A Mitsubishi A6M5 Zero aircraft is being fueled for a mission; Saipan, Mariana Islands, South Pacific, 1944. 

Getting ready for a mission

The battle for Bataan (January 7, 1942 - April 9, 1942) is one of the decisive battles of the Philippine operation. Suppression of the resistance of the US-Philippine army on the Bataan Peninsula and Correchidor Island allowed Japan to establish control over Luzon Island and the entire Philippine archipelago.

Rising Sun victorious

Japanese troops in Kiska island, Aleutians, Alaska Territory, the first location on American soil to be invaded/occupied by enemy forces during WWII; June 6, 1942. 