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The Pacific Ocean theater of World War II was a major theater of the Pacific War, the war between the Allies and the Empire of Japan. It was defined by the Allied powers ' Pacific Ocean Area command, which included most of the Pacific Ocean and its islands, while mainland Asia was excluded, as were the Philippines, the Dutch East Indies, Borneo ...
1,000,000+ [ nb 7] The Pacific War, sometimes called the Asia–Pacific War or the Pacific Theater, [ 48] was the theater of World War II that was fought in eastern Asia, the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and Oceania. It was geographically the largest theater of the war, including the Pacific Ocean theater, the South West Pacific theater ...
Battle of Tarawa. Part of the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign of the Pacific Theater ( World War II) U.S. Marines advance on Japanese pill boxes, Tarawa, November 1943. Date. 20–23 November 1943. Location. Betio Island, Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands (now part of Kiribati) Result. Allied victory.
Battle of Saipan. Marines take cover behind an M4 Sherman tank while clearing Japanese forces in northern Saipan, 8 July 1944. The Battle of Saipan was an amphibious assault launched by the United States against the Empire of Japan during the Pacific campaign of World War II between 15 June and 9 July 1944.
Battle of Okinawa. Part of the Volcano and Ryukyu Islands campaign of the Pacific Theater ( World War II) 1st Marine Regiment during fighting at Wana Ridge during the Battle of Okinawa, May 1945. Date. 1 April – 22 June 1945 [ 1] (2 months and 3 weeks) [ 2] Location. Okinawa Island and Prefecture, Ryukyu Islands, Empire of Japan.
Battle of Midway. / 30°N 178°W / 30; -178. The Battle of Midway was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II that took place 4–7 June 1942, six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea. [ 7][ 8][ 9] The U.S. Navy under Admirals Chester W. Nimitz, Frank J. Fletcher ...
Bougainville campaign (1943–45) Part of the Solomon Islands campaign of the Pacific Theater ( World War II) United States Army soldiers hunt Japanese infiltrators on Bougainville in March 1944. Date. 1 November 1943 – 21 August 1945. Location. Bougainville, Territory of New Guinea (geographically part of the. Solomon Islands) 6°8′S 155 ...
The Battle of Luzon ( Tagalog: Labanan sa Luzon; Japanese: ルソン島の戦い; Spanish: Batalla de Luzón) was a land battle of the Pacific Theater of Operations of World War II by the Allied forces of the U.S., its colony the Philippines, and allies against forces of the Empire of Japan. The battle resulted in a U.S. and Filipino victory.