United States of America

History
As the United States made preparations for the possibility of war from 1939 through the fall of 1941, traffic through ports on the Pacific coast became extremely heavy. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, there was a very real fear of Japanese attack or even invasion and in fact there were Japanese air raids, sub attacks and balloon bomb attacks off the West Coast during WWII.

    (Former) Territories of United States
  Pearl Harbor, and many wartime millitary installations
  Japanese occupied Attu & Kiska
    Mainland United States
  West coast supply route to Alaska and many wartime bases
  Wartime bases and site of several small Japanese attacks
  Many bases & gateway to Pacific for servicemen
  Army bases
  Army bases
    United States Minor Outlying Islands
  Island occupied by the Japanese on December 23, 1941
  Atoll in the central Pacific
  Island and atoll in the Central Pacific
    Line Islands
  small island in the Central Pacific with wartime airfield.
Jarvis Island
  Prewar colony, abandoned during the war, today a fish & wildlife reserve.
    Phoenix Islands
  Located to the north of the equator, today a fish & wildlife reserve.
Howland Island
  Attacked on December 8, 1941 and sub two days later, occupied by USMC

 
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