It is December 7, 1941, and war explodes across the Pacific when the Japanese attack the American fleet at Pearl Harbor. By May 1942, Japan has spread across the Pacific and is threatening America`s supply lines to Australia after building an airfield on the island of Guadalcanal. In Guadalcanal, players control platoons and companies of individual squads and tanks to resolve the same tactical dilemmas that commanders faced during some of the most ferocious engagements of WWII.