From Empire of the Sun to Midway, these are the best movies that center on the theater of World War II set on the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

Rottman, Gordon L. and Anderson Duncan. Japanese Army in World War II: Conquest of the Pacific 1941–42 (United Kingdom: Bloomsbury USA, 2005). Tanaka, Toshiyuki.

Japan, defeated and in a state of destruction after the war, sought solace in movies. Surprisingly, a growing number of movie-goers turned to American movies during the occupation era, despite having ...

"Midway" is the new epic war film from "Independence Day" director Roland Emmerich, who based his World War II movie on a real battle between the U.S.A. and Japan.