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Strategic Command WWII: War in the Pacific is a turn-based strategy game about the Pacific theater of World War II. You command the forces of seven major powers across land and sea, from Okinawa to Burma, as Japan seeks resources and aims to weaken Allied fleets and armies. Battles can be displayed with 3-D unit graphics or NATO counters.

The Pacific campaign

The flagship 1941 Day of Infamy campaign begins with Japan’s surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, followed by the rapid expansion of its empire across Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Its map contains 36,000 hexes at an approximate scale of 80 km (50 miles), stretching from India and Burma in the west, through the Dutch East Indies, Malaya, the Philippines, Guadalcanal, the Kokoda Trail, Iwo Jima, Tarawa and Midway, to the west coast of North America.

As Japanese carriers strike Pearl Harbor, Allied forces come under attack across the Pacific and Southeast Asia, from Hong Kong to New Guinea. Chinese and Japanese forces also fight for control of China. The seven major powers you can command include Japan, Australia, China, the USA, the UK and the USSR.

Mini-campaigns

Five short campaigns cover clashes from 1939 to the final battles of 1945:

• 1939 Khalkhin Gol – Nomonhan: Soviet and Japanese forces clash for a second time in the east.
• 1942–43 Solomons Campaign: The US begins its fight back against Japan. US Marines under Vandegrift have landed on Guadalcanal, where a major battle is about to begin.
• 1944 The Marianas Campaign: The US launches Operation Forager, landing on Saipan, Tinian and Guam to secure them before the liberation of the Philippines.
• 1945 Iwo Jima: US forces are ordered to capture the island, 750 miles from Japan. After several days of bombardment by the US Navy, Japanese defenders remain well dug in, and US Marines are needed to defeat them.
• 1945 August Storm: The Soviet Union invades Manchuria in the Second World War’s final battle. The once-mighty Kwantung Army, neglected for years, faces overwhelming odds as it defends some of Japan’s oldest conquests.

Campaigns and tools

The game includes six campaigns covering key periods in the Pacific theater. Victory conditions vary from time-based tasks to conquering territory, offering different objectives across campaigns. New gameplay elements include airfields, which are a resource type with unique rules, and iconic events such as the Doolittle Raid. Naval supply rules also change with the addition of Naval Construction, known as Seabees.

You can track progress towards victory and compare scores with the scorecard, keep track of time with the turn counter, and use the editor to create your own scenarios.