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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Unryu constructionStartEra Pacific War
Lady Lex theater Pacific War
subject surface form: USS Lexington (CV-2)
this entity surface form: Pacific Theater of World War II
Stuart light tank usedInConflict Pacific War
Vice Admiral Shōji Nishimura conflict Pacific War
subject surface form: Shōji Nishimura
USS Walke (DD-723) participatedIn Pacific War
this entity surface form: Pacific Theater of World War II
鳳翔 participatedIn Pacific War
John R. Hodge participatedIn Pacific War
this entity surface form: Pacific Theater of World War II
Nagato participatedIn Pacific War
The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors timePeriodDescribed Pacific War
this entity surface form: World War II Pacific Theater
ASIATIC PACIFIC CAMPAIGN relatedTo Pacific War
subject surface form: Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Nagato class usedInConflict Pacific War
Call of Duty: World at War setting Pacific War
this entity surface form: Pacific Theater of World War II
Battle of Cape Engaño partOf Pacific War
Battle of Cape Engaño theater Pacific War
this entity surface form: Pacific Theater of World War II
Majuro Atoll historicalEvent Pacific War
this entity surface form: World War II military operations in the Pacific
Kokusai historicalEra Pacific War
this entity surface form: World War II Japan
古賀峯一 主な戦争 Pacific War
this entity surface form: 太平洋戦争
Marine Aircraft Group 31 theater Pacific War
this entity surface form: Pacific Theater of World War II
Palau Islands campaign partOf Pacific War
Palau Islands campaign partOf Pacific War
this entity surface form: Pacific theater of World War II
山田 乙三 conflict Pacific War
subject surface form: 山田乙三
this entity surface form: 太平洋戦争
Portland class sawServiceIn Pacific War
this entity surface form: Pacific Theater of World War II
CA-35 conflictParticipatedIn Pacific War
subject surface form: USS Indianapolis
General Cummings settingOfFictionalWork Pacific War
this entity surface form: Pacific theater of World War II
Lieutenant Hearn appearsInFictionalConflict Pacific War
this entity surface form: Pacific theater of World War II
Battle of the Bismarck Sea partOf Pacific War
Akizuki participatedIn Pacific War
Sergeant Croft setting Pacific War
this entity surface form: Pacific theater of World War II
Wakatsuki navalTheater Pacific War
Wakatsuki historicalPeriod Pacific War
this entity surface form: World War II in the Pacific
IJN Fusō participatedIn Pacific War
Yoshiharu Tomonaga participatedIn Pacific War
井上 成美 関与した戦争 Pacific War
subject surface form: 井上成美
this entity surface form: 太平洋戦争
Second Battle of the Java Sea historicalEra Pacific War
this entity surface form: World War II in the Pacific
Makin Island raid partOf Pacific War
New Georgia Campaign partOf Pacific War
4th Marine Regiment (reconstituted from Raider units) battleHonorsInclude Pacific War
this entity surface form: World War II Pacific campaigns
Operation Petticoat narrativeLocation Pacific War
this entity surface form: Pacific theater of World War II
Shimotsuki sunkDuring Pacific War
India Theater relatedCampaign Pacific War
United States military tribunal in Manila relatedTo Pacific War
this entity surface form: Pacific theater of World War II