• In the 1879-84 War of the Pacific, Chile won control of mineral-rich land once held by Peru and Bolivia, and the outcome left Bolivia landlocked.

    BBC: Peru deal gives landlocked Bolivia coast for own port

  • Mr Morales was speaking on Bolivia's "Day of the Sea", when it commemorates its defeat by Chile in the 19th Century War of the Pacific.

    BBC: Bolivia's Morales to take Chile sea dispute to court

  • The borders between the two neighbours date back to the 1904 Treaty of Peace and Friendship, signed after Bolivia lost 400km (250 miles) of coastline to Chile during the War of the Pacific (1879-1884).

    BBC: Bolivia takes Chile sea dispute to international court

  • Artists, hardened on the frontlines of the Pacific war, brought a considerable degree of realism to their drawing.

    CNN: The War Mangas

  • Previously, Mr Dower mapped the political topography of Japan in the years leading up to, during and after the Pacific war through the eyes of Shigeru Yoshida, who became prime minister during the allied occupation.

    ECONOMIST: Japanese history

  • My classmates and I, being the youngest of the young, remained uniformed college students for the longest period, while those who were only a year or so older went off for officer training and preceded us into those terrifying island battles which marked the last stages of the Pacific war.

    NEWYORKER: Rat Beach

  • McCain and was commander of the Pacific Theater during the Vietnam War, when Jack's father, now Arizona Sen.

    CNN: At Naval Academy graduation, lives of McCain, Obama overlap

  • Spread spectrum was first used by the allies in the Pacific campaigns of the second world war, where it foiled Japanese attempts to jam radio-controlled torpedoes.

    ECONOMIST: Letters

  • In 1942, the Battle of Midway, the turning point in the sea war in the Pacific, began.

    CNN: Thursday,

  • Japan has been planning its policy of a third opening of Japan after the Meiji Restoration and the era right after the Pacific war.

    WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Meets with Prime Minister Kan at G8 Summit

  • When he was about 11 years old, his paternal grandfather, a veteran of World War II, Korea and Vietnam, shared memories from his service in the Pacific.

    WSJ: For Wounded Vet, Love Pierces the Fog of War

  • Now, by going to war against Spain in the Pacific and the Caribbean, and by establishing what it thought of as a stepping-stone to the China market, the United States had abandoned its own splendid isolation and thrown itself into the worldwide struggle.

    NPR: 'Folly of Empire' Offers Critique of U.S. Imperialism

  • Emptied of all aspirations and ideology, the Japanese spent the next seven years (the allied occupation lasted almost twice as long as the Pacific war itself) having their minds filled with a wholly new vision and set of dreams.

    ECONOMIST: Japanese history

  • Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in the Philippines is the largest of the overseas cemeteries, with more than 17, 000 Americans, marking World War II's Pacific Theatre.

    CNN: Overseas burial grounds honor fallen Americans

  • El Salvador wants to rid itself of its guerilla war reputation and glean a new image: fruit-filled jungles, coffee plantations, Pacific beaches and the multimillion dollar business of repairing Boeing-made jetliners.

    FORBES: JetBlue Good For A Climb To $7

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