The map collection illustrates how the Allied forces launched an offensive and gained dominance in the Pacific region. Over time, the map collection can be supplemented with commentary and additional maps to provide greater insight into the course of the battles, the strategy, and the underlying rationale.

1. The various mandates in the Pacific
   Its mandated region in the middle of the Pacific enabled Japan to construct military bases on the Mariana, Caroline and Marshall islands covertly. It proved to be a harbinger for Japan's military campaigns to seizure the Pacific.

2. WWII Major Allied Operations of the Asian and Pacific Theater

3. Pacific and the Far East

4. The Imperial Powers, 1 September 1939

5. China, 1941

6. Major Japanese War Objectives and Planned Opening Attacks

7. Major Allied Forces and Positions, December 1941

8. Japanese Centrifugal Offensive in South East Asia, 8 Dec. 1941 - 17 Jan. 1942
   Japanese Southern Army and Southern Force (Navy) operations

9. Situation Map of Malaya, 1941
   2 Maps a through b:
   1. British Land and Air Dispositions, 7 December 1941
   2. Japanese Centrifugal Offensive, Dec. 1941 - Jan. 1942
      Japanese 25th Army operations in Malaya

10. Luzon Phillipene Islands, Communications Net, American Dispositions, 8 December 1941

11. Luzon Phillipene Islands, Japanese Centrifugal Offensive, 10 Dec. - 6 May 1942

12. Netherlands East Indies, Japanese Centrifugal Offensive, December 1941 - April 1942

13. Southern Asia, Japanese Centrifugal Offensive, January - May 1942
    Japanese 15th Army and Southern Force (Navy) operations

14. Micronesia, Melanesia and New Guinea War Theatre, Dec. 1941 - Apr. 1942
    Japanese Centrifugal Offensive: Japanese 4th Fleet and South Seas Detachment Operations, Dec. 1941 - Apr. 1942

15. American Carrier Operations, 7 December 1941- 18 April 1942

16. Operations of the Japanese First Air Fleet, 7 December 1941 - 12 March 1942

17. Global overview on:
    The Battle of the Coral Sea, 6-8 May 1942
    The Battle of Midway, 3-6 June 1942

18. Status of Allied Forces and Theater Boundaries in the Pacific, 2 July 1942

19. The Guadalcanal Campaign, August - October 1942
    4 Maps a through d:
    1. Overview map of the Guadalcanal and the Florida Islands, 1942
       
    2. Guadalcanal Campaign: initial landings and capture of airfield, 7-8 Aug. 1942
    3. Guadalcanal Campaign: Japanese counter-attack on Bloody Ridge, 12-14 Sep. 1942
    4. Guadalcanal Campaign: Japanese counter-offensive, 23-26 Oct. 1942

20. An overview map of the eastern part of Papua-New-Guinea for the 6 battle maps presented in the next bullet

21. Easteren part of Papua-New-Guinea, September - November 1942
    6 Maps a through f:
    1. Japanese advance, 21 Jul. - 16 Sep. 1942
       
    2. Allied advance across Owen Stanley Mountains, 22 Sep. - 15 Nov. 1942
    3. Allied reinforcement by air and advance to Buna, 14 Oct. - 15 Nov. 1942
    4. Initial Advance of Australian 7th Infantry Division on Buna, 16-21 Nov. 1942
    5. Initial Advance of 32nd Division on Gona and the Sanananda Track, 16-21 Nov. 1942
    6. Attack on Buna mission, 16-28 Dec. 1942

22. Micronesia, Melanesia and New Guinea War Theatre, 30 Jun. 1943 - 26 Apr. 1944
    Operation CARTWHEEL:
    The seizure of the Gilberts and Marshalls and Concurent Air and Naval Operations, 30 Jun. 1943 - 26 Apr. 1944

23. The Solomons, New Guinea and Westeren New Britain, June 1943 - April 1944
    4 Maps a through d:
    1. pertaining The Solamons: New Georgia and Vicinity
       Allied force operations: capture of New Georgia, 21 Jun. - 27 Aug. 1943
    2. pertaining The Solamons: Bougainville and Vicinity
       Allied operations in the South Pacific Area: advance to Bougainville, 27 Oct. - 15 Dec. 1943
    3. pertaining New Guinea: Lae, Wau and Buna
       Allied force operations: capture of Salamaua and Lae, 29 Jun. - 16 Sep. 1943
    4. pertaining New Guinea and Western New Britain
       Allied force operations: clearing the Huon peninsula and securing the straits, 19 sep. - 26 apr. 1944

