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  The sites and resources listed here are a collecrion found on the Internet, with some help from my friends. The criteria is to be associated with the subject of the Pacific War or the Japanese Aviation 1910-1945 in one way or another. That includes Naval links, as well as pure modelling links that often contain valuable historical references

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(this page was updatet on December 3, 2002)
 
 
 
General & links pages
Japanese Aviation & Military Web Ring. Do you have a site whith at least half of the content associated with Japanese Aviation or Military subject? Admit it to this new association of Internet respources. www.j-aircraft.com/jring/
 
Dave Pluth's JAAF/JNAF site has a new address. Great resource for modellers and aviation history students. Steadily updated with details on more aircraft, now also lists Aces of both services. Don't miss the message board! www.j-aircraft.com/
 
A Japanese Military History site, currently displaying some excellent info on the "Val" dive bomber. Maintained by Scott Hoffman, who also presides over the Japanese Information International, an IPMS-USA SIG. www.qni.com/~hoffman/
 
K.Kato's aviation pages - an ambitious Japanese WWII Army & Navy aviation site, with photo resources, links to other sites, even a search engine. Made in Japan! home.interlink.or.jp/~katoh00/
 
ZenosDrive-In, with a large aviation link list, including some Japanese, and with a hard-to-resist RealPlayer aviation clips. members.aol.com/zeno303/Pages/ZenosDrive-In.html
 
Stalag 13 Aviation Links is a huge collection of aviation links of all kinds, a surfer's Eldorado, with a search option and update service. http://users.aol.com/dheitm8612/page2.htm#0
 
Wings of the Sun is a new ambitious site dedicated to Japanese Aviation and modelling, with wide range of engaging issues, even includes own chat(!), by Hiroyuki Takeuchi. www.asahi-net.or.jp/~fk7h-tkuc/hp/english/
 
Azusa Ono's modelling site contain research, good collection of photos of Japanese warbirds from various US collections, as well as interesting aviation and modelling links. www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/7879/index.html
 
Robert (Gunny) Hiles' The Military Network, it's main purpose is to "provide a central site for the dissemination of information and services to members of the armed forces." It is searchable by keywords and contain useful links to resources about Pacific War. www.military-network.com/
 
 
 
Aircraft
Johan Myhrman's new, Japan-based aviation site with excellent coverage of Aichi E13A "Jake" floatplane and Nakajima Army Type 91 fighter. Other planes are expected to follow soon. www2.gol.com/users/myhrman/aircraft.htm
 
A shortcut to Nihon Kaigun's Japanese Aviation section, provided by Joao Paulo Juliño Matsuura. www.skypoint.com/members/jbp/ijna/ijnaf.htm
 
Japanese Aircraft and code names, slightly outdated, needs attention. Some connecting problems. www.ctrl-c.liu.se/~johansson/flyghtml/japaircraft/main.html
 
Hino's Japanese pages, with photos of aircraft and parts in various stages of restoration in Japan. ohm.mec.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/~hino/list_e.html
 
A Japanese page with lots of photos showing Chino's Zero flying over Japan. www.asahi-net.or.jp/~la3k-kmt/takeichi/tzero1.htm
 
Wolf's Liars Japanese Aircraft page - a few photos of known Zeros, one nice photo of the Ohio-"Rex" and a false(!) "Kate". www.skywolf.com/japanese.html
 
Photographs of Japanese airplanes - a very interesting collection of mostly wartime images of A/C on the EarthStation1's WWII Sounds & Pictures Page (the last Zero is a phoney, though). www.earthstation1.com/aircraft/wwii/japanese/japanese.html
 
A small Japanese Naval Aviation site by Satoshi Amagai, with entries on a few a/c. Page under development, but worth a visit. www.concentric.net/~Amagai/ijn/index.html
 
Zero Fighter Worls is a Japanese web site dedicated to the Zero fighter, with nice photos of the a/c presently in Japan, as well as some interesting models and links. www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/4691/
 
