The Pacific Eruption
International discord destroys peace in the Pacific.
The rise of Japanese power leads to the attack on Pearl Harbour.
Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor brings America to war.
World War II stalls the Philippines' quest for independence.
The Navy Holds - 1942
Guadalcanal - America's First Offensive
War in the North - The Aleutians
The Road Back - New Guinea
The Marines face overwhelming odds in the central Pacific.
The Navy copes with supply shortages.
The U.S. attacks the Marshall Islands.
The Allies push through the jungles of New Guinea.
The Allies capture Saipan, Tinian and Guam.
The Allies keep supply lines open to China.
The fight for Bloody Nose Ridge. MacArthur attacks Japanese strongholds in the Palau Islands.
After three years, the Allies free the Philippines. Battles of Leyte, Manilla and Luzon.
The Marines hoist the flag after a bloody victory at Iwo Jima.
Kamikaze pilots attack Allied forces as they approach Okinawa.
The United States drops the atom bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Japan surrenders aboard the battleship Missouri.
The postwar Pacific witnesses nationalism and communism.
Tensions begin to rise in Korea.
