Operation Watchtower — The First Offensive
America's first major ground offensive of the Pacific War. Dense tropical jungle covers the board, broken by Henderson Field's dirt runway cutting through the center. The Lunga River winds through coconut plantations and kunai grass fields. Japanese positions hide in the treeline, invisible until you're on top of them. The beach where Marines first landed stretches along one edge with Ironbottom Sound beyond. Wrecked aircraft dot the airfield. Night brings banzai charges. This board captures the suffocating tropical heat and relentless combat that defined six months of hell in the Pacific.