BLAYD Zero: A6M2 Model 21 Zero Fighter Restoration. Read about the recreation of the famous fighter. (by BLAYD Corporation) www.blayd.mb.ca/
 
A small collection of photos of the Tachikawa Ki-54 "Hickory" transport (via Simon Ellwood) www.cv990.demon.co.uk/wreck/
 
 
 
Pacific War
The Netherlands East Indies. This website is dedicated to the study of the Japanese Invasion of the Dutch East Indies (DEI) in 1941-1942. www.geocities.com/dutcheastindies/
 
Dan Ford on the net! Includes lots of interesting info on and around Japanese military aviation subject, own articles & links. Recently updated! New address: www.danford.net/japan.htm
 
Kamikaze - an essay by Mako Sasaki of the University of Virginia www.tcr.org/kamikaze.html
 
The Battle of Midway. An ambitious project with some very informative content, far from completion (June '98) but worth a bookmark. Good links on the front page. (by Chris Hawkinson) www.centuryinter.net/midway/midway.html
 
The battle of Midway 1942 - The fight for the Pacific. Small Spanish (in English) site about the battle, bu Rafael Mozun. www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Arena/2951/english.html
 
Battle of Leyte Gulf - a non-aviation web page about one of the major Pacific War battles. www.djjp.demon.co.uk/leytegulf.htm
 
The Battle Off Samar Home Page - An execllent page detailing an important, and yet often forgotten, battle near the end of the Pacific war. This is a must visit page. www.uconect.net/~bosamar/
 
When the Best Wasn't Enough, and Victory the Only Option - A tribute to the veterans of Midway. www.defenselink.mil/pubs/di95/di1084.html
 
Dec. 8th through Dec. 12th, 1941. Text feature on the outbreak of the Pacific War, by David H. Lippman, belongs to his WORLD WAR II PLUS 55 site with lots of content. Includes a story on the Third Battle of Savo that may very well serve as a replacement of the lost Savo Island page (see one of the links above). www.flash.net/~hfwright/dl08de41.htm
 
Guadalcanal Online - a site designed to inform those looking for information regarding the First U.S. Offensive Campaign in the Pacific against the Japanese during World War II. / by John Nicholas. www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/6672/canal_index.html
 
WWII Ace Stories - a growing site with stories about aces from all countries. Includes an intersting entry on Saburo Sakai. http://www.acestory.gdynia.top.pl/aces.htm
 
Kamikaze - web site by Wojciech St. Moscibrodzki, an ambitious resource by a Polish enthisiast. Unfinished, but worth monitoring. www1.itnet.com.pl/~wojmos/KAMIKAZE/
 
The Battle of the Coral Sea, the page contains an account of the battle, incl. battle plan maps from both sides. ac.acusd.edu/History/WW2Timeline/coral.html
 
The U.S. Army Campaigns in World War II: GUADALCANAL, an official U.S. Army Center of Military History account. www.army.mil/cmh-pg/guadal.htm
 
A Marine Diary: My Experiences on Guadalcanal by J. R. Garrett. Highly interesting first hand account of the battle. 204.49.53.2/~jrube/intro.html
 
WWII Commemoration from Grolier Online is a great introduction to the whole issue of WWII, with features on all the important campaigns - a good staring point. www.grolier.com/wwii/wwii_i.html
 
The War in the Pacific - A Brief History and Timeline, the "Enola Gay Perspectives web" site. Excellent introduction to the Pacific War subject, with cross-links to further resources. By Carolyn McCracken, Univ. of Maryland. www.glue.umd.edu/~enola/hist/history.html
 
Heroes: Takeo Tanimizu. A tribute to one of the top IJNAF aces, on Rich Geib's home site. www.rjgeib.com/heroes/tanimizu/tanimizu.html
 
Imperial Japanese Armed Forces - Orders of Battle and Organizations. Graphicaly unimpressive as it is - an outstanding source of information for all the students of the Pacific War!. Bookmark and revisit, the site is not fully completed yet. www.freeport-tech.com/WWII/014_japan/__ighq.htm
 
