Gallery for Pacific Front, Second World War

Galleries - Japanese Conquests - New Georgia - Coral Sea - Bismarck Sea - Makin - Rabaul - Truk - Bougainville - New Britain - Dutch East Indies -Marshalls - Green Islands - Admiralty Islands - Marianas - Leyte Gulf - Philippines - Borneo - Attack on Japan

Galleries

Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941
(11 pictures and 5 maps)

New Guinea, 1942-45
(51 pictures and 9 maps)

Midway, 3 - 7 June 1942 - Picture and Map Gallery
(7 pictures and 3 maps)

Solomon Islands Campaign
(6 Maps)

Guadalcanal, August 1942-February 1943
(10 pictures and 6 maps)

Peleliu, September-November 1944
(13 pictures and 10 map)

Tarawa, November 1943
(13 pictures)

Iwo Jima, February-March 1945
(4 pictures and 8 maps)

Okinawa, April - June 1945
(9 pictures and 8 maps)

Downfall - the planned invasion of Japan
(9 pictures)

Japanese Conquests

• Pacific Theatre: Pre War
• Pacific Theatre: Japanese Conquests

New Georgia (Operation Toenails)

• US 155mm Gun M1 (Long Tom) on Rendova Island
• 155mm Gun M1 being towed, Rendova

Coral Sea, 3-8 May 1942

• Shokaku under attack at Coral Sea, 8 May 1942

Bismarck Sea, 2-4 March 1943

• 
  Wreckage from battle of Bismarck Sea

Makin, November 1943

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  Makin: Map of the Atoll
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  Makin: The Initial Assault, 20 November 1943
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  Makin: The First Night, 20/21 November 1943
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  Makin: The Advance on the Second Day, 21 November 1943
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  Makin: The Final Push: The Advance to the Eastern End, 22-23 November 1943

Rabaul, October 1943 onwards

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  Phosphorus bomb on Rabaul

Truk

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  Japanese Patrol Vessel sunk at Truk

Bougainville, November 1943 onwards

• 40mm Bofors Gun, Bougainville
• Matilda II Tank lands at Toko Beach, Bougainville
• Matilda II crossing Puriata River, Bougainville
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  US Patrol on Numa Numa Trail, Bougainville
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  M4 Sherman on Bougainville
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  Water Carriers on Bougainville

New Britain

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  M5A1 Stuart tank at Arawe, New Britain

Dutch East Indies

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  Oil installations on Ceram under US air attack

Marshall Islands (31 January-22 February 1944)

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  Wounded Marine on Eniwetok
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  Landing via Pontoon Bridge, Marshall Islands

Green Islands (15-20 February 1944)

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  New Zealanders on the Green Islands
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  Landing bulldozer from LST, Nissan Island

Admiralty Islands (29 February-25 March 1944)

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  12cm Type 3 gun in US Hands
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  Destroyed Zero on Admiralty Islands

Emirau Islands (22 March 1944)

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  LVTs on Emirau, 20 March 1944

Marianas Campaign, 14 June-10 August 1944

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  US Carrier Aircraft attack airfield on Saipan
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  Air attack on US Naval Task Force, Saipan
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  LVTs at Saipan
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  US M1 Mortar team on Saipan
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  US Troops unloading barges, Saipan
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  US Marines at Garapan, Saipan
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  Civilian Prisoners on Saipan
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  Admiral Nimitz's press conference after liberation of Guam
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  US Tank in Garapan, Saipan
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  Aftermath of Fighting, Tanapag Beach, Saipan
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  US troops firing Mortar on Guam

Leyte Gulf (23-26 October 1944)

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  Zuiho sinking, 25 October 1944
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  Zuiho at Cape Engano, 25 October 1944
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  Admiral Ozawa being transferred from Zuikaku to Oyodo
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  Throwing explosives off the sinking Zuikaku, Cape Engano
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  Catholic Mass to honor the dead of Leyte Gulf, USS Suwannee (CVE-27)
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  Mitsubishi Zero attacks USS White Plains (CVE-66)
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  Crewmen on USS Kalinin Bay (CVE-68) watching explosions on USS St Lo (CVE-63)
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  FM-2 Wildcats on USS Kitsun Bay (CVE-71), Samar

Philippines

• Japanese Prisoners east of Manila, Luzon
• Manila on Fire, 1945
• Avenida Rizal, Manila, 1945
• US 1st Cavalry, Manila, 1945
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  US Infantry on Corregidor, 1945
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  US Landing on Corregidor, February 1945
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  US Troops landing on Cebu, 1945
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  US Landing Craft approaching Cebu, March 1945
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  Infantryman from 38th Division, Luzon
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  Japanese dead after attack on Mindanao
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  Japanese Prisoners taken on Luzon

Borneo

• Australian Troops shelter under aircraft wing
• 7th Australian Division heading towards shore, Balikpapan
• 7th Australian Division advances inland, Balikpapan
• Australian Jeep lands at Balikpapan
• Australian Matilda Tank at Balikpapan
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  Japanese Pillbox on Tarakan
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  Buring Oil Tank on Tarakan Island
• Matilda II on Tarakan
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  Landing Supplies on Tarakan Island
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  Australian Troops on Labuan Island
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  Australians landing on Labuan
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  Australians on the airfield at Labuan
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  Matilda IIs on Labuan Island
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  Australian Troops on wrecked Japanese bomber, Borneo
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  Gunners of Australian 7th Division with 25-pounder, Balikpapan
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  Australian Troops pinned down, Balikpapan
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  British Pacific Fleet bombarding Miyako Jima

Attack on Japan

• 
  Tokyo in 1945 showing the bombing damage
• US Base at Guam Harbour, c.1945

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