Pacific theater commands

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Pacific theater commands were the Allied military command structures responsible for planning and conducting operations across the Pacific during World War II.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Allied military command structure
theater-level command
belligerent Allies of World War II
conflict World War II
coordinatedWith British Chiefs of Staff Committee
Combined Chiefs of Staff
Joint Chiefs of Staff
country Australia
China
Netherlands
New Zealand
United Kingdom
United States
endTime 1945
militaryBranch Australian Army
Royal Air Force
Royal Australian Air Force
Royal Australian Navy
Royal Navy
United States Army
United States Navy
notableCommander Chester W. Nimitz
Douglas MacArthur
George C. Kenney
Joseph W. Stilwell
Louis Mountbatten
Richard K. Sutherland
Thomas C. Kinkaid
notableOperation Burma campaign
Central Pacific campaign
New Guinea campaign
Philippines campaign (1944–1945)
island hopping campaign
opposedBy Imperial Japanese armed forces
purpose conducting joint and combined operations against Japan
planning Allied operations in the Pacific theater
region Asia-Pacific
Central Pacific
North Pacific
Pacific Ocean
Southeast Asia
Southwest Pacific
startTime 1941
subordinateUnit Alaska Defense Command
Allied Air Forces Southwest Pacific Area
Allied Land Forces Southwest Pacific Area
Allied Naval Forces Southwest Pacific Area
China Burma India Theater
Far Eastern Air Forces
North Pacific Area
Pacific Ocean Areas
South East Asia Command
South West Pacific Area
theater Pacific War

Referenced by (26)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
2nd Marine Tank Battalion ("Pacific Theater of Operations")
5th Marine Division ("Pacific Theater of Operations")
7th Infantry Division (United States) ("Pacific Theater of Operations")
8th Marines ("Pacific Theater of Operations")
Allied strategic bombers ("Pacific Theater of Operations")
Battle for Henderson Field ("Pacific Theater of Operations")
Battle of Saipan ("Pacific Theater of Operations")
Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands ("Pacific Theater of Operations")
DD-412 ("Pacific Theater")
Operation Detachment ("Pacific Theater of Operations")
Task Force 67 ("Pacific Theater of Operations")
theater
Allied High Command ("Pacific Theater of Operations")
Morale Operations Branch ("Pacific Theater of Operations")
USS Hornet (CV-12) ("Pacific Theater of Operations")
USS South Dakota (BB-57) ("Pacific Theater of Operations")
United States Armed Forces in World War II ("Pacific Theater of Operations")
theaterOfOperations
Battle of Peleliu ("Pacific Theater of Operations")
Harry Schmidt ("Pacific Theater of Operations")
United States Army Air Forces ("Pacific Theater of Operations")
conflict
Allied Land Forces ("Allied forces in the Pacific War")
Operation Hailstone ("Pacific Theater of Operations")
partOf
Operation Galvanic ("Pacific Theater of Operations")
front
Allied High Command
hasPart
China Burma India Theater ("Pacific Theater of Operations")
relatedTheater
Thirteenth Air Force ("United States Army Air Forces Pacific commands")
subordinateTo
Joe Rosenthal ("Pacific Theater of Operations")
workLocation

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