This timeline covers all the political and military events that occurred within the Asia and the Pacific region between the years 1939 and 1945.
"A gigantic fleet... has massed in Pearl Harbor. This fleet will be utterly crushed with one blow at the very beginning of
hostilities...Heaven will bear witness to the righteousness of our struggle."
Rear-Admiral Ito Chief of Staff of the Combined Fleet November
1941
Admiral Chester Nimitz
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
Japanese A6M Zero
The Mitsubishi A6M Zero was a superlative fighter, being both fast and manoeuvrable. The Zero was to dominated the early air battles during the Pacific war.
