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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 ...
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 ...
1941-12-07 Japan declares war on the United States and the United Kingdom; 1941-12-08 The United States and the United Kingdom declare war on Japan; 1941-12-08 – 1941-12-25 Battle of Hong Kong; 1941-12-08 – 1942-01-31 Malayan Campaign; 1941-12-10 Sinking of HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse; 1941-12-11 – 1941-12-24 Battle of Wake Island
Inmate (1945) — naval bombardment of Truk. Juneau (1945) — minesweeping operations at Okinawa. Lentil (1945) — air attack on Pangkalan Brandan, eastern Sumatra. Majestic (planned for 1945, not executed) — planned Allied invasion of Kyushu. Scrapped in favor of Operation Olympic (under Operation Downfall) Meridian (1945) — air attack ...
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.
The New Guinea campaign of the Pacific War lasted from January 1942 until the end of the war in August 1945. During the initial phase in early 1942, the Empire of Japan invaded the Territory of New Guinea on 23 January and Territory of Papua on 21 July and overran western New Guinea (part of the Netherlands East Indies) beginning on 29 March.
During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces engaged in combat against the Empire of Japan in the South Pacific Area. As defined by the War Department, this consisted of the Pacific Ocean areas which lay south of the Equator between longitude 159° East and 110° West. It included New Zealand, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Fiji, and ...
A fight to capture an airstrip on a speck of coral in the western Pacific. • Battle of Aachen: Aachen was the first major German city to face invasion during World War II. • Battle of the Scheldt: Decisive Canadian victory, solved the logistical problems of the Allies, and opened the port of Antwerp for supplies directly to the front.