Table of Contents
What Is This Book? 5
The Island-Hopping Campaign 7
Scenario Types 8
Victory Points 8
Beach Landing 10
Counter-attack 12
Advance 13
Strongpoint Assault 14
Marianas Campaign 16
Operation Forager 17
Battle of Saipan, 15 June - 9 July 1944 19
The American Assault Plan 20
The Japanese Defensive Strategy 21
Scenario 1 D-Day in Saipan, 15 June 1944 24
Aftermath 26
Scenario 2 Japanese Counter-attack, 15-16 June 1944 27
Aftermath 28
Scenario 3 Fina Susu Ridge, 16 June 1944 29
Aftermath 31
Scenario 4 Armoured Banzai, 17 June 1944 32
Aftermath 34
Scenario 5 Death Valley, 23 June 1944 35
Aftermath 37
Scenario 6 Hara-kiri Gulch, 6 July 1944 38
Scenario 7 Ichioku Gyokusai, 7 July 1944 41
Aftermath 43
End of the Battle for Saipan 45
Saipan US Theatre Selectors 46
US Marines, Saipan 1944 46
US Army, Saipan 1944 47
Saipan Japanese Theatre Selector 48
Imperial Japanese Army and Navy, Saipan 1944 48
Battle of Guam, 21 July - 10 August 1944 50
The American Assault Plan 51
Japanese Defence Strategy 51
Scenario 8 Landing Apart, 21 July 1944 53
Aftermath 54
Scenario 9 The Counter-attack, 25 July 1944 55
Aftermath 57
Scenario 10 The Assault on Orote Peninsula, 26 July 1944 59
Aftermath 59
Scenario 11 Slow Progress, 2 August 1944 62
Aftermath 65
Scenario 12 The Final Attack, Yigo and Mount Santa Rosa 67
Aftermath 68
End of the Battle for Guam 70
Battle of Tinian, 24 July - 1 August 1944 71
The American Assault Plan 72
Japanese Defence Strategy 72
Scenario 13 Battle by Starlight, 24 July 1944 75
Aftermath 75
End of the Battle for Tinian 77
Guam US Theatre Selectors 78
US Marines, Guam 1944 78
US Army, Guam 1944 78
Guam Japanese Theatre Selector 79
Imperial Japanese Army and Navy, Guam 1944 79
Aftermath of Operation Forager 80
Palau Islands Campaign 82
Overview of Operation Stalemate II 83
III Amphibious Corps 84
Battle of Peleliu, 15 September - 27 November 1944 85
The Assault Plan 87
Nakagawa's Counter Moves 88
The Preliminary Bombardment 88
Japanese Defence Strategy 88
Scenario 14 Bloody Beaches, 15 September 1944 90
Aftermath 91
Scenario 15 Man Against Tank, 15 September 1944 93
Aftermath 94
Scenario 16 The Attack Across Peleliu Airfield 96
Aftermath 97
Scenario 17 Bloody Nose Ridge, 17 September 1944 99
Aftermath 100
Scenario 18 Not a Good Tactical Situation 101
Aftermath 102
Scenario 19 The 2,000-Yard Stare, 26 September 1944 105
Aftermath 107
Scenario 20 Last Man Standing, 22 October 1944 109
Aftermath 110
Battle of Angaur, 17 September - 22 October 1944 111
The American Assault Plan 112
Japanese Defence Strategy 112
Scenario 21 The Bowl, 25 September 1944 112
Aftermath 115
End of the Battle for Angaur 115
Palau US Theatre Selectors 116
US Marines, Palau 1944 116
US Army, Palau 1944 116
Palau Japanese Theatre Selector 117
Imperial Japanese Army and Navy, Palau 1944 117
Aftermath of Stalemate II 118
New Japanese Units 120
Infantry 121
Infantry Squads and Teams 121
Artillery 126
Field Artillery 126
Anti-Tank Guns 127
Vehicles 127
Trucks and Tows 127
New United States Units 128
Infantry 129
Headquarters 129
Infantry Squads and Teams 129
Artillery 134
Anti-Aircraft Guns 134
Vehicles 134
Self-propelled Artillery 134
Tanks 134
New Weapons and Equipment 135
Pacific Tank Upgrades 136
Improvised Side Armour 136
E4-5 Flamethrower (Mechanised) 136
37mm M2 Canister round 136
Rifle Grenades 138
Special Rules 140
Ammo Cache 141
Amphibious Assaults 142
Movement in Water 142
Sand Flats, Lagoons, Reefs and Coral Atolls 143
Landing Craft 143
Barbed Wire 145
Dug In 146
Dug In Rules 146
Dug In Vehicles 147
Dug In With Hidden Set-Up 147
Japanese 'Spider Hole' Networks 147
Dug In us Preparatory Bombardment 147
Dug In vs Tank Assault 147
Digging In During A Game 149
Exhaustion 149
Fortifications 149
Japanese Infiltrators 152
Mud 153
Monsoon Season 153
Minefields 153
Minefield Rules 154
Minefield Sections 154
Effect of Minefields 154
Anti-Tank Minefields 155
Mixed Minefields 155
Dummy Minefields 155
Minefields in Water 155
Concealed Minefields 155
Clearing Minefields 155
Tropical Hazards 156
Selected Bibliography 158
Credits 160
