Sparked by the Japanese attac on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, the Pacific Ocean theater of World War II saw a bitter confrontation between the Allied forces—led by the U.S.—and Japan. This gallery will reveal you powerful photographs from the period which lasted until the end of the war in September 1945.
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USS West Virginia and Tennessee burn after being torpedoed in Pearl Harbor.
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American and Filipino soldiers hide in a fox-hole during the Battle of Bataan on April 7, 1942.
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Japanese troops capture an American gun during the Battle of Bataan, between January and April 1942.
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U.S. Marines come ashore from their landing craft during the early days of Battle of Guadalcanal in August 1942.
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American prisoners of war being marched by the Japanese troops during the Battle of Java.
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American soldiers cross a makeshift bridge made from amphibious tractors as the base during the Guadalcanal Campaign, in November 1942.
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A human chain of soldiers remove supplies of oil from the flames after Japanese bombers attacked an U.S. Army depot in New Guinea, circa 1943.
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U.S. Marines make their way through muddy terrain in Bougainville Island in Papua New Guinea on Nov. 4, 1943.
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An injured Filipino soldier is treated by U.S. troops following a skirmish in Leyte, Philippines, circa 1943.
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Sandbags form a protective barrier around the entrance of a dugout surgery room in the Solomon Islands in 1943.
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American volunteer group aircraft, known as the “Flying Tigers,” aid the Chinese Army against Japanese forces, circa 1943.
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A U.S. Marine holds a carbine rifle and ammo as his fellow soldier rears back to lob a grenade, during the Battle of Tarawa, in Kiribati in 1943.
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U.S. Marines examine a wrecked Japanese bomber on Munda Airfield in Solomon Islands on Aug. 20, 1943.
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Shells from an American destroyer take out a Japanese fuel dump in northern New Guinea, circa 1944.
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U.S. Marines form a line as they pass down munitions from landing craft carriers in the Solomon Islands, in the mid-1940s.
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American forces deploy their 58th Amphibious Tanks and Tractor Battalion during a landing experiment from a floating dock in 1944.
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An American soldier pushes a baby carriage as he escorts a family to an internment camp during the Battle of Saipan in June 1944.
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A landing vehicle carries U.S. artillery and personnel off New Guinea in 1944.
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An armada of American landing craft seen near an airstrip on Leyte island on Nov. 21, 1944.
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U.S. supply jeeps cross a makeshift bridge made from a base of pontoon boats in New Guinea, circa 1944.
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Two soldiers plant an American flag on a beach in Guam on July 20, 1944.
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The American flag is raised in the Solomon Islands to mark the victory over Japanese forces in 1944.
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Trails of Japanese phosphorus bombs are seen over American planes as they fly back home after a raid in the Pacific on Oct. 15, 1944.
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American forces bomb Hansa Bay, circa 1945.
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Missiles fly off an American vessel, aimed at Okinawa on March 31, 1945.
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U.S. personnel operate an M7 Priest carriage, overlooking the mountains of Luzon, Philippines in 1945.
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A U.S. paratrooper lands on the island of Iwo Jima, circa 1945.
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An American amphibious battalion forms a line to enter the shores of Okinawa in April 1945.
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U.S. Marines pose on top of Mount Suribachi on the island of Iwo Jima in 1945.
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