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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 ...
Civilian deaths. 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 ...
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.
The Asiatic-Pacific Theater was the theater of operations of U.S. forces during World War II in the Pacific War during 1941–1945. From mid-1942 until the end of the war in 1945, two U.S. operational commands were in the Pacific. The Pacific Ocean Areas (POA), divided into the Central Pacific Area, the North Pacific Area and the South Pacific ...
Pacific Ocean Areas. Pacific Ocean Areas was a major Allied military command in the Pacific Ocean theater of World War II. It was one of four major Allied commands during the Pacific War and one of three United States commands in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater.
The command structures of the Pacific War varied, reflecting the different roles of various belligerent nations, and often involving different geographic scopes. These included the following: American commands: Pacific Ocean Areas; South West Pacific Area; British and Allied commands: GHQ India, commanding the British Army in India; Eastern Fleet
Carriers in the Pacific theater (1939–1945) Wartime carrier operations in the Pacific began with Japan using carriers to provide combat support for her invasions of China. Japan innovated the coordinated, massed use of aircraft from multiple carriers to establish air superiority wherever they struck. [ 22]
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 ...