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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Commander of the 1st Far Eastern Front location Pacific War
this entity surface form: Far Eastern theater of World War II
Van Kirk hasPart Pacific War
subject surface form: World War II
Green Islands theaterOfWar Pacific War
Battle of Pingxingguan historicalPeriod Pacific War
this entity surface form: Second World War in Asia
governments of the United States, United Kingdom, Netherlands, and Australia formed Pacific War
this entity surface form: Pacific War coalition
Japanese cruiser Mikuma conflict Pacific War
HMS Victorious participatedIn Pacific War
United States Navy submarine theater Pacific War
subject surface form: USS S-44
Japanese cruiser Kumano theater Pacific War
this entity surface form: Pacific Theater of World War II
F6F-5N night fighter historicalPeriod Pacific War
this entity surface form: Pacific Theater of World War II
Hein ter Poorten participantIn Pacific War
Matome Ugaki conflict Pacific War
Vice Admiral Gunichi Mikawa conflict Pacific War
subject surface form: Gunichi Mikawa
Chesty conflict Pacific War
subject surface form: Chesty Puller
HBO miniseries The Pacific hasSubject Pacific War
subject surface form: The Pacific
Gyosaku Morozumi participatedIn Pacific War
Gyosaku Morozumi sideInConflict Pacific War
this entity surface form: Japan in World War II
Allied nickname for Japanese high-speed runs from bases such as Rabaul theater Pacific War
subject surface form: Tokyo Express
Long Lance usedIn Pacific War
D3A usedInConflict Pacific War
subject surface form: Aichi D3A
Kantōshū partOfConflict Pacific War
this entity surface form: World War II in Asia
Kogo Sakusen partOf Pacific War
Montana-class battleship intendedTheater Pacific War
this entity surface form: Pacific Theater of World War II
Gull Force theatre Pacific War
Siege of Laha Airfield theatre Pacific War
Laha massacre partOf Pacific War
Kinsei 43 usedDuring Pacific War
Tsurugizaki associatedWith Pacific War
Battle of Angaur partOf Pacific War
Treaty of Manila (1946) follows Pacific War
this entity surface form: World War II in the Pacific
1938 Yellow River flood partOf Pacific War
this entity surface form: Second World War in Asia
Kinsei 46 usedInTheater Pacific War
USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park theme Pacific War
this entity surface form: World War II in the Pacific
Hangar 79 theme Pacific War
this entity surface form: Pacific theater of World War II
USCGC Taney participatedIn Pacific War
Treasury Islands operation partOf Pacific War
Battle of Vella Gulf partOf Pacific War
20th Brigade theatre Pacific War
Battle of Hengyang partOf Pacific War
24th Brigade theatre Pacific War