bigpigeon.us webpage WW II - Japan > North Pacific, updated by RAC 1 Oct 2021.
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Most WW II US military activity in the North Pacific involved Alaska Territory, which included the long Aleutian Island chain shown in the accompanying map.
The North Pacific Area was part of the Pacific Theater, under control of US Navy headquarters at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory. Note that the US Army retained control of the Alaskan mainland. |
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In theory the long Kurile and Aleutian island chains in the North Pacific could serve during WW II( 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. |
The Northwest Pacific - WW II
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Today the major military use of the North Pacific in WW II is little known.
Sources for the North Pacific webpage:
- The WW II - 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 NW Pacific - WW II 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/.