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Throughout 1939–45, the nations of the world duelled across the oceans across the globe, only to discover the fundamental nature of naval warfare changing in the face of rapidly developing technologies. Now you can play out these confrontations on the tabletop with entire fleets drawn from the Royal Navy, US Navy, Imperial Japanese Navy, German Kriegsmarine or any of the other nations featured in Victory at Sea.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom skirmishes involving single destroyers hunting down merchantmen to the clashing of massive battleships, from invasions of islands across the Pacific to mastering waves of dive bombers, Victory at Sea enables you to fight exciting battles that take place on the oceans of World War II.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Battle for the Pacific starter set focuses primarily on actions in the seas of the Far East – the Imperial Japanese Navy and the mighty US Navy clashing for control of the islands, resources and seas of the Pacific Theatre. The Victory at Sea rules manual presented in this starter game contain all you need to know to begin playing with the fleets included.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContents:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA4 Battle of the Pacific Rules manual\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDie-cut game tokens sheet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e15 Warlord Resin model ships:\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUSS Indianapolis 1944\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUSS Northampton 1942\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUSS Chicago 1942\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMogami 1939\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKumano 1944\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFurutaka 1939\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFubuki-class Destroyer x3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFletcher-class Destroyer x 6\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShip Cards and damage sliders x 15\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTen-sided dice x 4\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSix-sided dice x 12\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA0 Sea Mat x2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShips are in Warlord Resin, Models supplied unassembled and unpainted\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ESSENTIALS for Victory at Sea","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32398175928399,"sku":"741510001","price":50.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1075\/3978\/products\/Screenshot2020-07-01at21.03.43.png?v=1593633900"},{"product_id":"u-s-navy-fleet","title":"U.S. NAVY fleet","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlthough the United States of America contains a vast area of land, almost all of its allies and trading partners are overseas, and those interests require a powerful navy to support them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe US Navy possessed some of the largest and most modern battleships in the world at the outbreak of World War Two, and despite losses during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, was able to maintain a powerful presence in the Pacific. However, in the vast reaches of that ocean the battleship was no longer the king of battle. It was fortunate for the Americans that the handful of aircraft carriers then in service with the US Navy escaped destruction; given later events it is doubtful that a pure battleship force could have defeated the Imperial Japanese Navy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe aircraft carrier became the main US naval asset during the war in the Pacific, which was very much a conflict between the air assets of opposing fleets. US carrier forces were hard-pressed early on but as the industrial might of the US was brought to bear, new carriers and air groups for them were deployed in such numbers that the enemy simply could not match their strength.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUS naval forces were primarily engaged in the Pacific, but some capital ships and larger numbers of destroyers were deployed to the Atlantic theatre where their primary opponents were German U-boats.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContents:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew Mexico-class Battleship - USS New Mexico 1941-42\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEssex class Carrier - USS Essex 1944\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNorthampton-class Cruiser - USS Houston 1940\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNorthampton -class Cruiser - USS Chester 1941\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePortland-class Cruiser - USS Portland 1942\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClemson-class Destroyer x3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFighter Bomber Aircraft - F4-U Corsair x4 flights\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShip Cards and Damage Sliders\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAssembly Instructions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShips are in Warlord Resin, Models supplied unassembled and unpainted\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"U.S. NAVY for Victory at Sea","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32398177730639,"sku":"742412002","price":64.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1075\/3978\/products\/Screenshot2020-07-01at21.06.28.png?v=1593634001"},{"product_id":"i-j-n-navy-fleet","title":"I.J.N. 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Using armour-piercing bombs and torpedoes, Japanese aircraft inflicted tremendous damage on the American Pacific fleet as it lay at anchor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMidway was the turning point of naval war in the Pacific and, from then on, the Imperial Japanese Navy was unable to make any headway against the increasing carrier strength of the US Navy. With the victorious Allies pushing towards the Japanese islands, the Imperial Japanese Navy fought desperately to keep them at bay. Kamikaze aircraft and other suicide weapons were deployed, and eventually warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy made death-rides against US forces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContents:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKongō -class Battleship Kongō 1941\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShōkaku-class Carrier - Zuikaku\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMogami-class Cruiser - Suzuya 1944\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMogami-class Cruiser - Mikuma 1942\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAgano-class Cruiser - Yahagi 1943\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKagero-class Destroyer 1941 x3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFighter Aircraft - Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero x 4 flights\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShip Cards and Damage Sliders\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAssembly Instructions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShips are in Warlord Resin, Models supplied unassembled and unpainted\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"I.J.N. 