Welcome to Pacific War Animated

If a picture is worth a thousand words, a good animation is worth ten thousand. After reading book after book about the Pacific War and finding only complicated maps with dotted lines and dashed lines crisscrossing the pages, we decided to depict the key naval and land battles using animation technology.

From a recent issue of WWII magazine: "the site provides a birds eye view as American and Japanese forces hopscotch around the Pacific."

From a recent article in Armchair General Magazine: "You could read several books and never get the same comprehension of the overall battles as with these animations."

Recent Note from a teacher in France: "This is just what I needed to clearly show the Pacific theatre to my students, as an introduction to what they will produce in a geopolitics school project."

Used for historical training  by the largest US Naval Maintenance division.  Part of the curriculum at the University of Singapore.

While the animation helps readers view a broader picture of the battles showing the inter-relationships of the opponents in time and space more clearly, it is limited in the detail that can be shown. While accuracy has been attempted, at times the picture of the battles must be simplified to make the battle as clear as possible. We expect to continue developing new animations every few weeks until all of the key battles of the Pacific War have been animated.

We are not attempting to reinterpret history, but merely to depict it as the best military historians have written it.

We need donations to keep the site up and running. Your donation goes to the non-profit HistoryAnimated Education Foundation and is 100% tax-deductible and will be used for site expenses.