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Pacific War, major theater of World War II that covered a large portion of the Pacific Ocean, East Asia, and Southeast Asia, with engagements occurring as far south as northern Australia and as far north as the Aleutian Islands.
Battle and campaign maps of World War II in Asia and the Pacific, from Pearl Harbor to the Phiippines, 1941-42.
The interactive map to the left shows many of the major battles of the Pacific War. Clicking on them allows you to see the names and dates, as well as the number of casualties on both sides of each battle.
Map of the Pacific Theatre of Operations in World War II.
An American chart of the Pacific theater of operations. This chart includes a short history of Japan, critical events prior to Pearl Harbor, and the campaigns in the Pacific theater through the end of World War II. Photos of political and military leaders, maps, and unit insignia accompany the text.
The war took place from 1939-1945 and involved conflicts between the Axis and Allied powers all across Europe, Asia, and Africa. The two primary theatres in the war were the European Theatre and the Pacific Theatre, which were both conflicts of the Allied forces preventing the expansion of Axis empires.
The map of the Western front shows roads, rivers, international boundaries, battle lines, and points of Allied activity near Aachen, Germany and Arnhem, Nijmegen, and S. Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. Printed text reveals news on multiple fronts.
This map plots the locations of and chronologically orders the 131 significant World War II battles and campaigns in the Pacific theater from 1941-1945.
The map of the Pacific theater shows railroads, rivers, relief, international boundaries, and the Burma Road. The map also highlights activity at Leyte Island in the Philippines, an Allied strike near Bhamo, Burma, the evacuation and destruction of Liuchow Air Base by the Fourteenth USAAF, and B-29 strikes on Kyushu, Japan, Nanking, China, and ...
The Pacific Strategy, 1941-1944. On December 7, 1941, Japan staged a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, severely damaging the US Pacific Fleet. When Germany and Italy declared war on the United States days later, America found itself in a global war. Primary Image: The US pursued a two-pronged offensive across the central and southwest Pacific to ...
See detailed map here: Map showing the Second World War’s Pacific theatre of operations, 1941–1945. The dark line marks the high tide of Japanese expansion across the Pacific in July 1942.
Maps 1946-1950. Maps 1951-1973. Maps 1974-TODAY. Map Description. History Map of WWII: The Far East and the Pacific 1939. Illustrating. The Imperial Powers, September 1, 1939. Credits. Courtesy of the United States Military Academy Department of History.
In June 1942, the Japanese attacked the Midway Islands as a step toward taking Hawaii. But U.S. forces, having broken Japanese codes, lay in wait for their enemy. When the two fleets clashed, the Japanese seemed to be winning, easily destroying two waves of U.S. attack planes. Then a few U.S. dive bombers caught the Japanese carriers with ...
An American map titled "Esso War Map III featuring the Pacific Theater." The map and insets of Japan, adjacent mainlands, the Philippines, and Pacific islands show transportation routes, boundaries, relief, reefs, marshes, swamps, and other details.
Interactive World War II Battle Map: The Pacific Theater. 1939. 1. Germany Invades Poland. Soviet Union invades Poland. Battleship Graf Spee Destroyed. Sitzkieg or "sitting war" begins. 1940. 2. April: Germany Invades Denmark & Norway. 3. Germany invades Holland & Belgium. 4. Evacuation from Dunkirk Begins.
Map of Pacific Theater. Official Caption: "Rome, 6/9/45--Pacific theater--This is a base map of the Pacific theater of war.--PPA photo--Serviced by Rome OWI (A List out). Approved by appropriate military authority. 6612."
Coordinates: 26°30′N 128°00′E. Battle of Okinawa. Part of the Volcano and Ryukyu Islands campaign of the Pacific Theater (World War II) 1st Marine Regiment during fighting at Wana Ridge during the Battle of Okinawa, May 1945. Date.
In the Pacific theater during World War II, the American land war was fought primarily by the Army, though popular memory has focused almost exclusively on the comparatively smaller Marine...
An American map titled "Newsmap for the Armed Forces: Monday, May 1, 1944." The map of the Pacific theater shows railroads, rivers, international boundaries, and other details. The locations circled, including Burma, India, Sumatra, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, the Solomon Islands, the Marianas Islands, the Truk Islands, and the ...
Maps of World War II arranges WWII maps by place and date. World War II Maps Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection. World War II Toolbox contains a list of repositories, online books, and records resources for all branches of the military.
The map, titled "The War Against Japan: Advance Across the Pacific and the Situation on 14 August 45," shows the Japanese perimeter as of August 1945, the maximum Japanese perimeter and phase perimeters, Japanese bases by-passed or neutralized, points of Allied and Japanese engagement, points of Allied advance, points of Allied air attack ...
This post highlights and describes the primary series of World War II unit records in NARA’s custody for each branch of service, with links to the series descriptions in the National Archives Catalog where available.