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 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.
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.
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 military had between 80 to 100 aircraft, 150 to 200 artillery pieces, and tanks to aid in their attack on the Philippines during World War II. The attack began with a heavy bombardment that the Filipinos had never seen before, leaving a devastating effect on the troops.
During World War II, the Japanese would launch Banzai attacks at night, where thousands of soldiers would swarm the American front lines, often using brutal and medieval tactics such as sword wielding and hacking to death wounded Americans who couldn't escape.