Specific Battles and Battle Areas

Alaska and the Aleutian Islands

Alaska and the Aleutian Islands
*Alaska's Hidden Wars: Secret Campaigns on The North Pacific Rim
Aleutians, Gilberts and Marshalls
Bizarre Battleground: the Lonely Aleutians: National Geographic
Island Icebox (film)
Magnetic North (Attu, Kiska)(film)
Photos
Report from the Aleutians(film)
Riddle of the Aleutians; National Geographic, Dec.1942
THE U.S. ARMY CAMPAIGNS OF WORLD WAR II: Aleutian Islands; 3 June 1942 to 24 August 1943
Various photos
War in the North(film)

Bataan

Back to Bataan(film)
The Battling Bastards of Bataan(film)

Bismark Sea

Bismarck Sea photos

Borneo

Keeping House in Borneo, National Geographic

Bougainville

Fiji Patrol on Bougainville
Jungle War: Bougainville and Caledonia
Ultimate Tropical Nightmare
Until the 'Battle of the Pips' confused the Americans, any escape from Kiska looked hopeless

Burma,India and China

Activities in Burma(film)
Activities in Burma (different version)(film)
Aerial Invasion of Burma; National Geographic, Aug. 1944
Behind the News in Singapore, National Geographic
Bhamo(film)
Burma Operations(film)
Burma Outpost(film)
Burma Road, Back Door to China, National Geographic
The Burma Road: The Epic Story of the China, Burma, India Theater in World War II
Campaign in Burma newsreel
China, Burma, India(film)
Operations in Burma(film)
Burma Theater
Elephant Run (fiction)
Imphal Operations (You Tube)
Panay Sinking
The Road to Mandalay(film)
The Stilwell Road(film)
The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II:India-Burma; 2 April 1942 to 28 January 1945

Central Pacific

The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II:Central Pacific; 7 December 1941-6 December 1943 (D)(3/2008)

China

Activities in China (film)
B-29 crash in China(film)
Changing Shanghai; National Geographic
China's Hand-Built Air Bases, National Geographic
*Flying Tigers
Here in Manchuria, National Geographic
Hong Kong, Britain's Far-flung Outpost in China
Manipur – Where Japan Struck at India
Singapore: Far East Gibraltar in the Malay Jungle
Stilwell Road: Land Route to China
Today on the China Coast

East Indies

The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II: East Indies; 1 January to 22 July 1942

Gilbert Islands

Aleutians, Gilberts and Marshalls
Gilbert Islands in the wake of Battle
War Finds its way to Gilbert Islands, National Geographic

Guadalcanal

Battlefield Guadalcanal
Bogies at Angels Twelve
'Chesty' Puller's Epic Stand
Dogfights: Guadalcanal(film)
Fight to the Death
Guadalcanal(film)
Guadalcanal 1942
Guadalcanal: America's First Offensive(film)
*Guadalcanal: The Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle
In the latter half of 1943, the conductor of the Tokyo Express found it a hazardous run
Japan Faces Russia in Manchuria, National Geographic
Lost Evidence: Guadalcanal (You Tube)
Marines(film)
Ordinary Marines
Photos
Secrets of Guadalcanal
The Struggle for Guadalcanal
The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II: Guadalcanal; 7 August 1942 to 21 February 1943

Guam

Guam : Perch of the China Clippers
Japanese Offensive Operations Immediately After the Outbreak of War: The cooperative operation of the Army and Navy to occupy Guam
The 957th Day
Photos

Hawaii

A pocket guide to Hawaii
Life on the Hawaii Front: National Geographic

HISTORY OF U. S. MARINE CORPS OPERATIONS IN WORLD WAR II, VOLUME II (Covers various areas of battle)

Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal
Isolation of Rabaul
Central Pacific Operations
Western Pacific Operations
Victory and Occupation

Hong Kong

Hong Kong 1941 (movie)

Iwo Jima

A Very Important Prisoner
Bloody Iwo(film)
Flags of Our Fathers(film)
Heroes of Iwo Jima(film)
Island of Terror
Iwo Jima<(film)/a>
Iwo Jima (film)
Iwo Jima: Japan's prime minister Naoto Kan visits mass graves on the island
Iwo Jima and Okinawa
Iwo Jima Radio found
Japan sends search team to find remains of Iwo Jima dead
Letters from Iwo Jima(film)
Lost Evidence: Iwo Jima
Photos
So Sad to Fall in Battle
Target Suribachi(film)
The Battle for Iwo Jima)
To The Shores of Iwo Jima(film)
Uncommon Valor, Common Virtue

Java Sea

Invasion Fleet Challenged
Java photos

Korea

Jap Rule in the Hermit Nation (M)

Los Negros

MacArthur on Los Negros Island

Malay

Battle off Malay (You Tube)

Marianas

Battle for the Marianas (film)
Clash of the Carriers: The Marianas Turkey Shoot
The Turkey Shoot (film)

Marshall Islands

Aleutians, Gilberts and Marshalls
Attack on the Marshalls(film)
Kwajalein photo
Marshall Islands (film)
Our New Military Wards, the Marshalls
Marshall/Gilberts Islands photos
Speeding Up the Attack: The Marshalls(film)
The Conquest of Micronesia(film)
The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II:Eastern Mandates; 31 January–14 June 1944

