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Parent topics
- World War Two in the Pacific [r]: The part of World War II (1937-45) fought in Asia and the Pacific Ocean between Japan and the U.S., China, Britain, Australia, and other Allies. [e]
- Strategic bombing [r]: Strategic strike attacks against the homeland military forces, population and industry of a nation, conducted by manned bomber aircraft [e]
- Raid [r]: Add brief definition or description
Subtopics
- William Halsey [r]: Fleet admiral of the United States Navy in the Pacific theater of World War II, commanding the Third United States Fleet; a colorful and inspirational fighting leader with some limitations in strategy and large fleet command [e]
- James Doolittle [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Aircraft carrier [r]: A warship designed to launch and recover combat aircraft and aircraft that support military operations [e]
- USS Enterprise (CV-6) [r]: Yorktown-class U.S. aircraft carrier; commissioned in May 1938; served through the Second World War; scrapped 1958 [e]
- USS Hornet (CV-8) [r]: U.S. Yorktown-class aircraft carrier; commissioned in October 1941; participated in Doolittle Raid and Battle of Midway; sunk at the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands in November 1942 [e]
- B-25 Mitchell [r]: A U.S. Army Air Force medium bomber of the Second World War, especially noted for its unprecedented one-way mission in the Doolittle Raid, and, with major modifications, as a low-level attack aircraft against Japanese ships [e]
- Cruiser [r]: While definitions vary with time and doctrine, a large warship capable of acting independently, as a flagship, or a major escort; capabilities include anti-air warfare, anti-surface warfare, anti-submarine warfare, land attack, and possibly ballistic missile defense [e]
- USS Marblehead [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Ellis Zacharias [r]: U.S. Navy line officer in the Pacific War, who also participated in communications intelligence and broadcasts to the Japanese that attempted to engage their peace faction [e]
- USS Marblehead [r]: Add brief definition or description
- B-26 Marauder [r]: A U.S. Army Air Force medium bomber of the Second World War, used primarily at 10-15,000 feet in the European Theater of Operations [e]
- Battle of Midway [r]: Generally considered to be the turning point of the Pacific Theater in the Second World War, a Japanese force intending to capture Midway Island was turned back with the loss of four aircraft carriers, at the cost of one U.S. carrier; it was the last major Japanese offensive of the war [e]
- Medal of Honor [r]: The highest U.S. military decoration for valor, "above and beyond the call of duty", at the risk of life, in direct combat [e]
- World War II, Pacific [r]: The part of World War II (1937-45) fought in Asia and the Pacific Ocean between Japan and the U.S., China, Britain, Australia, and other Allies. [e]
- World War II, air war, Pacific Theater strategic operations [r]: Add brief definition or description
- World War II, air war [r]: Air operations in the Second World War [e]
- Isoroku Yamamoto [r]: Admiral, Imperial Japanese Navy, Commander-in-Chief, Combined Fleet; planned the attack on Pearl Harbor although opposed to war with the United States; shot down and killed March 1943 [e]