Japan's World War 2 Victories - 1941-1942

This page contains a collection of resources on Japan's military victories in the opening months of World War II in the Pacific theater. This page also includes a listing a battles fought during this period of the war in the Pacific.

Japanese Early Pacific Thearter Battles and Advances: 1941 - 1942:

Attack on Pearl Harbor	December 7, 1941	Battle of Makassar Strait	February 4, 1942
Japanese Invasion of Thailand	December 8, 1941	Battle of Palembang	February 13 - 15, 1942
First Battle of Guam	December 8 - 10, 1941	Battle of Badung Strait	February 18 - 19, 1942
Battle of Wake Island	December 8 - 23, 1941	Bombing of Darwin	February 19, 1942
Battle of Hong Kong	December 8 - 25, 1941	Battle of Timor	February 19, 1942 - February 1, 1943
Battle of Malaya	December 8, 1941 - January 31, 1942	Battle of the Java Sea	February 27, 1942
Sinking of Prince of Wales/ Repulse	December 10, 1941	Battle of Sunda Strait	February 28 - March 1, 1942
Battle of Borneo	December 13, 1941 - April 1, 1942	Battle of Java	February 28 - March 12, 1942
Battle of Bataan	January 7 - April 9, 1942	2nd Battle of the Java Sea	March 1, 1942
Battle of Tarakan	January 11 - 12, 1942	Battle of Christmas Island	March 31 - April 1, 1942
Battle of Manado	January 11 - 13, 1942	Indian Ocean Raid	March 31 - April 10, 1942
Battle of Rabaul	January 23, 1942	Invasion of Tulagi	May 3 - 4, 1942
Battle of Balikpapan	January 23 - 24, 1942	Battle of the Coral Sea	May 4 - 8, 1942
Battle of Ambon	January 30 - February 3, 1942	Battle of Corregidor	May 5 - 6, 1942
Battle of Singapore	January 31 - February 15, 1942

Japanese Early Pacific Thearter Advances - Resources:

The Battleship Prince of Wales

Mike Kemble's history and photos of the HMS Prince of Wales - sunk by Japanese aircraft in December 1941.

Dutch East Indies

History Animated's recounting of the Japanese conquest of the Dutch East Indies with animated maps.

The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941-1942

This web site is dedicated to the study of the Japanese Invasion of the Dutch East Indies (DEI) in 1941-1942.

East Indies - U.S. Army Center of Military History

One of a series of fourteen studies of World War II operations originally published by the War Department's Historical Division and now returned to print as part of the Army's commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of that momentous clash of arms.

HyperWar - Rising Sun: The Japanese Conquests

World War II: Pacific Theater of Operations: Japanese conquests following the attack on Pearl Harbor (Guam, Wake, the Philippines, Netherlands East Indies, etc.).

Malaya and Singapore

History Animated's recounting of the Japanese conquest of Malaya and Singapore with animated maps.

Other Pacific Theater Resource Collections:

World War II Pacific Battle Map	Iwo Jima
Pearl Harbor Attack	Okinawa
Japanese Pacific Advances: 1941-1942	Atomic Bomb
Burma	Japanese World War II Surrender
The Philippines	Ships, U-boats and Navies
The Doolittle Raid	Pacific Aircraft & Aviation
Battle of the Coral Sea	U.S. Navy & Marine Corps
Battle of Midway	U.S. Army
Aleutian Islands	Japanese Navy
Guadalcanal and Solomon Campaigns	Japanese Army
New Guinea Campaign	Other Pacific Theater Topics
Gilbert and Marshall Islands Campaign	Navy and Marines Personal Stories
Mariana and Palau Islands Campaign	Additional Resources

Additional Resources:

Pacific Theater Battles and Campaigns - 1941-1945

The following map plots the locations of the 131 significant World War II battles and campaigns in the Pacific theater from 1941-1945. Below the map is a listing of the significant Pacific theater battles and campaigns sorted by date.

World War 2 Personal Stories and Accounts - Navy and Marines

EverythingWorldWar2's collection of resources focused on World War II personal accounts and stories from navy and marine personnel.

World War II Ships and Naval Resources Collection

EverythingWorldWar2's collection of information and resources related to the World War II ships and navies.

World War II Aircraft and Aviation Resources Collection

EverythingWorldWar2's collection of information and resources related to the World War II aircraft and aviation.

The History Place - World War Two in the Pacific

Dramatics battle photos of US troops in action during World War II in the Pacific.

HyperWar - Pacific Theater of Operations

History of World War II, Pacific Theater of Operations. Includes HTML versions of official US Army, US Army Air Forces, US Marine Corps, and US Navy histories; and more.

Naval War in Pacific

Ships, units and persons who appeared in Pacific Theatre of Operations from 7 December 1941 to 2 September 1945.

NavWeaps - Order of Battle: Pacific Battles

NavWeaps' comprehensive order of battle listings for all major World War II pacific theater battles.

Pacific War 1941-1945

This page is a joint effort by Royal Netherlands Navy Warships of World War II and The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941-1942. The purpose of this forum is to discuss and research the Pacific War.

Pacific War Story

Stories from WWII from the Pacific war. From sides to President Truman to A Japanese Sub Commander. A comprehensive collection of testimonials.

PACIFIC WRECKS - World War II Pacific

A database of photographs, descriptions and locations of WWII wreckage remaining in Pacific.

WW2, Pacific War

Little known facts about the Pacific War in World War 2, the early years.

World War 2 Subject Index

Detailed index of EverythingWorldWar2's collection of information and resources related to World War II. This includes battles, maps, pictures, photos, documents, timelines, museums, forums, D-Day, Pearl Harbor, the European, African and Pacific war theaters, ships, u-boats, naval forces, aircraft, aviation, air forces, tanks, weapons, personal stories, military units, militaria, collectibles, books, video clips and special World War II topics.