The Reluctant Warriors*
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Date: June 10, 2009*
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Battle Location: Kaesong-Si region, North Korea*
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Battle Type: Japan advance vs North Korea delay.*
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Description: Led by the United States an international coalition is formed to put pressure on the ever defiant North Korea. The goal is to force Pyongyang to adhere to the demand of the international community, especially regarding the suspected Nuclear Weapons program.*
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Despite a build-up of various forces in South Korea the North Korean leadership does not find the coalition to be a credible threat, as there is some disagreement between chiefly the European countries and the United States, on top of which most of the coalition partners are more or less bogged down in Iraq and Afghanistan.*
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A number of ultimatums put forward by the coalition are ignored. Efforts by China to mediate in the crisis fail. North Korea mobilise some of its forces, but preparations are limited as the leadership in Pyongyang remains secure in the belief that the military build-up is a bluff.* 
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On June 5 the military operations against North Korea begins.*
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Japan, having been encouraged by the United States to deploy forces to the coalition, must balance the strong public opposition within the own country to any military enterprise with the threat of regional security posed by North Korea. Thus, the Japanese Ground Self Defence Forces committed to the coalition are mainly support units, with the exception of the 1st Parachute Brigade. Used as a security force the Japanese paratroopers move up behind the assault forces to mop up enemy stragglers. While advancing into ground supposedly free of enemy forces the Japanese reinforced 1st Paratroop Company bumps into a pocket of resistance. Sometimes derisively nicknamed "the reluctant warriors" by their coalition allies the fighting spirit of the Japanese is put to the test.*
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Notes: If played against the AI the human player should take the Japanese side.*
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Sources: Fictional scenario*
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Design by: Ulf Lundstrom.**
