Tutorial-Storming Wakde Island - The Matrix Games version of Rising Sun

Wakde Island, 200km WNW of Hollandia (Jayapura), New Guinea. 17 May, 1944 : [Best played as Allied] While United States soldiers and marines under Admiral Nimitz struggled to perfect the art of amphibious assault through the Central Pacific in early 1944, to the southwest General MacArthur continued the island hopping campaign toward the Philippines. Once the Japanese expansion had been halted in 1943, MacArthur's ultimate objective, other than the final defeat of the enemy, was the liberation of the Philippine Islands. To that end every opportunity was taken to rotate troops through amphibious landings to build an experienced force for the coming battle. For the assault on Wakde Island, just off the northern coast of New Guinea and a prelude to the attack on Biak, it was the turn of the 41st Infantry Division's reinforced 1st/163 Infantry Battalion under Major Wing. Waiting on the tiny fortified island with its single airstrip, were elements of the 3rd/224 Infantry Battalion, ready and willing to teach the American GIs the lessons of amphibious warfare and island clearing as only the Japanese could. Design Note: Map scale has been adjusted for clarity and playability. Don't miss Glenn Saunders excellent Tutorial write-up in the Rising Sun manual.