ARTICLES LIBRARY

4 May to 8 May 1942: Carrier War: Battle of the Coral Sea

9 April 1942: Walk to Live: The Bataan Death March Begins

30 January 1945: To Freedom: Launching of The Raid at Cabanatuan

1 April 1945: The Setting Sun at Okinawa: World War II's Last Battle Begins

9 January 1945: Beginning of the End in the Philippines: The Battle of Luzon Begins

19 February 1945: 'Uncommon valor was a common virtue' The Battle of Iwo Jima Begins

31 January to 3 February 1944: Island Hopping; The Marshall Islands Campaign and the Battle of Kwajalein

26 December 1943 - 16 January 1944: Green Hell: The Battle of Cape Gloucester

20–23 November 1943: Three Days of Hell; The Battle of Tarawa

15 September 1944: The Battle of Peleliu begins

21 July 1944: The Battle Guam begins

7 August 1942: Six Months of "Green Hell": The Battle of Guadalcanal begins

Lee Marvin: U.S. Marine in World War II 

"15 June 1944: D-Day in the Pacific: The Battle of Saipan Begins"

18 April 1945: Correspondent Ernie Pyle killed on Ie Shima, Okinawa

19 February - 26 March 1945: The Battle of Iwo Jima begins 

9 February 1943: After 6 long months, the Guadalcanal campaign finally ends 

Guadacanal - Battle of Alligator Creek - Review of the battle and visit to the battlefield as it looks today, 11 minute video. 

26 December 1943: The Battle of Cape Gloucester begins

7 December 1941: Pearl Harbor attacked; America enters World War II

20-24 November 1943: The Battle of Makin Atoll begins 

15 September-27 November 1944: The Battle of Peleliu; Palau Islands 

12-14 September 1942: The Battle of Edson's Ridge on Guadalcanal

10 August 1944: 13,000 Japanese civilians interned after the Battle of Tinian

30 July 1945: The USS Indianapolis is sunk; Philippine Sea

19-20 June 1944: Battle of the Philippine Sea, 'Great Marianas Turkey Shoot'

21 June 1943: Operation Cartwheel opens with landings by the 4th Marine Raider Battalion

May 1945: Desmond Doss wins the Congressional Medal of Honor

May 1945: 'Typhoon of Steel'; air war over Okinawa continues

18 April 1942: The Doolittle Raid on Tokyo: Avenging Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor: fair to blame?

Key Pacific Campaigns and Battles

Japanese Conquest -1941

  • Attack on Pearl Harbor
  • Battle of Wake Island
  • Battle of the Philippines
  • Bataan Death March begins
  • Doolittle Raid
  • Battle of the Coral Sea
  • Battle of Midway

Southeast Asia Campaign - 1941

  • Burma Campaign 

New Guinea Campaign - 1942

  • Battle of Rabaul
  • Battle of the Coral Sea
  • Battle of Milne Bay
  • Battle of Buna-Gona
  • Battle of Wau
  • Battle of the Bismarck Sea
  • Battle of Lae
  • Attack on Rabaul
  • Battle of Madagascar

Aleutian Islands Campaign - 1942

  • Battle of the Aleutian Islands
  • Battle of Kiska
  • Battle of the Komandorski Islands

Guadalcanal Campaign - 1942

  • Battle of Guadalcanal
  • Battle of Savo Island
  • Battle of the Eastern Solomons
  • Battle of Cape Esperance
  • Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands
  • Naval Battle of Guadalcanal
  • Battle of Tassafaronga

Solomon Islands Campaign - 1943

  • Battle of Blackett Strait
  • Battle of Kula Gulf
  • Battle of Vella Gulf
  • Land Battle of Vella Lavella
  • Naval Battle of Vella Lavella
  • Battle of Bougainville
  • Battle of Empress Augusta Bay
  • Battle of Cape St. George

Gilbert and Marshall Islands Campaign - 1943

  • Battle of Tarawa
  • Battle of Makin
  • Battle of Kwajalein
  • Attack on Truk
  • Battle of Eniwetok

Mariana and Palau Islands Campaign - 1944

  • Battle of Saipan
  • Battle of the Philippine Sea
  • Battle of Guam
  • Battle of Tinian
  • Battle of Peleliu
  • Battle of Angaur

Philippines Campaign - 1944

  • Battle of Leyte
  • Battle of Leyte Gulf
  • Battle of Ormoc Bay
  • Battle of Luzon
  • Invasion of Lingayen Gulf
  • Recapture of Bataan
  • Battle of Manila
  • Battle of the Visayas
  • Battle of Mindanao

Volcano and Ryukyu Islands Campaign - 1945

  • Battle of Iwo Jima
  • Battle of Okinawa