The War In The Pacific

The War In The Pacific War in the Pacific made the Second World War truly global. The sheer massive power of America overwhelmed Japan once the USA got itself fully organised. Her ability to produce war goods and her man power totally outstripped Japan. Sat, 18 Apr 2026 13:45:23 +0000 Sat, 18 Apr 2026 13:45:23 +0000 WWII Forums http://ww2f.com/forums/the-war-in-the-pacific.252/ Fall Of Singapore Sun, 20 Apr 2014 23:37:32 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/fall-of-singapore.59848/ http://ww2f.com/threads/fall-of-singapore.59848/ invalid@example.com (Dave War44) Dave War44 [IMG]

Newly Arrived Indian Troops in Singapore

Singapore was Britain's largest military base in South East Asia. The Japanese had recently kicked the British out of Malaya, and taken 50,000 prisoners in the process. Then, on February 15th 1942, general Percival was forced to surrender Singapore, and a further 80,000 British, Indian and Australian troops were made captive....

Fall Of Singapore]]> 6 Who Fought Who on Iwo Jima Sat, 10 Nov 2012 13:32:45 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/who-fought-who-on-iwo-jima.60075/ http://ww2f.com/threads/who-fought-who-on-iwo-jima.60075/ invalid@example.com (Jim) Jim American
Against the Japanese defence force the Americans were to employ three Marine divisions, the 3rd, 4th and 5th, totalling over 70,000 men most of whom were seasoned veterans of earlier campaigns. Operation Detachment had already been postponed twice because of a shortage of support ships and landing craft due to the massive requirements of MacArthur’s Philippines invasion, and it had to be completed in time to release men and materials for the upcoming Okinawa invasion...

Who Fought Who on Iwo Jima]]> 2 A-20 Havoc Light Bomber Sat, 10 Nov 2012 13:23:21 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/a-20-havoc-light-bomber.62123/ http://ww2f.com/threads/a-20-havoc-light-bomber.62123/ invalid@example.com (Jim) Jim

]]> WW2 Japanese Midget Submarine Sat, 13 Oct 2012 12:17:43 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/ww2-japanese-midget-submarine.61968/ http://ww2f.com/threads/ww2-japanese-midget-submarine.61968/ invalid@example.com (Jim) Jim

]]> 2 Corregidor Island Sat, 29 Sep 2012 11:32:09 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/corregidor-island.60951/ http://ww2f.com/threads/corregidor-island.60951/ invalid@example.com (Jim) Jim First Repoted in War Illustrated May 20th 1942

After five months of heroic struggle against overwhelmingly superior numbers, Lieut. Gen. J. M. Wainwright, commander of the American forces on Corregidor Island, was forced to surrender to the Japanese. The news was issued from Gen. MacArthur’s headquarters in Australia early in the morning of May 6.

Paying a fine tribute to the men with whom he had lately served, the General said: "Corregidor needs no comment from me. It has...

Corregidor Island]]> 1 Planes Used In The Battle of The Pacific Fri, 13 Jul 2012 17:27:00 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/planes-used-in-the-battle-of-the-pacific.61904/ http://ww2f.com/threads/planes-used-in-the-battle-of-the-pacific.61904/ invalid@example.com (Jim) Jim Aichi D3A [IMG]

The Aichi D3A 'Val' equipped the dive-bombing squadrons of the Rengo Kantai from the time of Pearl Harbor through Midway and beyond. However, by 1943/4 excessive losses of experienced aircrew and technical obsolescence made it a declining asset.

Brewster F2 Buffalo...

Planes Used In The Battle of The Pacific]]> 1 Japaneses Portable Steel Pillbox Fri, 13 Jul 2012 14:56:06 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/japaneses-portable-steel-pillbox.61903/ http://ww2f.com/threads/japaneses-portable-steel-pillbox.61903/ invalid@example.com (Jim) Jim The portable steel pillbox

Steel machine gun pillboxes (Kiju tochika) were only encountered during the November 1943 assault on Betio Island. Tarawa Atoll, but may originate from the time of the Russo-japanese War. The pillboxes were probably installed just prior to the assault. The defense was controlled from a number of these pillboxes emplaced at approximately 300-yard intervals around the island's perimeter behind the 3-5ft-high seawall. Serving as company command posts, their...