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In any case, the Kriegsmarine was not a navy designed to tackle a major fleet head-on in fleet engagements. Instead, it was a commerce raiding force.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGerman capital ships were built according to principles tried out in World War One; internal compartmentalisation and damage control measures made them very difficult to sink, while their efficient power plants ensured a good top speed, essential in a raider. Coupled with excellent fire control – using radar and other means – and big guns to make use of it, these vessels were extremely potent weapons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt has been said that Hitler never really understood naval warfare; be that as it may, the Kriegsmarine suffered from a lack of funding and materials, and from the internal politics of the Nazi leadership. Among its greatest detractors was Herman Goering, who connived constantly to ensure resources flowed into his Luftwaffe to the detriment of the navy. Major warship projects suffered from constant stops and starts as resources were allocated, then redistributed to other projects.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEventually, as the tide of war turned against Germany, Hitler gave up on his navy and transferred guns originally intended for ships to the coastal fortifications of the Atlantic Wall. The Kriegsmarine continued to fight on with dwindling resources. 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However, Britain went to war with mainly First World War-vintage vessels. Since the Royal Navy already possessed many powerful units, construction of the most modern designs was limited. This meant that at the outbreak of World War Two Britain had far more battleships than most other nations, but they had smaller guns than those built to the most modern ships.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThough the main battle force was kept concentrated in home waters, task forces were assigned to many distant areas, but the Royal Navy could not be strong everywhere. Although badly stretched, the Royal Navy lived up to its traditional ‘can do!’ ethos, fighting hard in all theatres.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition to the battleship forces, the Royal Navy maintained a handful of fast battlecruisers – some of them quite old – and aircraft carriers. These were backed up by a strong cruiser force and light forces including destroyers, motor torpedo boats (MTBs) and motor gunboats (MGBs).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs the war went on, aircraft carriers became increasingly important and air defences were steadily improved on all ships. Yet the big guns of the battleships and cruisers played a vital role in many theatres of war. British capital ships saw action in the Arctic and the Atlantic against German commerce raiders, in the Mediterranean against Italian forces, and ventured into the Pacific in an ill-fated attempt to stem the Japanese advance. 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She was launched in June 1917 and commissioned in March 1919. She was armed with a battery of twelve 14” guns in four turrets and was protected with heavy armour plate (13.5” thick in the main belt).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDuring the 20s and 30s, Idaho spent the majority of her time as part of the Pacific Fleet, conducting routine training exercises. She was modernised in the early 30s. During World War II, but before the United States’ entry into hostilities, she was assigned to join the Neutrality Patrols that protected American shipping during the Battle of the Pacific. Following the attack on Pearl Harbour, she was redeployed to the Pacific Theatre, along with her sister ships.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the remainder of the war she supported amphibious operations in the Pacific, shelling Japanese forces during the Gilbert and Marshall Islands and Philippines campaigns. She also supported the invasions of Peleliu, Iwo Jima and Okinawa. 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She and her sister ship, Tirpitz, were two of the largest battleships built by any European power, and certainly the largest built by Germany. Whilst the physical power they held was tremendous, they also wreaked psychological havoc amongst the allies. Churchill was determined that the two battleships not be let loose upon the Atlantic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBismarck's career, however, was woefully short, spanning just eight months under a single Captain, Ernst Lindeman. During this time, she only took part in a single offensive action that lasted just eight days in May 1941. This operation, codenamed Rheinübung, was to attempt what the Allies feared, a breakthrough to the Atlantic and raid allied shipping efforts between Britain and North America (along with the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe two vessels were detected multiple times off Scandinavia, prompting Britain to initiate naval blocking maneuvers. 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Yamato had been tasked with repelling American forces invading the Phillipines. Though success lay within Japanese grasp, such was the ferocity of a counterattack of a light escort carrier group of the U.S. Navy’s Task Force 77 that the Japanese enacted a retreat, falsely believing they faced a much larger carrier force.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy early in 1945, Naval superiority in the Pacific belonged firmly to the US Navy. In an effort to delay the Allies’ advance, Yamato was dispatched to Okinawa in April 1945, with no expectation to ever return. Her orders were to beach herself and fight until destroyed. 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In these operations off Norway, Gneisenau along with Sharnhorst, engaged and sank the aircraft carrier HMS Glorious, but in turn Gneisenau was damaged in action against HMS Renown and was subsequently struck by torpedoes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter further actions in the Atlantic in 1941, the two ships put in at Brest, and were subject to repeated Allied bombing raids. Despite suffering damage, Gneisenau was repaired in good time and in early 1942, the two battle cruisers participated in a daylight dash up the English Channel, sailing for Germany. Gneisenau reached Kiel in early February and went into drydock. On the night of 26 February, the British launched an air attack on the ship, with an explosion in the forward ammunition section causing such heavy damage that it was deemed that the ship's weapons would be refit (as had been originally planned), necessitating a rebuild for her to accommodate larger 38cm guns (her original 28 cm became shore batteries). 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