Japanese conquest at its zenith -- U.S. commanders in Asia and the Pacific -- The battle for Guadalcanal -- The New Guinea campaign -- The China-Burma-India theater of operations -- Attu and Kiska -- The transports of war -- Tarawa -- Kwajalein -- Guam, Saipan, and Tinian -- Peleliu -- Leyte : a toehold in the Philippines -- The Battle of Leyte Gulf -- The Liberation of the Philippines -- Iwo Jima -- Okinawa -- The invasion of Japan -- V-J Day -- Tokyo war crimes.