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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August Storm partOf Pacific War
subject surface form: Operation August Storm
Zuihō conflict Pacific War
Hellcats of the Navy hasSubject Pacific War
this entity surface form: Pacific Theater of World War II
Unbroken settingEvent Pacific War
Kokoda Track (ACT) walking trail theme Pacific War
this entity surface form: World War II Pacific campaign
Attack on Darwin partOf Pacific War
Mandated Islands involvedIn Pacific War
Iwao Matsuda conflict Pacific War
Tales of the South Pacific hasSubject Pacific War
this entity surface form: Pacific theater of World War II
Rear Admiral Kakuji Kakuta participatedIn Pacific War
subject surface form: Kakuji Kakuta
Rear Admiral Kakuji Kakuta notablePeriod Pacific War
subject surface form: Kakuji Kakuta
this entity surface form: World War II Pacific theater
William H. Rupertus conflict Pacific War
Shunroku Hata participatedIn Pacific War
American Memorial Park primaryTheme Pacific War
this entity surface form: World War II in the Pacific
The Thin Red Line narrativeLocation Pacific War
this entity surface form: Pacific theater of World War II
Ilu River theaterOfWar Pacific War
Rear Admiral Sueo Obayashi conflict Pacific War
subject surface form: Sueo Obayashi
Japanese 8th Fleet theater Pacific War
Hank Bauer battles Pacific War
this entity surface form: Pacific Theater of World War II
Admiral Nimitz State Historic Site primaryTheme Pacific War
this entity surface form: Pacific Theater of World War II
Gwen theaterOfOperations Pacific War
subject surface form: Mitsubishi Ki-21
No. 11 Squadron RAAF conflict Pacific War
Nick conflict Pacific War
subject surface form: Kawasaki Ki-45
Pacific Ocean Areas Command theater Pacific War
this entity surface form: Pacific theater of World War II
Sally usedInTheater Pacific War
subject surface form: Mitsubishi Ki-21
Swallow theaterOfOperations Pacific War
subject surface form: Kawasaki Ki-61
Joint Chiefs of Staff directive of 1942 timePeriod Pacific War
this entity surface form: World War II Pacific War
Rear Admiral Chūichi Hara participatedIn Pacific War
subject surface form: Chūichi Hara
Soviet occupation of southern Sakhalin partOf Pacific War
this entity surface form: World War II in Asia
IJN Sendai theater Pacific War
Japanese 5th Area Army theater Pacific War
USS Enterprise aircraft theater Pacific War
this entity surface form: Pacific Theater of World War II
CV-2 navalTheater Pacific War
Carrier Division 2 theater Pacific War
Henderson Field (World War II airfield) region Pacific War
this entity surface form: Pacific theater of World War II
Edson’s Ridge partOf Pacific War
this entity surface form: Pacific theater of World War II
Edson’s Ridge conflict Pacific War
IJN Jintsu conflict Pacific War
8th Australian Division theatre Pacific War
Southern Force theater Pacific War
Tojo primaryTheater Pacific War
subject surface form: Nakajima Ki-44
Nakajima Ha-109 radial engine usedInTheatre Pacific War
subject surface form: Nakajima Ha-109
Taiho sankInTheater Pacific War
Hiyo theater Pacific War
Amagi theater Pacific War