The Pacific War: 1941-1945   

The Pacific War encompassed thousands of miles of ocean and interspersed islands on which occurred some of the bloodiest battles in American military history. The United States was thrust into the war, and by the conclusion of that war, the U.S. was a world superpower with a matching naval armada. Learn the course of the Pacific War from Pearl Harbor to Okinawa and the campaigns, decisions, strategies and tactics that led U.S. forces to the front door of the island nation of Japan.