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  • Battle of Peleliu - About the Battle of Peleliu, covering the battle, the American and Japanese forces, weapons, maps, and a look at the Peleliu battlefield today.
    www.peleliu.net
  • Carrier Battles in the Pacific - Profiles the many naval engagements between US and Japanese forces in the Pacific between 1942-1944, including the battles of Midway, the Coral Sea, the Solomons, the Philippine Sea and Leyte Gulf.
    www.everblue.net/1942
  • Federation Frontline - The Bombing of Darwin - Detailed account of the bombing of Darwin Airfield in Australia in March 1942. Includes an interactive honor roll, historical photo gallery, and sound files with interviews of witnesses and others.
    www.nt.gov.au/dcm/frontline/html/textonly/bombing.html
  • Japanese Bombing Raid on Darwin RAAF Airfield - Brief account of Japanese air attack on Australian airfield on March 28, 1942, by Mitsubishi "Betty" bombers.
    home.st.net.au/~dunn/darwin06.htm
  • Naval Air War In The Pacific - Visual history of U.S. Navy and Marine air units in WWII in the Pacific. Includes photos, paintings, and text covering the men, aircraft, carriers, tactics, and battles.
    www.ixpres.com/ag1caf/navalwar
  • Pacific Naval Battles - Comprehensive page covering the naval conflict in the Pacific Theater. Includes keys to ships, maps, commanders, and links.
    www.combinedfleet.com/map.htm
  • Pacific Theatre - Brief overview of the campaigns in the Pacific, with internal links to further information about each of the campaigns and battles.
    www.worldwar2history.info/Pacific
  • Pacific's World War II - Information about the major events of World War II in the Pacific, arranged chronologically, with biographies of major military and political figures on both sides. Site is also available in French.
    www.geocities.com/pentagon/3758
  • Scott Davis - Includes pictures, battles, and stories of the war in the Pacific.
    www.nobadlie.com
  • The Battle of Truk Lagoon - An account of Operation HAILSTONE, the February 1944 attack on the Japanese Navy at Truk (Chuuk).
    www.geocities.com/danimal_57/hailstorm.htm
  • The Bombing of Darwin - National Archives of Australia Fact Sheet on the bombing of Darwin Airfield by Japanese aircraft in March 1942. Overview of the attack, with detailed references to sets of records available for research in the National Archives.
    www.naa.gov.au/fsheets/fs195.html
  • The Last Mission of WWII - Account of a B29 bombing mission targeting an oil refinery 277 miles northwest of Tokyo in August 1945, several days after the atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
    pweb.netcom.com/~jb29miss
  • Ulithi Project Homepage - An ongoing research project into aspects of wartime life on the US naval facility at the Ulithi atoll, located in Micronesia.
    www.shsu.edu/~stdbma11/ulithi
  • War Of Our Fathers - Photographs of the Pacific battlefields of World War II by Richard Marin, slide show. Includes images of Philippines, Tarawa, Guadalcanal, New Guinea, Iwo Jima, Okinawa. Peleliu, and others.
    www.warofourfathers.com
  • West Point Atlas - Asian Theater - The war with Japan described in 50 maps.
    www.dean.usma.edu/history/dhistorymaps/WWIIPages/WWIIPacific/WWIIAToC.htm
  • World War II in the Pacific - Considerable detail about wide variety of topics concerning the war in the Pacific, including battles, ships, personalities, torpedos, aircraft.
    www.ww2pacific.com/ww2.html
  • World War II in the Pacific--1941 to 1945 - Dedicated to the four year battle in the Pacific theater between Japan, and the United States. Includes timelines, ships, and key battles.
    www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Bunker/4929
  • WWII in the Pacific - U.S. Army Signal Corps photos from the Pacific theater of operations in WWII, along with text and pictures from military publications of the time.
    aboutww2.com

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