War in the Pacific Theater
Welcome to History Link 101's War in the Pacific Theater Page. History Link 101 is a site developed for World History classes, by a World History teacher.
Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941
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Attack on Pearl Harbor One page essay with some pictures. The Japanese View of the Attack. The White House Reaction.
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Pictures of Attack on Pearl Harbor Pictures of Pearl Harbor.
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Ships that Attacked Pearl Harbor Gives short description on the ships in the Japanese attack fleet.
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Wake Island
Defense of
Wake Island Descriptions and photographs.
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The Battle of
Wake Island A very detailed account.
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Description of Wake Island Battle Gives very extensive description of the prisoners after the battle and their prison conditions.
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Eyewitness Recount Battle of Wake Island Hour and half video.
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East Indies 1942
East
Indies Descriptions along with map.
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Battle for the Dutch East Indies Has small descriptions of major battles in campaign with detailed timeline.
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Philippines Campaign December 1941- May 1942
Philippines Campaign Descriptions with map and some pictures.
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Eyewitness Account of Bataan Death March One page description.
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Battle of Philippines One page summary.
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Battle of Philippines Summary with timeline.
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Battle of Coral Sea May 1942
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One Page Description of Battle of Coral Sea
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Battle of Coral Sea One page summary.
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Battle of Coral Sea with Maps Four pages with detailed maps. Links to next pages are near bottom of pages.
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Battle of Midway June 1942
Marines at
Midway Descriptions and photos.
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Eyewitness Account of Battle
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Battle of Midway Large site with graphic and descriptions.
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Aleutians Islands Campaign 1942-1943
Aleutians
Islands Descriptions and photos.
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Aleutians
Island Campaign Descriptions with some pictures.
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Images of Aleutian Islands Click the small arrow above the image to the right to see all the images.
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Battle for Aleutian Islands One page summary.
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Battle of Aleutian Islands One page summary with timeline.
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Papua July 42 - January 1943
Papua
Defensive Maps, pictures and descriptions.
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Guadalcanal 1942
Images from Battle of Guadalcanal Over 200 images.
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Marine
Campaign for Guadalcanal Pictures and descriptions.
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Guadalcanal
Campaign Description and pictures.
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Battle of Guadalcanal
With graphics and descriptions.
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Battle of Guadalcanal One page summary.
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Naval Action around Guadalcanal One page summary with tables of ships involved.
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New Guinea January 1943 - December 1944
New Guinea
Campaign Descriptions and pictures.
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Solomon Islands February 1943 - November 1944
Solomon
Islands Descriptions and pictures.
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Naval Battle around Solomon Islands One page summary with descriptions of ships involved.
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Solomon Islands Large page includes timeline.
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Solomon Islands Large one page summary with maps and a couple of images.
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Marshall Islands January - June 1944
Images from Marshall Islands Battle Over 100 images.
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Marshall
Island Campaign Descriptions and a few pictures.
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Marshall Island Campaign With short timeline and 36 photos.
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Marshall Island Campaign Thirteen minute video with original footage.
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Bismark Archipelago December 1943 - November 1944
Bismark Archipelago Descriptions, maps and pictures.
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Western Pacific June 1944 - September 1945
Western
Pacific Pictures, maps and descriptions.
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Battle of Iwo Jima February - May 1945
Images from Battle of Iwo Jima Over 200 images from battle.
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Eyewitness Account of Flag Raising
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Battle of Iwo Jima One page summary.
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Marines on Iwo Jima Detailed account over nine very large pages covering all areas and hill of the island. Also has set of detailed maps at bottom of the page.
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Battle of Iwo Jima One page summary which includes timeline.
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Liberation of Philippines October 1944 - July 1945
Battle of the
Philippines Large, one page description with maps and photos.
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Battle of
Leyte Pictures and descriptions.
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Battle of
Luzon Pictures, descriptions and maps.
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Southern
Philippines Pictures, descriptions and maps.
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Retaking of Philippines Includes ones page summary, timeline and images.
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Battle of Okinawa March 1945 to July 1945
Images from Battle of Okinawa Over 200 images.
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Battle of Okinawa Descriptions, pictures and maps.
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Battle of Okinawa One page summary.
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Okinawa the Last Battle Very large site with maps, charts, images and much more.
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Battle of Okinawa One page summary.
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Asia
The Burma Campaign Statistics and information on the campaign.
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The Burma
Campaign Descriptions, map and pictures.
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Central
Burma Pictures and descriptions.
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China
Defensive Pictures, maps and descriptions.
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China Offensive Descriptions, pictures and maps.
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Burma Campaign One page summary by the BBC.
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Burma Campaign Large website with large body of descriptions and statistics.
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