The above link leads to a complete timeline of the activities in the Pacific theater of World War II. It covers a span of five years, 1941 to 1945. In this time span the site, http://www.historyplace.com/, covers every major battle, military action, and treaty and governmental action from the beginning of the war in the Pacific, the bombing of Pearl Harbor, to the overall conclusion of WWII as a whole, the creation of the United Nations. For a complete and detailed timeline, check out the link at the top of the post.
Saturday, October 9, 2010
The Statistics
Death Count
54,770,000 -- total deaths in WWII
38,573,000 -- civilians died in WWII
292,131 -- Americans died in WWII
3,393 -- Americans died on D-Day
6,603 -- casualties (including deaths, wounded, and prisoners) on D-Day
7,000 -- Americans died on Iwo Jima
12,000 -- Americans died on Okinawa
51,983 -- Americans died in the Pacific
1,140,429 --members of the Japanese military died during WWII
700,000 to 10,000,000 (estimated) -- Japanese civilians died in WWII
These are the total deaths and casualites of WWII. Note that these are primarily estimated totals, as no one is quite sure how many deaths exactly occured. For more stunning statistics covering the entire WWII from both theaters of Europe and the Pacific, follow this link:
Thursday, October 7, 2010
WORLD WAR 2: PACIFIC FRONT
This video is a documentary from the History Channel recreating the battle scenes of the Pacific side of WWII. It also discusses the reasons for some of the various tactics and technology used in the war, the breakdown of strategy used by both sides, and also includes real and dramatized footage of the actual war.
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