ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book argues that the Allied forces had to actually destroy the Japanese ground forces in the various islands and countries within the tropical region before the war could be won. The Allied land force had to master the techniques of tropical jungle warfare and their air force had to perfect close air support before the Japanese Army could be decimated. Ground war in humid tropical region remained dependent on infantry. Advance of the Americans along the tropical islands in the Pacific was also possible due to the availability of resources and tools to carry out opposed amphibious landings along the hostile shorelines. At times, jungle war took the form of unconventional/guerrilla combat. In case of jungle warfare, besides the hostile armed forces, the soldiers had to tackle the microbes and bacteria which flourished in the flora and fauna of the tropics.