Technical Air Intelligence Page. Contain information about the airplanes of IJAAF/IJNAF evaluated by TAIC during- and after the war. web.dbtech.net/~tware/atint.htm
 
The Final Agony Of Force Z. Good page about the last journey of HMS "Repulse" and HMS "Prince of Wales". (from SAGA magazine) www.saga.co.uk/publishing/history/forcez.html
 
Britain's first months in the Pacific War: December 8, 1941 - The Fall of Singapore. Lots of military, naval and aviation facts! (old Singapore page on a new location) www.sol.com.sg/classroom/fall/index.html
 
Air War Over the Pacific: covers Pearl Harbor, Midway and Coral Sea action. A good general introduction for everyone. (via David Aiken) www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Bunker/2206/
 
Great Pacific War, Naval Aviation Bibliography, "...covers US and Japanese Naval Aviation during the years from 1936 to 1945", good reference resource (by Ben Schapiro) www.ameritech.net/users/bschapiro/NABhtxt.htm
 
Japanese Airpower is a part of a gaming site, but has some interesting input for the Japanese aviation history enthusiast. (via François P. Weill) www.star-games.com/Airpower.html
 
The Naval History Online site features links to some interesting essays on the Pcific War www.uq.net.au/~zzddelli/navyfeat.htm
 
Rengo Kantai - a tribute to the Japanese Navy and a different view on some aspects of the Pacific War, by Luis Alberto Gómez Muñoz and colleagues candamo.iespana.es/candamo/
 
The Battle of Midway, June 3 - 6 1942. Chris Hawkinson's awaited site finally finished www.centuryinter.net/midway/
 
 
 
Naval
Formerly Nihon Kaigun, Imperial Japanese Navy Page, a very ambitious and thorough resource on the Pacific War. www.skypoint.com/members/jbp/kaigun.htm
 
Craig Scogin's Japanese Navy site, with excellent video captures & photographs of model ships. Now updated with many excellent period photos of aircraft! www.mindspring.com/~photon/kongo/
 
Watson's Japanese Navy page. Good photos, data and maps, less a/c content. canopus.lpi.msk.su/~watson/ijn.html
 
Japanese Naval Power Page - A link to a new IJN page by Bill Lise, a technical translator who lives in Tokyo. His page is still in its infancy, but it already contains lots of interesting, little-known facts translated from Japanese sources. For those interested in the technical IJN, this page is a must see. www2.gol.com/users/billlise/jnp/
 
Warships, by Guy Derdall - a good naval page on a new location. Classified by ship types, not nations, but the Japanese vessels are there! http://warships.4biz.net/index_ships.htm
 
Tone Class Cruisers A/C markings - a really good new feature on http://www.navismagazine.com See also next link below. www.navismagazine.com/current/tone-floatplanes/
 
www.navismagazine.com is a great naval info' & modelling site that, occasionally features a/c-oriented material. Check out the Japanese ships pages in the Model gallery, direkt link: http://www.navismagazine.com/models.htm
 
I-400 and I-401 The Forgotten Submarines, a web resource about the biggest submarines ever built, carrying three M6A1 Seiran attack planes each. Good (but slow!) photo material from the out-of-print Monogram Close Up No.13. www2.miracle.net/~elrond/401.html
 
Battleship New Jersey Historical Museum Society. This is not directly a "Japanese" site but BB-62 is closely associated with the Pacific War. Very informative site with valuable links. bnj.quuxuum.org/
 
USNSM Online History Center. Plenty of truly excellent data and info on Japanese aircraft carriers, battleships and cruisers on this site, if you browse through the links, as well as on other navies!. First class web resource. http://www.uss-salem.org/navhist/
 
Robert D. Ballard dives at Midway. Follow the Titanic-explorer on his search for the lost carriers on this wonderful National Geographic site (thanks Johan Myhrman). New address: www.nationalgeographic.com/midway/
 
 
 
Pearl Harbor
The Pearl Harbor History Associates Inc. - the new Pearl Harbor portal, including four separate sub-sites: Pearl Harbor Attacked Message Board, Pearl Harbor Attack Hearings, USS Arizona, BB-39 and now hosting the old Battleship Row - adjust your bookmarks! (via David Aiken). www.ibiblio.org/phha/
 
