The Japanese Onslaught
Battle for New Guinea
The Battle for Guadalcanal
America Fights Back
The Aleutians Campaign
Island Hopping Campaign
| Tarawa and Makin |
| Kwajalein and Eniwetok |
| Battle of Philippine Sea |
| Battle of Leyte Gulf |
| Iwo Jima |
| Okinawa |
The Burma Campaign
| The Burma Campaign |
| The Battle of The Coral Sea, May 3-8, 1942 |
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Japanese forces advanced unchecked throughout the South Pacific and Southeast Asia following Pearl Harbor. They planned a sea invasion of Port Mosby in New Guinea to provide them with a base for attacks on Australia. But an Allied fleet manages, for the first time, to halt the Japanese onslaught in The Battle of The Coral Sea. See the Flash animation for more.
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The Battle Animation
The Barrier and the Javelin: Japanese and Allied Strategies, February to June 1942 (Hardcover)