by GeneralHowitzer | Jul 15, 2025 | 1944, Armor, Artillery, Campaign Book: V2, Infantry, Location: Pacific, Memoir 44, Pacific Theater, Scenario, Tactical, Theater: Pacific
Umurbrogol Pocket IMG_0923 IMG_0922 IMG_0921 IMG_0920 IMG_0919 IMG_0917 The Battle of the Umurbrogol Pocket in November 1944 was one of the fiercest and most grueling phases of the Battle of Peleliu during World War II. U.S. Marines faced deeply entrenched Japanese...
by GeneralHowitzer | Jan 5, 2025 | 1943, Artillery, Infantry, Jungle, Medal Objectives, Memoir 44, Overlord Game, Pacific Theater, Scenario, Strategic, Sudden Death
Guadalcanal Guadalcanal_title Guadalcanal_right2 Guadalcanal_right1 Guadalcanal_Left2 Guadalcanal_Left1 Guadalcanal_center2 Guadalcanal_center1 Guadalcanal. August ’42 to February ’43. The place where the tide started to turn in the Pacific—and where the United States...
by GeneralHowitzer | Jan 3, 2025 | 1943, Artillery, Infantry, Jungle, Medal Objectives, Memoir 44, Pacific Theater, Scenario, Tactical
Clearing Matanikau River The Battle of the Matanikau River was a series of engagements during the Guadalcanal Campaign in late 1942, part of the Pacific Theater in World War II. The battles focused on clearing Japanese forces from the Matanikau River area on...
by GeneralHowitzer | Nov 10, 2024 | 1945, Armor, Artillery, Infantry, Jungle, Memoir 44, Pacific Theater, Scenario
The Meat Grinder (Iwo Jima) The “Meat Grinder” was a term used by U.S. Marines to describe a particularly brutal section of the Battle of Iwo Jima, fought from February to March 1945. Japanese forces had heavily fortified positions with bunkers, tunnels,...
by GeneralHowitzer | Nov 1, 2024 | 1941, Artillery, Beach, Infantry, Medal Objectives, Memoir 44, Pacific Theater, Scenario
Wake Island Wake Island was a little speck in the Pacific, but in December ’41 it became a fortress of American grit. Right after Pearl Harbor, the Japanese thought they’d steamroll it. On the 11th, they charged in—and got their noses bloodied. Our Marines and gunners...
by GeneralHowitzer | Nov 1, 2024 | 1942, Armor, Artillery, Infantry, Jungle, Memoir 44, Pacific Theater, Scenario, Strategic
Tenaru “Listen up! In August ‘42 on Guadalcanal, those Japanese under Colonel Ichiki thought they’d just waltz in and knock the Marines off their perch at Henderson Field. Hell, they didn’t know what they were walking into! The Marines were dug in deep along the Ilu...
