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 first marine division captures Guadalcanal.
Australian and American amphibious forces battle Japan in New Guinea.
Japan and the United States battle for the strategic Aleutian Islands.
Photoreconnaissance helps the United States capture the island of Bougainville.
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.