Oceania

Global armed conflict from 1939 to 1945, including war in Europe, Asia and the Pacific, mass civilian suffering and major geopolitical change.

Major Pacific and Asian theater of World War II, conventionally dated here from Japan’s December 1941 attacks through its surrender in 1945; the wider Sino-Japanese conflict began earlier.

Australian and Japanese troops fought along the Kokoda Track in Papua during 1942.

U.S. Marines and Japanese defenders fought an exceptionally costly battle on Peleliu in 1944.

Fletcher Christian and crew mutinied against Captain William Bligh in the South Pacific.

The first crewed lunar landing on 20 July 1969, when NASA Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin reached the Moon while Michael Collins remained in lunar orbit.

Island of Palau and site of the Battle of Peleliu.

Island in French Polynesia in the South Pacific.

Island of the Russell Islands, Solomon Islands.

Island in the Solomon Islands and major Pacific War battleground.

Capital city of Victoria, Australia.

Island in the Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea.

Country in Oceania.

Island country in Oceania.

Country in Southeast Asia.