Japaneses Portable Steel Pillbox]]> Marine Corps Pilot Fri, 13 Jul 2012 10:56:05 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/marine-corps-pilot.61902/ http://ww2f.com/threads/marine-corps-pilot.61902/ invalid@example.com (Jim) Jim

Illustration by Chris Warner.]]> Imperial Japanese Navy Pilot Fri, 13 Jul 2012 10:50:19 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/imperial-japanese-navy-pilot.61901/ http://ww2f.com/threads/imperial-japanese-navy-pilot.61901/ invalid@example.com (Jim) Jim

Illustration by Chris Warner.]]> Japanese Antitank Gun Casemate Fri, 13 Jul 2012 10:20:59 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/japanese-antitank-gun-casemate.61900/ http://ww2f.com/threads/japanese-antitank-gun-casemate.61900/ invalid@example.com (Jim) Jim
Japanese Antitank Gun Casemate]]> Japanese individual fighting positions. Fri, 13 Jul 2012 10:08:19 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/japanese-individual-fighting-positions.61899/ http://ww2f.com/threads/japanese-individual-fighting-positions.61899/ invalid@example.com (Jim) Jim
1. 7.7mm aircraft machine gun modified for ground use.
2. 7.7mm HMG.
3. 7.7mm LMG.
4. Rifleman.
5. 50mm grenade discharger.

Such positions, often dug beneath trees, were difficult to detect and offered protection from grenades, small arms, and mortar fire.]]> Snooping Behind Japanese Lines Sun, 24 Jun 2012 08:44:12 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/snooping-behind-japanese-lines.61870/ http://ww2f.com/threads/snooping-behind-japanese-lines.61870/ invalid@example.com (Jim) Jim
Snooping Behind Japanese Lines]]> Tadao Onuki, a Japanese Tanker On Tarawa Mon, 07 May 2012 15:10:38 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/tadao-onuki-a-japanese-tanker-on-tarawa.61843/ http://ww2f.com/threads/tadao-onuki-a-japanese-tanker-on-tarawa.61843/ invalid@example.com (Jim) Jim

Tadao Onuki...

Tadao Onuki, a Japanese Tanker On Tarawa]]> WW2 Landing Crafts Sun, 06 May 2012 18:25:51 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/ww2-landing-crafts.61841/ http://ww2f.com/threads/ww2-landing-crafts.61841/ invalid@example.com (Jim) Jim Landing Ship, Dock (LSD)
Amphibious warfare in the Pacific threw up many requirements for specialised support vessels, among which was that for a 'mother ship' to transport landing craft across the vast expanses of ocean between Japan’s various island fortresses. On arrival at the beachhead, the LSD had provision to launch and support its complement of LCTs for the duration of the operation....

WW2 Landing Crafts]]> 1 Japanese Cave Warfare on Okinawa Sun, 29 Apr 2012 15:12:39 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/japanese-cave-warfare-on-okinawa.61823/ http://ww2f.com/threads/japanese-cave-warfare-on-okinawa.61823/ invalid@example.com (Jim) Jim

An...

Japanese Cave Warfare on Okinawa]]> 2 The Story of the Chindits Sun, 22 Apr 2012 12:56:35 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/the-story-of-the-chindits.60998/ http://ww2f.com/threads/the-story-of-the-chindits.60998/ invalid@example.com (Jim) Jim This account is based on the dispatches to The Daily Telegraph by its correspondents Martin Moore and Marsland Gander back in 1943.

A remarkable man this Brigadier Wingate, the man who led the "Jungle Commando" in its raid behind the Japanese lines in Burma. Martin Moore, The Daily Telegraph Special Correspondent on the. Burma front, who was one of the two or three newspapermen privileged to accompany the raiders on the first stage of their journey, says that...

The Story of the Chindits]]> 1 The Battle of Midway Fri, 23 Mar 2012 01:18:56 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/the-battle-of-midway.61714/ http://ww2f.com/threads/the-battle-of-midway.61714/ invalid@example.com (Cabel1960) Cabel1960
The Plan

The Battle of Midway is significant in that both sides were planning an ambush, except only one side knew it. On one side of the pacific, Japan was looking for a significant victory. It...

The Battle of Midway]]> 1 The Mt Suribachi Conspiracy Sun, 18 Mar 2012 16:41:45 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/the-mt-suribachi-conspiracy.61744/ http://ww2f.com/threads/the-mt-suribachi-conspiracy.61744/ invalid@example.com (Cabel1960) Cabel1960
The Mt Suribachi Conspiracy]]> 3 Code Talkers Wed, 29 Feb 2012 12:49:46 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/code-talkers.61721/ http://ww2f.com/threads/code-talkers.61721/ invalid@example.com (Cabel1960) Cabel1960 Code Talkers: How the Navajo Helped Win the War

In World War II, the ability to communicate in secret was hugely important. Many military failures involved a failure of clandestine communications. Japan’s planned ambush on Midway was thwarted when the United States broke down its secret transmissions. The Allied powers in Germany were given advantages after deciphering the Enigma machines’ codes. And, the American use of a complex code, the Navajo language, helped them win....

Code Talkers]]> 2 Kamikaze Pilots in WW2 Sat, 25 Feb 2012 21:34:44 +0000 http://ww2f.com/threads/kamikaze-pilots-in-ww2.61720/ http://ww2f.com/threads/kamikaze-pilots-in-ww2.61720/ invalid@example.com (Cabel1960) Cabel1960
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Motivations

After the Battle of Midway,...

Kamikaze Pilots in WW2]]>