Welcome to 6thBombGroup.com. Here you’ll find the most important, most common study topics for the Pacific War with accessibility and focus designed specifically for you, the student.

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The Pacific War – Overview is a best place to start to quickly understand the Pacific War:  why the U.S. was vulnerable to Japanese attack and how American industrial, resource and innovation superiority was critical to victory.

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Home Front Was Critical to Winning the War – discusses the great U.S. industrial transformation to the war and its impact on Americans at home.

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Was the Atomic Bomb Necessary to End WWII? – Learn both sides of this most fiercely debated WWII topic

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Lessons of the War – what we learned to deter and win wars

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Related Topics – Pacific War

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A brief overview of the war & the key takeaways >
US STRATEGIC BOMBING SURVEY
The Definitive Military Document of the Pacific War 1941 to 1945 >
WHY THE US ENTERED WWII
A Day of Infamy – Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941 >
THE BOMBING OF JAPAN
Historical first hand accounts, Videos, Diary Entries, Letters, Press & more >
ATOMIC MISSIONS
Analysis, Videos, Hiroshima, Enola Gay >
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LESSONS OF WAR
Learn Why the home front was critical To winning WWII >
PRISONERS OF WAR
Kempei Tai Atrocities, War Trials records > >

Bombing of Japan

B-29 Mission Types >
North Field >
Bomb Group Camps >
Life on Tinian >
Video Accounts >

Atomic Missions

Hiroshima Mission >
The Day the Enola Gay Arrived on Tinian North Field >