This page shows a rather detailed timeline of the war in the Pacific http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/pacificwar/timeline.htm This is a map of Japan at it's height! http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/pacificwar/pacwar.gif And finally some interesting photos from the war. http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/pacificwar/index.html