Japanese - Late War (1944) Battle Box

The Japanese Army in 1944 was a force stretched to its limits, fighting desperately across a collapsing empire as the tide of World War II turned decisively against Japan. Once dominant in Asia and the Pacific, the army was now engaged in brutal defensive battles across Burma, China, the Philippines, and the Pacific islands, facing increasingly superior Allied firepower and logistics. Despite severe shortages of fuel, ammunition, and trained replacements, Japanese soldiers continued to fight with fanatical determination, often relying on entrenched defences, jungle warfare tactics, and suicidal counterattacks rather than mobility or mechanised strength.

By 1944, the Imperial Japanese Army still fielded over 5 million men, but many units were poorly equipped, underfed, and cut off by Allied advances and naval blockades. Battles such as Imphal–Kohima, Leyte, and the fighting on Saipan and Guam exposed the growing weaknesses of Japan’s military strategy and logistics. Nevertheless, its troops fought with relentless resolve, guided by the Bushido code and the belief that surrender was dishonourable. The Japanese Army of 1944 symbolised both the height of Japan’s wartime mobilisation and the beginning of its inevitable decline, as overwhelming Allied power closed in on the home islands.

This kit comprises of the following pieces:

• x1 Chi Ha Shinhoto Tank

• x1 Command Squad (4 Models)

• x1 Tank Hunter Team (3 Models)

• x2 Machine Gun Team (4 Models)

• x3 Medium Mortar Teams (9 Models)

• x1 Sniper Team (2 Model)

• x1 Light Artillery Gun (4 Models)

• x2 12 Man Rifle Squads (24 Models)

• x1 10 Man Rifle Squad (Charging) (10 Models)

• x1 10 Man Bamboo Spear Section (10 Models) 

Total 71 Models!

ALL MODELS SUPPLIED WITH ROUND BASES!

On Licence form Wargame 3D and Battle Cat Miniatures