PACIFIC THEATRE



 
 
 
 
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BATTLES
IMPERIAL NAVY
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GENERAL

Nothing new about Dead
This is a page of resources about Japan at war, 1931-1945
World War II Combat in the Pacific
A lot of info about whatever thing in II World War
Pacific Theatre
CMH on-Line
Pacific War Cronology
WWII Timeline
A Study of WWII
Vet-Net Australian
Australia in WWII
World War II on the Web
Links to Units, Ships, People, etc.

Washington Goes to War
   FDR signs War Declaration
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How Japan surrended
This is a brief account of how and why Japan surrendered.
U.S. Army Divisions in World War II  Activation and
Combat Participation
Hyperwar webb page

BATTLES

Pearl Harbour Remembered
A good site about that event


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Us Navy 7 jul 1941
A Photographic Look at the United States Navy
   During the Attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941
History of U.S. Marine Corps Operations in World War II
Excellent section of the Hyperwar webb page
Philippine Islands
Excellent article of the Hyperwar webb page
The Fall of the Philippines
Excellent article of the Hyperwar webb page
Philippines
Philippines under World War II and History
The Fall of Singapore
From "Australia at War"
The Defense of Wake
Excellent article of the Hyperwar webb page
Battling Bastards of Bataan
Accurate account of the American and Filipino heroisms in Bataan
Twelve Hundred Days..
               The Bataan Death March and Japanese Prisoner of War.
Mike Weaver Bataan Death March Survivor
Marines in Midway
Midway
A Very good page about that famous battle
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Midway Islands' Undaunted Defenders
Outclassed by the approaching Japanese carrier task force, the
    American airmen at Midway prepared to do their best
Modest Victor of Midway
Admiral Raymond A. Spruance
Midway
Americas Four Most Important Days
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Aleutian Islands
Excellent article of the Hyperwar webb page
The Tide Turns Doolittle Raid, Coral Sea, Midway, Aleutians
Excellent article of the Hyperwar webb page
The Principle of the Objective:
Nagumo VS Spruance at Midway
Marshall
Navy Office of Information (CHINFO)
Coral Sea Battle
Ffrom the book "Blue Skies and Blood" by Edwin P. Hoyt.
Darwin Bombing Raids by Japan

