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Ambon: Burning Sun & Little Seagulls SNAFU Small Battles #1 "After Rabaul, Kendari and Balikpapan, the next important enemy objective on the eastern flank was Ambon. Initially the Japanese had planned to take it by 6th February, but they had now advanced its place on the time-table." Australia in the War of 1939-1945, Volume IV - The Japanese Thrust, Ambon: Burning Sun & Little Seagulls is a two player wargame simulating the battle that took place between 30 January and 3 February 1942 on the key island of Ambon, in the Moluccas. A Japanese force composed by the 228th Regiment, 38th Division of the IJA and the IJN's 1st Kure Special Naval Landing Force assaulted the island defended by the Dutch Molukken Brigade and the Australian "Gull Force".
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