-----Specific Battles and Battle Areas-----

(M means a magazine article; B is a book review, D is something from various reports and documents)Also, some of these general topics will overlap somewhat. There will also be some overlap in that some things have a few pictures with them in addition to the text.

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) (3/2008)

Alaska and the Aleutian Islands

Alaska and the Aleutian Islands (D)
Aleutians, Gilberts and Marshalls (B)
Bizarre Battleground – the Lonely Aleutians: National Geographic (M)
Riddle of the Aleutians; National Geographic, Dec.1942 (M)
THE U.S. ARMY CAMPAIGNS OF WORLD WAR II: Aleutian Islands; 3 June 1942–24 August 1943 (D) (3/2008)

Borneo
Keeping House in Borneo, National Geographic (M)

Bougainville

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

Burma,India and China

Aerial Invasion of Burma; National Geographic, Aug. 1944 (M)
Behind the News in Singapore, National Geographic (M)
Burma Road, Back Door to China, National Geographic (M)
The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II:India-Burma; 2 April 1942–28 January 1945 (D) (3/2008)

Central Pacific

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

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

East Indies
The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II: East Indies; 1 January–22 July 1942 (D) (3/2008)

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

Guadalcanal
Bogies at Angels Twelve (M)
'Chesty' Puller's Epic Stand (M)
Fight to the Death
Guadalcanal 1942 (B)
In the latter half of 1943, the conductor of the Tokyo Express found it a hazardous run (M)
Japan Faces Russia in Manchuria, National Geographic (M)
Ordinary Marines (M)
The Struggle for Guadalcanal (B)
The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II: Guadalcanal; 7 August 1942–21 February 1943 (D) (3/2008)

Guam
Guam – Perch of the China Clippers (M)
Japanese Offensive Operations Immediately After the Outbreak of War: The cooperative operation of the Army and Navy to occupy Guam(D)

Hawaii
A pocket guide to Hawaii (D)
Life on the Hawaii “Front”; National Geographic (M)

HISTORY OF U. S. MARINE CORPS OPERATIONS IN WORLD WAR II, VOLUME II (Covers various areas of battle)
Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal (D)(3/2008)
Isolation of Rabaul (D) (3/2008)
Central Pacific Operations (D) (3/2008)
Western Pacific Operations (D) (3/2008)
Victory and Occupation (D) (3/2008)

Iwo Jima
A Very Important Prisoner (M)
Island of Terror
Iwo Jima and Okinawa (B)
So Sad to Fall in Battle (B)
The Battle for Iwo Jima (B)
Uncommon Valor, Common Virtue (B)

Java Sea
Invasion Fleet Challenged (M)

Korea
Jap Rule in the Hermit Nation (M)

Marianas
Clash of the Carriers: The Marianas Turkey Shoot (B)

Marshall Islands
Aleutians, Gilberts and Marshalls (B)
Our New Military Wards, the Marshalls (M)
The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II:Eastern Mandates; 31 January–14 June 1944 (D) (3/2008)

Midway
Coral Sea, Midway and Submarine Actions (B)
The Battle of Midway (B)

Mindanao
The Last Campaign: Mindanao (M)
Mindanao, on the Road to Tokyo (M)

New Caledonia
Pocket Guide to New Caledonia (D)
War-awakened New Caledonia (M)

New Guinea
Destruction on the Driniumor (M)
The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II:New Guinea; 24 January 1943–31 December 1944 (D) (3/2008)
Weapon of Denial: Air Power and the Battle for New Guinea (B)
Weapon of Denial: Air Power and the Battle for New Guinea (D) (3/2008)

New Hebrides
New Hebrides; National Geographic, Aug. 1944 (M)

Northern Solomons
The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II:Northern Solomons; 22 February 1943–21 November 1944 (D) (3/2008)

Okinawa
A Shipboard Marine's Okinawa Diary (M)
Okinawa 1945
Okinawa: Killing Ground on Kunishi Ridge (M)
Okinawa: The Last Ordeal (B)
Okinawa, Threshold to Japan (M)
The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II:Ryukyus; 26 March–2 July 1945 (D) (3/2008)

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

Peleliu
The forgotten battle of the Pacific War quite possibly wasn't needed at all (M) The Liberation of the Philippines: Luzon, Mindanao, the Visayas 1944-1945

Philippines (Luzon, Leyte, etc.)
Bataan and Corregidor (B)
Facts About the Philippines (M)
Leyte, June 1944-January, 1945 (B)
The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II:Leyte; 17 October 1944 1 July 1945 (D) (3/2008)
The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II:LUZON; 15 December 1944–4 July 1945 (D) (3/2008)
The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II: Philippine Islands; 7 December 1941–10 May 1942 (D) (3/2008)
The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II:Southern Philippines; 27 February–4 July 1945 (D) (3/2008)
What Luzon Means to Uncle Sam (M)
The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II:Western Pacific; 15 June 1944–2 September 1945 (D)(3/2008)

Saipan
Every Move Seen (M)>/a>
Island of Destiny (Saipan and Tinian) (M)
Saipan and Tinian 1944: Piercing the Japanese Empire (B)
South from Saipan, National Geographic, April, 1945 (M)

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

Yamamoto
Lightning Strike: The Mission to Kill Yamamoto (B)



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