bigpigeon.us webpage WWII Japan > North Pacific, © 2023 by Robert A. Christiansen updated by RAC 5 Jan 2023.
Most WWII US military activity in the North Pacific involved Alaska Territory, which included the long Aleutian Island chain shown in the following map.
Most WWII US military activity in the North Pacific involved Alaska Territory, which included the long Aleutian Island chain shown in the following map.
Links to Big Pigeon's WWII Japan > North Pacific subpages:
- Alaska
- Attu & Kiska
- Pacific Lend-Lease Routes - not yet written.
About the North Pacific Area
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In theory the long Kurile and Aleutian island chains in the North Pacific could serve during WWII ( either as a Japanese route for attacks on North America or as an Allied route for attacks on northern Japan.
In practice, vile weather made major military operations in this theater untenable. |
Pending --- Today the major military use of the North Pacific in World War II is little known
Sources for Big Pigeon's WWII Japan > North Pacific webpage:
Sources for Big Pigeon's WWII Japan > North Pacific webpage:
- The North Pacific Area of the Pacific Theater map was found at https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-P-Guadalcanal/maps/USA-P-Guadalcanal-I.jpg.
- The Northwest Pacific - WWII map is courtesy of davidrumsey.com
- The North Pacific Lend-Lease Routes map is courtesy of https://lend-lease.net/articles-en/the-unknown-world-war-ii-in-the-northern-pacific/.