World War II: The Pacific Theater

Survey the largest naval war in world history and gain insight into the strategy and tactics of battle from sea, air, and land.

• By This Professor
• 01: The Road to War in the Pacific, 1931–1941
• 02: Infamy! The Japanese Attack Pearl Harbor
• 03: Japan Moves South, December 1941–May 1942
• 04: The Doolittle Raid on Japan, April 1942
• 05: Station HYPO: Breaking the Japanese Code
• 06: Battle of the Coral Sea, May 1942
• 07: Midway: 10 Minutes That Changed the War
• 08: Guadalcanal: Jungle Warfare
• 09: Ironbottom Sound, 1942–1943
• 10: MacArthur, Halsey, and Operation Cartwheel
• 11: The Big Blue Fleet and American Industry
• 12: Battle for Tarawa: A Square Mile of Hell
• 13: A Three-Front Pacific War, January–May 1944
• 14: The US Leaps to the Marianas, June 1944
• 15: Battle of the Philippine Sea, June 1944
• 16: Bombing Japan: Fire from the Sky
• 17: American Submarines in the Pacific, 1944–1945
• 18: MacArthur Returns to the Philippines
• 19: Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 1944
• 20: Admiral Halsey’s Typhoons, 1944–1945
• 21: Battle for Iwo Jima, February–March 1945
• 22: Battle for Okinawa, April–June 1945
• 23: Kamikazes: Japan’s Special Attack Units
• 24: Dropping the Atomic Bomb