PACIFIC WAR ARTICLES The Guadalcanal Campaign  Animated map series covering the 1942 Guadalcanal battles that turned the tide of the war in the South Pacific against the Japanese. Invasion of Peleliu  Flash animated combat map series about the September 1944 amphibious attack in the Western Pacific. Pearl Harbor Attack Flash animated combat maps showing where Japanese aircraft made their attack runs. Also includes an overview of the flight paths they used on their approach. Thunder Gods and Kamikazes About the Japanese suicide air offensives of World War Two through which the Imperial Navy attempted to secure victory. Marine Scout on Saipan An interview with Guy Gabaldon, the "Pied Piper of Saipan" who captured 1,500 Japanese prisoners in lone patrols behind Japanese lines.   WWII Summary – War in the Pacific An overview of the war that started with the Japanese landings on the east coast of Malaya and which ended with the dropping of the atomic bombs. WWII Summary – Pearl Harbor A thorough overview of the December 7, 1941 naval airstrike against American navy and army installations on Oahu, Hawaii. The Sinking of the Hyuga and Tone An interview with H. Paul Brehm, who served as a U.S. Navy dive bomber pilot in the Pacific from 1943 through 1945. He was awarded the Navy Cross for helping to sink the Japanese battleship IJN Hyuga. PACIFIC WAR ARCHIVES The Bombing of Hiroshima, By Father Johannes Siemes. Copy of a manuscript typed by this German Jesuit priest in September, 1945, shortly after his personal observation of the August bombing and its aftermath.   Help support WTJ research     Real History   Feature Logos = Full length article with illustrations. = Short text outline. = Flash animated combat maps. = Movie or video clips. Copyright © 2008 - 2013 by The War Times Journal at www.wtj.com. All rights reserved.