24. Situation map of the Far East and the Pacfic in 1943
    Original Allied Strategic Concept, May 1943
    Situation in Pacific on 1 November 1943

25. The Gilbert Islands: Makin Atoll and western half of the Butaritari Islands, 1943
    Initial Allied Operations of the 27th Infantry: 20-22 Nov. 1943
    Allied assault by 2nd Marine Division, 20-23 Nov. 1943

26. Kwajalein Atoll, January - February 1944
    Allied operations of the 4th Marine Division, 31 Jan. - 2 Feb. 1944
    Allied operations of the 7th Infantry Division, 31 Jan. - 4 Feb. 1944

27. The Western Pacific, New Guinea and the Philippine Islands, 22 April - 24 July 1944
    Allied advances to the Marianas, Biak and Neomfoor
    Japanese operations "KON" and "A-GO"

28. Operations in the Marianas, June-August 1944
    3 Maps a through c:
    1. Assault on Saipan, 15 Jun. - 10 Jul. 1944
    2. Invasion of Guam, 21 Jul. - 8 Aug. 1944
    3. Seizure of Tinian, 21 Jul. - 1 Aug 1944

29. The Western Pacific, New Guinea and the Philippine Islands, July-September 1944
    Allied Advances to the Palaus and Morotai, 30 Jul. - 17 Sep. 1944
    Air Attacks on the Philippines, 7-22 Sep. 1944

30. Invasion of Hollandia (in Netherlands New Guinea), 1944
    Operations of 1st Army Corps (a.k.a Reckless Task Force). It was part of the 6th Army which was part of an Army Group a.k.a the South West Pacific Army (SWPA) Forces under command of general Douglas MacArthur.

31. The Western Pacific, New Guinea and the Philippine Islands, October 1944
    The Invasion of Leyte, 17-20 Ocr. 1944
    The battle for Leyte Gulf, 23-25 Oct. 1944

32. The Philippine Islands: Leyte Island and the Visayas, October-December 1944
    6th Army operations on Leyte and Sambar, October-December 1944

33. The Philippine Islands: Leyte Island and the Visayas, December 1944 - January 1945
    6th Army operations, Mindoro and Marinduque Islands, 15 Dec. 1944 - 25 Jan. 1945

34. Luzon, Philippine Islands, 1941
    Japanese 14th Area Army Dispositions prior to 9 January 1945

35. Luzon, Philippine Islands, early 1945
    Allied invasion of Luzon and the Advance to Manila, 9 Jan. - 4 Feb. 1945

36. Luzon, Philippine Islands, mid 1945
    Final Allied operations on Luzon, 3 Feb. - 20 Jul. 1945

37. Situation map of Southeast Asia in spring 1945
    Dispositions of the Japanese Forces and the Final Allied Offensives in the Southwest Pacific Area, 29 Feb. - 1 Jul. 1945

38. China, 1920-1950

39. Japanese advances in China during 1937

40. Japanese advances in China during 1938 and 1939

41. Allied Reorganization, 30 March 1942 and Area Under Japanese Control, 6 August 1942

42. India-Burma, Allied Line of Communications, 1942-1943

43. The Third Burma Campaign, November 1943 - May 1944

44. The Third Burma Campaign, June 1944 - March 1945

45. Operation ICHIGO, April-December 1944 and Situation 31 December

46. The Third Burma Campaign, Allied Victory, April-May 1945

47. Operation ICHIGO, 1945 and Final Operations in the War

48. Summary of Allied Pacific Campaigns and Status of Japanese Forces, 1 February 1945

49. Allied Invasion of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, 1945

50. Okinawa, April 1945
    2 Maps a through b:
    1. Japanese 32nd Army Defensive dispositions, 1 Apr. 1945
    2. 10th US Army operations (Operation Iceberg), 1-8 Apr. 1945

51. Okinawa, April-June 1945
    2 Maps a through b:
    1. 24th Army Corps operations, 9 Apr. - 6 May 1945
    2. 10th US Army operations, 10 May - 30 Jun. 1945

52. Japanese Homeland Security Dispositions and Allied Plans for the Invasion of Japan, August 1945

53. The Bombing of Japan

54. Areas Under Allied Japanese Control, 15 August 1945

1. Conflict Atlases
   Digital History Center
   Department of History at the United States Military Academy (USMA)
   https://dhc.westpoint.edu/atlases/