Pacific War

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The Pacific War was the major theater of World War II in Asia and the Pacific, marked by naval and island campaigns between the Allied powers and Japan from 1941 to 1945.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf conflict
theater of war
alsoKnownAs Pacific War
surface form: Asia-Pacific War

Pacific War
surface form: Pacific Theater of Operations
belligerent Australia
British India
Canada
China
Japan
surface form: Empire of Japan

French Indochina
Netherlands
New Zealand
Philippines
Soviet Union
Thailand
United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States
civilianImpact widespread civilian casualties in Asia
combatantStrength millions of military personnel
concludedBy Japanese Instrument of Surrender
consequence dissolution of the Empire of Japan
independence movements in Asia
occupation of Japan
endDate 1945-09-02
hasPart Aleutian Islands campaign
attack on Pearl Harbor
surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor

Battle of Iwo Jima
Battle of Leyte Gulf
Battle of Midway
Battle of Okinawa
Battle of Coral Sea
surface form: Battle of the Coral Sea

Burma campaign
Dutch East Indies campaign
Battle of Guadalcanal
surface form: Guadalcanal campaign

Battle of Hong Kong
surface form: Hong Kong campaign

Battle of Singapore
surface form: Malayan campaign

New Guinea campaign
Philippines campaign (1941–1942)
Battle of the Philippines (1944–1945)
surface form: Philippines campaign (1944–1945)

Battle of Singapore
surface form: Singapore campaign

Battle of Guadalcanal
surface form: Solomon Islands campaign

Soviet–Japanese War (1945)
keyEvent atomic bombing of Hiroshima
atomic bombing of Nagasaki
location East Asia
Indian Ocean
Oceania
Pacific Ocean
Southeast Asia
majorCampaignType island hopping
notableTechnology aircraft carriers
atomic weapons
naval aviation
radar
submarines
opponent Allies of World War II
surface form: Allied powers

Axis powers
partOf World War II
precededBy Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War
primaryAdversary Japan
surface form: Empire of Japan

United States of America
surface form: United States
relatedTo CBI Theater
European theatre of World War II
surface form: European theater of World War II
result Allied victory
startDate 1941-12-07
surrenderSignedOn USS Missouri
theaterCommander Chester W. Nimitz
Douglas MacArthur
Isoroku Yamamoto
Tomoyuki Yamashita
timePeriod 20th century
warfareType aerial warfare
amphibious warfare
naval warfare

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Imperial Japanese Navy submarine force conflict Pacific War
this entity surface form: World War II in the Pacific
Kawanishi N1K theaterOfOperations Pacific War
heavy cruiser Maya participatedIn Pacific War
heavy cruiser Chōkai theater Pacific War
No. 6 Squadron RAAF theatre Pacific War
Allied Air Forces (SWPA) theater Pacific War
Operation Oboe theatre Pacific War
Battle of Labuan partOf Pacific War
Australian I Corps theatre Pacific War
Daihonʼei conflict Pacific War
Army Section activeDuring Pacific War
Battle of Alligator Creek partOf Pacific War
No. 23 Squadron RAAF conflict Pacific War
Tarakan wasBattlegroundIn Pacific War
The Jungle Air Force conflict Pacific War
OSS Deer Team theater Pacific War
Nakajima J1N theaterOfOperations Pacific War
Bagley class theater Pacific War
subject surface form: Bagley-class destroyer
this entity surface form: Pacific Theater of World War II
Bagley class notableConflictParticipation Pacific War
subject surface form: Bagley-class destroyer
Japanese 35th Army theater Pacific War
William H. Wright participantIn Pacific War
William H. Wright partOf Pacific War
subject surface form: Battle of Tassafaronga
Yokosuka P1Y usedInConflict Pacific War
No. 77 Squadron RAAF theatre Pacific War
this entity surface form: Pacific theatre of World War II
Sealark Channel partOfConflict Pacific War
this entity surface form: Pacific Theater of World War II
Brooklyn-class cruiser notableTheater Pacific War
this entity surface form: Pacific Theater of World War II
Torpex usedInConflict Pacific War
this entity surface form: Pacific Theater of World War II
Fall of Corregidor partOf Pacific War
Japanese 14th Army theater Pacific War
栗田 健男 conflict Pacific War
Kawanishi H8K serviceEntryContext Pacific War
Aritomo Gotō conflict Pacific War
Tomitaro Horii conflict Pacific War
Mobile Fleet theater Pacific War
fleet carrier Soryu theater Pacific War
subject surface form: Soryu
Midway operation partOf Pacific War
Midway operation timePeriod Pacific War
this entity surface form: World War II in the Pacific theater
Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi conflict Pacific War
subject surface form: Tamon Yamaguchi
Kawanishi H6K notableTheater Pacific War
Japanese 25th Army theater Pacific War
Manchukuo Imperial Army conflict Pacific War
this entity surface form: World War II in Asia
Oscar usedIn Pacific War
Hatsuzuki participatedIn Pacific War
Nakajima A6M2-N usedInTheater Pacific War