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This webpage is not complete.
==> 1 - World War II History - Web Portals and Libraries - War with Japan.
==> 2 - World War II History - Maps and Atlases - War with Japan.
==> 3 - World War II History - Statistics, Summaries, and Timelines & Chronologies - War with Japan.
==> 4 - World War II history - US Army - Japan.
World War II US Army Orders of Battle and Combat Chronicles - War with Japan:
==> 5 - World War II history - US Army Air Force - War with Japan. (USAAF, USAF, and AAF are abbreviations.)
No entries yet.
==> 6 - World War II history - US Navy - War with Japan.
No entries yet.
==> As yet unclassified - War with Japan.
==> 2 - World War II History - Maps and Atlases - War with Japan.
- https://omniatlas.com/maps/asia-pacific/19370707/ - a good overview of East Asia and the West Pacific in 1937 at the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War.
- https://www.westpoint.edu/academics/academic-departments/history/world-war-two-asia - links to West Point's maps of the War with Japan.
==> 3 - World War II History - Statistics, Summaries, and Timelines & Chronologies - War with Japan.
- http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/pacificwar/timeline.htm - War with Japan.
==> 4 - World War II history - US Army - Japan.
World War II US Army Orders of Battle and Combat Chronicles - War with Japan:
- https://ia802700.us.archive.org/2/items/OrderOfBattleUsArmyPtoWw2/OrderOfBattleUsArmyPtoWw2.pdf - Order of Battle of the United States Army Ground Forces in World War II, Pacific Theater of Operations, 1945 (697 pages).
- https://history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/cbtchron/cbtchron.html - brief Combat Chronicles for US Army divisions in WWII.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_formations_of_the_United_States_Army_during_World_War_II#Field_Armies - portal to wikipedia entries for WWII US Army army groups, field armies, corps, and divisions.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:World_War_II_orders_of_battle - World War II Orders of Battle (all countries).
- These sources are for divisions only; smaller stand-alone units are listed only in divisional attachments.
- Because of their length, expect sources to load slowly.
- I can't find an Order of Battle document for the Mediterranean Theater.
- I found combat chronicles too brief to be of major use; maybe after-action reports will eventually fill the gap.
- http://www.cbi-history.com - China-Burma-India Theater Order of Battle, both Army & AAF.
==> 5 - World War II history - US Army Air Force - War with Japan. (USAAF, USAF, and AAF are abbreviations.)
No entries yet.
==> 6 - World War II history - US Navy - War with Japan.
No entries yet.
==> As yet unclassified - War with Japan.
- https://www.philippinescouts.org/the-scouts/history/their-finest-hour - excellent overview of the Fall of the Philippines incorporating the history of the Philippine Scouts.
- www.pacificwrecks.com - Aspects of WWII in the Pacific theaters, ships and planes.
- http://combinedfleet.com/battles/Guadalcanal_Campaign#top - probably translation from Japanese.
- http://www.powresearch.jp/en/archive/ship/index.html - Sunken Japanese Ships with the Allied POWs in Transit (includes map).