base no matter what I do?
I realize that if I can send a heavy task force to pound Rabaul into dust, this campaign is definitely over. But I sort of wanted this to happen as the icing on the cake.
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Soldiers of New Zealandβs 14th Infantry Brigade ; Fred Mazengarb (left), of Gisborne, NZ and William Elmiger, of Tearoha, NZ operate a mortar during the capture of the Green Islands northwest of Bougainville; February 1944. The islands were used for airfields to attack Rabaul on New Britain Island.
VB-17 Helldivers turning into the pattern to land aboard Bunker Hill after their raid on Rabaul, November 11th, 1943
Parachute bombs dropping from low-flying American planes during a raid over Rabaul. Parachute bombs were used to prevent self-destruction of the attacking low-flying bombers by the blasts of their own bombs. More than 200 enemy aircraft were destroyed or damaged on this raid. Jan - Feb 1942.
7 Nov 1943: 26 B-24 bombers with P-38 fighters in escort attacked Rapopo Airfield at Rabaul. ww2db.com/battle_spec.phpβ¦
3 Nov 1941: Plan to occupy Rabaul and to turn it into a forward base was presented to Emperor Showa. ww2db.com/battle_spec.phpβ¦
2 Nov 1943: [Photo] B-25 bomber attacking Simpson Harbor, Rabaul ww2db.com/image.php?imageβ¦
The last photo of Japanese Marshall Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, saluting Japanese naval pilots at Rabaul, New Guinea, a few hours before his death by American pilots shooting down his plane. 18 April, 1943
25 Oct 1943: US bombers attacked Lakunai Airfield at Rabaul. ww2db.com/battle_spec.phpβ¦
To try & crush Allied landing on Bougainville, Japanese carrier force is heading for the island. US, Australian & New Zealand airforce are taking the battle to the Japanese off Rabaul, by launching bombing raids on their newly arrived warships.
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Soldiers of Australian 37/52 Infantry Battalion posing with captured Japanese Type 2 Ka-Mi amphibious tanks, near Lakunai airstrip and Rabaul, New Britain. September 14, 1945.
5 Nov 1943: US Navy launched a major carrier raid on Rabaul. ww2db.com/battle_spec.phpβ¦
With the engine of his SBD dive bomber smoking an American pilot safely landed on the deck of an aircraft carrier after a raid on the Japanese base at Rabaul, New Britain Island, Nov 1943. During raids from 2-Nov to 11-Nov-1943, the USN and USAAF destroyed 50+ aircraft and heavily damaged 6 cruisers
Japanese freighter exploding after being hit by a bomb, Rabaul, November 1943.
Aviation Machinist Mate Kenneth Bratton of Mississippi is lifted from the turret of his TBD Avenger torpedo bomber after landing on the USS Saratoga: 5-November-1943. Brattonβs knee was shattered during a raid on the Japanese base at Rabaul on New Britain Island in the Solomons.
Members of a torpedo bomber crew prepare to leave from a Bougainville air strip on a strike at Rabaul, February 14, 1944.
An Aβ20 from the 3rd Bombardment Group barely hit the mast of a Japanese freighter after a lowβlevel skip bomb attack. This photo was taken during an attack on Japanese ships in the harbor at Rabaul, New Guinea. Major Raymond Wilkins was killed during the battle while exposing his aircraf [1000x840]
SaburΕ Sakai, seriously wounded by a .30 cal. bullet which creased his skull, arrives back at Rabaul on August 7 following an epic 4 1/2 hour flight back from combat with Grumman TBF Avengers over Tulagi.
Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers sortie from Piva Airfield on Bougainville, Solomon Islands for a strike against the Japanese base on Rabaul, New Britain Island; 6 April 1944. The runway is surfaced with Marston Mat, which is perforated steel planking used for quickly constructing airfields.
Crewmen aboard USS Saratoga lift AOM Kenneth Bratton, USNR, out of a TBF Avenger's rear turret after a raid on Rabaul. November 5, 1943.
2 Oct 1942: Light cruiser Tenryu was hit by US bombers at Rabaul, killing 22. ww2db.com/ship_spec.php?sβ¦
Mitsubishi F1M2 two-seat reconnaissance floatplanes, Allied code name 'Pete', at Rabaul. 1942.
Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers sortie from Piva Airfield on Bougainville, Solomon Islands for a strike against the Japanese base on Rabaul, New Britain Island; 6 April 1944. The runway is surfaced with Marston Mat, which is perforated steel planking used for quickly constructing airfields.
Mitsubishi F1M2 two-seat reconnaissance floatplanes, Allied code name 'Pete', at Rabaul. 1942.
Period magazine cover, showing Japanese Navy Marines (SNLF) assaulting the British airfield on Rabaul island, 1942.
Two presents for me leaving from Rabaul...
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6 Sep 1945: Kusaka and Imamura surrendered Rabaul aboard HMS Glory. ww2db.com/battle_spec.phpβ¦
An Aβ20 from the 3rd Bombardment Group barely hit the mast of a Japanese freighter after a lowβlevel skip bomb attack. This photo was taken during an attack on Japanese ships in the harbor at Rabaul, New Guinea. Major Raymond Wilkins was killed during the battle while exposing his aircraft to fire.
Aviation Machinist Mate Kenneth Bratton of Mississippi is lifted from the turret of his TBD Avenger torpedo bomber after landing on the USS Saratoga: 5-November-1943. Brattonβs knee was shattered during a raid on the Japanese base at Rabaul on New Britain Island in the Solomons.
Natives help a B-17 crew that was forced down for a wheels down landing on a beach, after a raid on Rabaul.
A6M2 Zero on Rabaul with Hanabuki volcano in background.
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto salutes naval pilots in Rabaul hours before being shot down by American P-38s over Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. April 18, 1943.
