The Allies' leapfrogging strategy in World War II involved bypassing the most strongly defended areas held by the Japanese and instead cutting them off from resupply and reinforcement, leading them to succumb to inactivity and starvation. This approach was adopted to minimize casualties and proved to be effective in the Pacific War.
General Halma and his troops are faced with the challenges of surviving winter during wartime. The Allied forces would normally use this time to refit and resupply, but they must push through and finish the mission despite disease and starvation.
The Guadalcanal and New Guinea Campaigns were intense, with soldiers dealing with horrors that were unfamiliar to them. These theaters of war saw a back and forth battle between the Japanese and the Allies, with the latter eventually denying the Japanese their objectives.
The Japanese Offensive in Central Burma also known as the Yugo Campaign in Japanese history and the Invasion of India in Anglo-American histories aimed at keeping Japan from losing the war and slow down the Allied Forces. However, the Offensive resulted in the casualties of 750,000 Chinese soldiers and possibly 200,000 Chinese civilians due to the damage that was done to the Nationalist Chinese.
The Japanese strategy in WWII involved fanatically defending small, seemingly insignificant places and accepting high casualties on both sides, with the hope that the enemy will eventually tire of the war. This led to American soldiers dying for tiny islands measured in yards by yards.
The Battle of Saipan posed a new challenge for the Americans and Australians, as they were faced with the issue of dealing with Japanese civilians who were indoctrinated by the propaganda and believed that the Allied forces were going to rape and murder them. The presence of fanatical civilians added a different sort of problem for the Allies as they had to come up with a solution for the civilians caught in the crossfire.