Storming Wadke Island alt. - The Matrix Games version of Rising Sun

Wadke Island, 200km WNW of Hollandia (Jayapura), New Guinea, 17 May, 1944. While United States soldiers and Marines under Admiral Nimitz struggled to perfect the art of amphibious assult through the Central Pacific in early 1944, to the northwest General MacArthur continued the island hopping campaign towards 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 assult on Wadke Island, just of the northern coast of New Guinea and a prelude to the attack on Biak, it was the turn of the 41st Infanty Division's reinforced 1st/163 Infantry Battalion under Major Wing. Waiting on the tiny fortified island with it's single airstrip, were elements of the 3rd/224 Infantry Battalion, ready and willing to teach the American GI's the lessons of amphibious warfare and island clearing as only the Japanese could. Design note: Map scale has been adjusted for clarity and playability. Scenario alteration by Michael Wetherholt.