Matrix Games

Order of Battle: U.S. Marines is an expansion of Order of Battle: World War II and requires the base game to be played

In the spring of 1942 the Japanese suffer their first major setbacks of the Pacific War with the naval battles of Coral Sea and Midway. Seizing this opportunity to take back the initiative, US High Command launches an offensive operation against forward Japanese outposts in the Solomon Islands.

As part of this expeditionary force, the US Marine Corps is tasked with assaulting the islands of Tulagi and Guadalcanal. A long and bloody campaign of island hopping in the Pacific Ocean has begun...

Order of Battle: U.S. Marines puts players in control of the elite U.S. military branch which proved essential in the Allied victory over Japan. This new expansion follows the story of the U.S. Marine Corps during the island hopping campaign of 1942-1945. As the fighting progresses across small, isolated jungle islands, the Japanese adapt their strategy from ruthless assaults to deep, well-prepared defensive systems - determined to hold on and fight to the last man.

• Scenario List:

Tulagi
Guadalcanal
Munda Point
Blissful & Goodtime
Bougainville
Gilbert Islands
Marshall Islands
Saipan
Guam
Palau
Iwo Jima

• New Units:

• New features:

Support Fire ability for Heavy Infantry

New faction: Marine Corps

Editor: New Trigger Effect to change hex supply output

Editor: Disable production for specific factions

Editor: Trigger Effect "Set Unit AI Team" extended to allow - for example - units patrolling back and forth

Review from BigBossBattle
"if you are looking for a turn-based, challenging tour through the Pacific Theatre then Order of Battle: Pacific is for you, and if youre looking for beach-landings, and claiming islands carefully, inch by inch then US Marines is essential."