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Pacific Theatre of Operations(PTO)
1942 to 1944
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Comparison: New York to LA = 2,450 miles
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Pacific Scope• London to Berlin = 580 miles
• Berlin to Moscow = 1,000 miles
• Entire European War fought inside an area ~1600 miles wide by ~1200 miles tall
• Pacific War fought over an area 3x as wide and 3x as tall
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Pearl HarborPhilippines
December, 1941
Wake Island
Guam
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April, 1942Doolittle Raid
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May, 1942Battle of The Coral Sea
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June 1942Battle of Midway
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Jul ’42 to 1943Solomon Islands
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Nov 1943Gilbert Islands
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Jan – Feb 1944Marshall Islands
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Jun to Aug ‘44Mariana Islands
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Two Pronged Assault
1942 - 1945
IWO JIMA
OKINAWA
US Army (MacArthur) + Halsey
US Navy (Nimitz)Eniwetok
TARAWA
KWAJALEIN
B29s
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