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The scout report that underestimated Marines ran the landing clock out
A small Japanese counter-landing sails into darkness against a Marine beachhead-did they make it in time against 14,000+ Marines?
The scout report that underestimated Marines ran the landing clock out
In this episode, we reconstruct the November 1943 counter-landing against the Marine perimeter at Cape Torokina and track the decisions driven by a single, faulty troop estimate. How did one number shape every order, and what happened as delays, surf, and patrols collided with that error?
Date: November 7, 1943
Location: Cape Torokina, Bougainville
Person: Rear Admiral Morikazu Osugi
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