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Guadalcanal
Excellent article of the Hyperwar webb page
The Guadalcanal Campaign
Excellent article of the Hyperwar webb page about U.S. Marine Corps
Guadalcanal Online
First U.S. Offensive Campaign in
the Pacific against the Japanese during World War II
"A Tribute to the Cactus Air Force"
All about the U.S. Marine, Navy, and Army Air Corps pilots who defended
Guadalcanal in 1942 (World War II). Includes: history, photos,
paintings, references.
First naval battle of Guadalcanal
Like weary boxers, the opposing forces slugged it out with one
  another in Ironbottom Sound.
Marine Sergeant Al Schmid
Lost an eye while heroically manning a machine gun in bloody fighting on
 Guadalcanal.
The Battle of Peleliu
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Peleliu
The 1st  Marine Division came ashore on the southwest beaches of Peleliu
BEAR's Peleliu Island Photo's page
Tarawa
The battle for Tarawa
Scott's World War Two Page
Pictures of the war in the Pacific
The Invasion of Saipan
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the stragetic importance of Saipan, the Japanese defense of the island, and the United States invasion of the island.
Bougainville
Losing Hill 700 to the Japanese meant defeat for
the American forces on Bougainville.
Japanese landings at Zamboanga 2 March 1942
Full Translation of Informations Regarding Japanese Landing at
ZAMBOANGA
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IwoJima
"Uncommon Valor was a Common Virtue."
The Battle of the Philippine Sea 19-20 June 1944
A very good and well documented page.
The battle off Samar
The Northern Mariana Islands and World War II
last days of World War II in the Pacific Ocean
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IMPERIAL NAVY
Imperial Japanese Navy Page
A lot of info about Japanese Navy
Combinated Fleet
It is a page devoted to the Imperial Japanese Navy
Advanced Japanese Destroyers of World War II
The Battleship Kongo
A study of quality on some ships of the Japanese Imperial Navy.
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US  NAVY
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Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945
Completa and good page for US Navy Units info ( Hyperwar webb page)
Cruiser scout: recollections of war in the Pacific
Naval Air War in the Pacific
Photos and Paintings of the United States Navy and Marine Air Units in Action
During World War II
Carrier Battles in the Pacific - 1942
Dedicated to all people who fought on both sides
USS Underhill - DE682
             In Memory of the Men Who Lost Their Lives on July 24, 1945
Photo Gallery - USS Eversole DE-404
This site includes information about the USS Eversole DE-404 that
was sunk shortly after the Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 1944.
USS Atlanta USS Juneau Home Page
 Both ships were sunk in a night surface action in the
Naval Battle for Guadalcanal on November 13th, 1942
USS Charles Ausburne - DD 570
During the period from June 1943 to 15 October 1943, the AUSBURNE operated in
          the Solomon Islands in the Third Fleet under Commander Task Force 31
USS Cowpens (CVL-25)
Independence class aircraft carrier, USS Cowpens,
USS Arizona -- "that terrible day"
December 7th, 1941 the USS Arizona was sunk during the
Japanese attack on  Pearl Harbor
USS Washington BB56
In the Third Battle of Savo , she fought and won a classic ship
               to ship duel with the Japanese Battleship Kirishima.
Tin Can Sailor Destroyer Site
Submarines in Pacific War
Statistics of Subs performance
The USS Batfish (SS 310)
The Champion "Submarine-Killer" Submarine of World War 2
US LCT 376 Home Port
Marine Corps Historical Center
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JAPAN AVIATION
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The Japanese Army Air force
Japanese ranks.Introduction to the JAAF
Zero
Tecnical data MITSUBISHI A6M-2B
Mitsubishi A6M Zero
Ki-45 Toryu (Dragon Slayer)
Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa
Peregrine Falcon
Nakajimia Ki-43 Hayabusa (Peregrine Falcon)
Nakajima B5N2 Kate
Aircraft of the World
describing combat aircraft of various nations
Mark´s Index
A very good page. Dedicated to the  Pacific airmen
Asahi Journal
Each issue covers a particular military aircraft, ship or armor
subject in depth
Internet-Museum of Imperial Japanese Airplane
Japanese Army Aces
Wings of the Sun
Stories of japanese air men and lot of other things.
An afternoon with Saburo Sakai
About those Japanese losses
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US AVIATION
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Wings at War
Pacific Counterblow: The 11th Bombardment Group and the 67th Fighter
             Squadron in the Battle for Guadalcanal
American Aircraft of World War II
Photos, data, and info on all American aircraft designed
or used in World War II.
Syke's Warbirds Page
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Black Cat PBY Catalinas
History of U.S. Navy PBY squadrons in the WWII Pacific that painted
their Catalina flying boats flat black and attacked Japanese ships at night.
Black Cat Squadron VP/VPB 54
PBY Catalina squadrons in the Southwest Pacific
Whistling Death
Site dedicated to the Vought, Goodyear, and Brewster Corsair
Grumman F4F Wildcat
Grumman F6F Hellcat
Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless
Lockheed P38L Lightning
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
B-29
The Curtis P-40 Kittyhawk
The Flying Tigers
Annals of the Flying Tigers
"Flying Tigers" of Burma and China.
Mr. Suzuki recalls the Flying Tigers (December 1941)


 
 

DOCUMENTATION

Hyperwar
Excellent Collection of Articles
WWII Resources
Primary source materials on the Web. Original documents regarding
all aspects of the war. (Excellent!)
"Date that will live in infamy"
 Roosevelt Speech
The Pearl Harbor attack hearings
5,000+ pages of original documents and testimony related to  the investigations
into the attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 Dec., 1941.
The Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor
Documents relative to this action
The Japanese Surrender Documents WWII
Translation of Foreign Minister Shiegemitsu's credentials
Declaration of War on Japan, 8 December 1941
Approved, December 8, 1941, 4:10 p.m. E.S.T.
Pact of Neutrality between Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics and Japan
Pact of Neutrality.Declaration regarding Mongolia,Soviet Denunciation of pact with Japan, and finally Soviet War Declaration on Japan.
Alliance of Germany, Japan, and Italy during World War II
Three-Power Pact Between Germany, Italy, and Japan , Signed at Berlin,
SEPTEMBER 27, 1940. (THE TRIPARTITE PACT)
United States Strategic Bombing Survey