Midway

Battle of Midway (You Tube)
Coral Sea, Midway and Submarine Actions
Incredible Victory (book)
Midway and Coral Sea Battles (film)
Midway and the finding of the Yorktown(film)
*Midway Inquest
Midway is East(film)
Midway Training Film
The Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway(film)
The Day That Shook The World
Vengeance at Midway

Mindanao

The Last Campaign: Mindanao
Mindanao, on the Road to Tokyo

Mindoro

Mindoro(film)

New Caledonia

Pocket Guide to New Caledonia
War-awakened New Caledonia

New Guinea

Cleanup in New Guinea(film)
Destruction on the Driniumor
Invasion of Palau Islands(film)
Melanesian Nightmare<(film)/a>
New Guinea and the Marianas
Photos
Rings Around Rabaul(film)
Stepping Stones to the Philippines<(film)/a>
The Road Back: New Guinea(film)
The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II:New Guinea; 24 January 1943–31 December 1944
Weapon of Denial: Air Power and the Battle for New Guinea
Weapon of Denial: Air Power and the Battle for New Guinea

New Hebrides

New Hebrides; National Geographic, Aug. 1944

Northern Solomons

The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II:Northern Solomons; 22 February 1943–21 November 1944

Okinawa

A Shipboard Marine's Okinawa Diary
At Japan's Doorstep: Okinawa(film)
Lost Evidence: Okinawa
Okinawa 1945
Okinawa: Killing Ground on Kunishi Ridge
Okinawa: The Last Battle(film)
Okinawa: The Last Ordeal
Okinawa, Threshold to Japan
Okinawa (You Tube)
Okinawa (You Tube)
Okinawa (You Tube)
Photos
Song of the Canefield (Okinawa, Japanese civilian viewpoint)(film)
The Fleet that Came to Stay (Okinawa, American viewpoint)(film)
The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II:Ryukyus; 26 March to 2 July 1945

Palau

Palau(film)

Papua

The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II:Papua; 23 July 1942–23 January 1943 (D) (3/2008)

Peleliu

The Bloody Hills of Peleliu(film)
The forgotten battle of the Pacific War quite possibly wasn't needed at all The Liberation of the Philippines: Luzon, Mindanao, the Visayas 1944 and 1945
Lost Evidence: Peleliu
*To The Far Side of Hell: The Battle for Peleliu, 1944
Two If By Sea(film)

Philippines (Luzon, Leyte, etc.)

Activities in the Philippines(film)
A Forgotten Story of World War 2 (You Tube)
Back to the Philippines(film)
Bataan and Corregidor
Battle for Leyte Gulf(film)
Battle of Manila (You Tube)
Cebu photo
Facts About the Philippines
*The Fall of the Philippines: The War in the Pacific
Invasion of Morotai Island(film)
I Was There(film)
Japanese Invasion of the Philippines (You Tube)
Japanese Occupation in the Philippines 1941-1945 (You Tube)
Leyte, June 1944-January, 1945
Lost Evidence: Leyte
Lost Evidence: Luzon
Manila newsreel
Naval Battle of the Philippines(film)
Ormoc Landings(film)
Phillippines (film)
Photos
Remembering Bataan (You Tube)
Return of the Allies(film)
The Final Graveyard(film)
The U.S. and the Philippines(film)
The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II:Leyte; 17 October 1944 to July 1945
The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II:LUZON; 15 December 1944 to 4 July 1945
The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II: Philippine Islands; 7 December 1941 to 10 May 1942
The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II:Southern Philippines; 27 February to4 July 1945
What Luzon Means to Uncle Sam
The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II:Western Pacific; 15 June 1944 to2 September 1945

Rabaul

Air Battle over Rabaul (You Tube)
Rabaul photos

Saipan

Every Move Seen >/a>
Island of Destiny (Saipan and Tinian)
Japanese raid Saipan B-29 base(film)
Japs Attack Carrier Force<(film)/a>
Lost Evidence: Saipan
Photos
Saipan newsreel
Saipan and other islands (film clip)
Saipan and Tinian 1944: Piercing the Japanese Empire
South from Saipan, National Geographic, April, 1945

Singapore

Singapore photos

Solomons

Battle of Saipan (You Tube)
Munda Outpost(film)
Munda Trail
Up the Solomons(film)

Tarawa

I Was There(film)
Lost Evidence: Tarawa
Makin and Tarawa(film)
*With the Marines at Tarawa (film)

Bombing Tokyo

Bombing Tokyo newsreel

Truk

Photos
Raid on Truk (You Tube)
Truk(film)
Truk newsreel

Wake Island

Carrier Strike on Wake Island (M)
To Hell and Back: Wake During and After World War II (D)
Radio broadcast: Fall of Wake Island

Yamamoto

Lightning Strike: The Mission to Kill Yamamoto (B)

AAF In World War II

The AAF in WWII: Volume I (D) (Various areas and topics)(3/2008)
Volume IV (D) (3/2008)
Volume V (D) (3/2008)
U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II: Combat Chronology, 1941-1945 (D) (3/2008)
With Courage: The U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II (D) )

General Books

Combat: Pacific Theater
Combat: The War With Japan

Photo Collections

UNITED STATES ARMY IN WORLD WAR II: Pictorial Record; THE WAR AGAINST JAPAN (3/2008)(various battles and areas(film))


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