War of Attrition - The Workman's Way

War in the south pacific was a war of attrition. Day in and out, soldiers were killed, maimed or stricken with fearful disease. Both sides are trying to keep their troops re supplied and reinforced. The side that stops being able to do this is going to be the side that loses. Although it is possible to identify incidents of restraint and humanity on both sides, the essence of the conflict was something very close to a war of annihilation.