World War II - Pacific (P-Z)

Palawan Massacre: A survivor's horrific story
Pearl Harbor: Surprise attack on U.S. Naval forces/ships in Hawaii
- Akagi: Japanese flag ship - (see fifth paragraph)
- Arizona: Bombed by Petty Officer Noboru Kanai
- Attack: Planned by Minoru Genda
- Command Message: "Air Raid on Pearl Harbor. This is not Drill" - (see last two paragraphs for original)
- "Date which will live in infamy" - Original manuscript (which substitues "infamy" for "world history) and audio/video clips
- FDR Message to Churchill: Secret 30 June 1949 memo - fleet at Pearl "vital"
- Impact, Pearl Harbor Attack: Changed American attitudes about involvement in WWII
- Issues Before Attack: Dispute over U.S. providing Japan with oil
- Japanese Spy: Prepared meticulous maps of Pearl Harbor and ship locations - (see last two paragraphs)
- Martin-Bellinger Report: Pearl vulnerable to "dawn attack" - (see fifth paragraph)
- Mini-submarines in the Harbor: Photographs, taken by Japanese pilots, from national archives - (see third paragraph from bottom)
- Negotiations Fail: Japanese fleet secretly leaves Hitokappu Bay
- Negotiations Fail: Oil embargo (by U.S. against Japan) continues
- Opana Point Radar Readings: New to military, radar results (of approaching Japanese planes) misunderstood
- Pearl Harbor Hearings: Why was America unprepared?
- To ra! To ra! To ra! - Japanese report of attack - meaning "success without resistance"
- Warnings: Potential of attack
Philippines: Americans abandoned by their government
Philippines: FDR states no surrender while resistance possible
Philippines: Japan disregards non-fortification Clause (1921 treaty):
Philippines: Prisoners of war, high death rate
Philippines: Rangers (originated in 1944) conducted hit/run raids behind enemy lines
Philippines: Unprepared for war with Japan
Propaganda Posters: The United States government hired some of the best artists of the day to create now-forgotten propaganda posters
Rationing: A way of life during WWII
Saipan: A strategic battle in the War in the Pacific
Saipan: Major contribution by Navajo Code Talkers
Saipan, Lost: Tojo and cabinet resigns
Sullivan Brothers: All five died
Surrender, Emperor Hirohito Announces: First time Japanese people heard him speak - (click on "he announced," fifth paragraph)
Surrender: Japan ends the war aboard the USS Missouri
Tokyo War Crimes Trial: Click on "Trial," first paragraph
Trinity Test: July 16, 1945 test of the atomic bomb, including movies of the explosion.
War Relocation Authority: Japanese-Americans sent to internment camps
West Coast Attack, Considered: Japan considered attacking west coast and oil refineries
Yamamoto: Famous remark about Pearl Harbor attack: "I fear we wake a sleeping giant"

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