Pearl Harbor in numbers. Ships, planes, men - before and after. www.msstate.edu/Archives/History/USA/WWII/balance.txt
 
Pearl Harbor: Remembered. An informative site about the attack, with links to related sources. www.execpc.com/~dschaaf/
 
Pearl Harbor: Bibliography. This extensive list of sources belongs to a site that takes a stand in the still controversial matter. www.geocities.com/Athens/3682/phbibliography.html
 
Attack On Pearl Harbor, 1941, from Ibis Communications, a well done page on the PH raid. www.ibiscom.com/pearl.htm
 
The Attack On Pearl Harbor, another page on the attack, by Michael Portillo. brill.acomp.usf.edu/~mportill/assign.html
 
Pearl Harbor attack: hearings before the Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack, Congress of the United States, Seventy-Ninth Congress. The name says it all - this is a link page to the official documents available via Internet. www.sunsite.unc.edu/pha/pha/index.html
 
Pearl Harbor - Mother Of All Conspiracies - an interesting standpoint in the Pearl Harbor controversy, by Mark Willey. www.clinton.net/~mewilley/pearl.html
 
The story of Takeo Yoshikawa and his role in supplying Japan with intelligence prior to the Pearl Harbor attack. (via Johan Myhrman) www.worldwarii.com/WorldWarII/articles/1997/05973_text.htm
 
 
 
Modelling
Hobby Link Japan, the ultimate mail-order store for Japanese plastic models & hobby kits, located in Tokyo, with excellent web service. http://www.iac.co.jp/
 
Internet Hobbies - an online hobby shop in PA, USA. internethobbies.com/ipma.html
 
Hyper Scale modelling site, take a look at the gallery where several good looking Japanese a/c models are on display. http://www.hyperscale.com/
 
The Supply Depot - great place for ordering kits and accessories (e-mail orders). www.thesupplydepot.com/index.html
 
 
 
Museums
NZFPM New Zealands Fighter Pilots Museum Home Site has been redesigned and is a compulsory bookmark! Here you can find the restored "Oscar", a Zero replica, a highly interesting feature on the Japanese Air Forces in WWII, other restored A/C, RNZAF contribution to the Pacific War, pilot recollections, and more. www.nzfpm.co.nz/welcome/welcome.htm
 
RAF Cosford Museum: IJAAF aircraft. Good photographs of the museum's restored Ki-46 and Ki-100. warbird.totavia.com/japan.html
 
Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum's WWII gallery with photos of the A6M5 Zero on display. www.nasm.edu/GALLERIES/GAL205/gal205.html
 
The A6M5 Zero of The Air Museum "Planes of Fame" on the Chino Airport. avdigest.com/~rcecil/pof/pr_jun97.htm
 
The Tora Tours page with some interesting Pearl Harbor AVI-clips to download. www.kumu.com/toratora.html
 
Classical Aeroplanes and World Museums - another all-Japanese site: with some persistence you'll find links to all Japanese aviation museums, photos and info' on airplanes, illustrations. Well worth exploration! (thanks to Doug Wickman) www.bekkoame.or.jp/~t-kyoji/
 
Kanoya Japan Maritime Self Defense Force Base Museum. Shows the restoration process of the Zero Mod. 52 on display at the museum. The Zero was rebuilt by Mitsubishi and JMSDF engineers from two Zeros salvaged from under the sea. (via Hiroyuki Takeuchi) www.synapse.ne.jp/~msdf-ks/frame-htm/restoration1.htm
 
 
 
Modern Aviation
Aeroflight Guide to Japanese Aviation magazines provides a good listing of the current Japanese Aviation press. Also a mirror site. www.netlink.co.uk/users/aeroflt/guide/japmag01.htm
 
Japanese Air Self Defense Force Homepage. The only post-Pacific War link on this page - we think it deserves it's place. www.jda.go.jp/jasdf/indexE.htm
 

 
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