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Aichi Prefecture 愛知県 in the Chubu Region of Japan is home to a wide variety of things to see and do. From iconic Mt. Fuji to snowy...

Greetings PHG fans! Two weeks ago, we revealed the Australia section of the guide. Since then, I've gotten some great feedback on places...

Friends, it's been six months since Pacific History Guide went live. From humble beginnings this website has really grown, helped in no...

G'day Pacific History Guide readers! Today on the blog I'm happy to announce that we've added a new location to the website: the wild...

Seems crazy but nearly a year ago now we did a little Second World War history tour around Guam as a family and with the kids' friends. ...

This week we mark the anniversary of the very first seaborne airstrikes in history, which took place near Tsingtao, China, during the...

Greetings all, today is a short post because I got a little behind this week on writing; I found out Thursday that I was selected for...

You often hear the word 'roads' in reference to coastal cities, seaports, or bodies of water. Some of the more famous examples include...

On the 15th August 1945, the people of Japan dutifully turned to their radios. It had been announced the day before via all NHK stations...

The second and last use of atomic weapons in combat took place on this day, August 9 1945. A B-29 named 'Bockscar' took off from Tinian...

Greetings everybody, I recently had the pleasure of returning to WW2TV for a talk on the Battle of Guam in 1941, when the Americans lost...

Greetings everyone! I recently found that one of my favorite authors, Sarah C.M. Paine, gave a series of historical lectures on youtube...

Hiratsuka suffered greatly as a result of all this. On July 16, 1945, 138 B-29's dropped 1,173 tons of incendiary bombs (447,716 in total). Only 5% of the bombs targeted the naval arsenal or aircraft plant, the rest were dropped on the civilian populatio

On this day July 12 1918, the Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Kawachi 河内 exploded and sank in Tokuyama Bay with the loss of more than...

Hey everyone, back again this week with another guide to the guide. This time, we'll be looking at the PHG reading list . I recently saw...

I've recently done some reading on the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) sites in the Philippines over at the Asia Maritime...

Did you know that Pacific History Guide has an easy locations list that designed to simplify your search for historical sites near you?...

Greetings all, I recently appeared on WW2TV with Paul Woodadge to discuss the invasion and battle of Saipan from the perspective of the...

On May 17th 2025, YCAPS sponsored a trip to historic Liberty Station in San Diego . This is the site of the old Naval Training Center,...

Greetings all! As some of you may have noticed, I recently transferred from Guam to San Diego, California. This is our first time living...