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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Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. theaterOfOperations Pacific War
this entity surface form: Pacific Theater
Royal Australian Air Force conflict Pacific War
this entity surface form: World War II in the Pacific
Axis primaryTheater Pacific War
Sims class usedInTheatreOfWar Pacific War
subject surface form: Sims-class destroyer
this entity surface form: Pacific Theater of World War II
Combined Fleet theater Pacific War
Combined Fleet activeDuring Pacific War
National Revolutionary Army (nominally, during United Front) conflict Pacific War
subject surface form: National Revolutionary Army
this entity surface form: World War II in the Pacific theater
Second United Front timePeriod Pacific War
this entity surface form: World War II in Asia
August Revolution in Vietnam precededBy Pacific War
this entity surface form: World War II in Asia
South West Pacific Area partOf Pacific War
Imperial Japanese Army conflict Pacific War
Battle of Taierzhuang historicalPeriod Pacific War
this entity surface form: Second World War in Asia
Hiryū theaterOfWar Pacific War
Battle of Coral Sea conflictIn Pacific War
subject surface form: Battle of the Coral Sea
Operation Downfall theaterOfWar Pacific War
Frank Jack Fletcher hasPartIn Pacific War
this entity surface form: Pacific Theater of World War II
Chester W. Nimitz conflict Pacific War
Battle of Saipan partOf Pacific War
USS Tennessee (BB-43) theaterOfOperations Pacific War
this entity surface form: Pacific Theater of World War II
Battle of Xuzhou historicalPeriod Pacific War
this entity surface form: Second World War in Asia
Battle of Tarawa conflict Pacific War
British Solomon Islands Protectorate notableEvent Pacific War
this entity surface form: World War II Pacific campaign
Burma campaign relatedTo Pacific War
Richmond K. Turner theaterOfOperations Pacific War
this entity surface form: Pacific Theater of World War II
USS Maryland (BB-46) theaterOfOperations Pacific War
this entity surface form: Pacific Theater of World War II
Doolittle Raid theater Pacific War
USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) theater Pacific War
this entity surface form: Pacific Theater of World War II
Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan conflict Pacific War
this entity surface form: Second World War in Asia
7th Marine Regiment service Pacific War
this entity surface form: World War II Pacific Theater
Fat Man warTheater Pacific War
Operation Cartwheel theater Pacific War
Shokaku theater Pacific War
3rd Marine Division theater Pacific War
this entity surface form: Pacific Theater of World War II
Battle of Beiping–Tianjin historicalEra Pacific War
this entity surface form: World War II in Asia
Imperial Japanese Army General Staff conflict Pacific War
this entity surface form: World War II in Asia
Dutch East Indies campaign partOf Pacific War
Dutch East Indies campaign theatre Pacific War
this entity surface form: Pacific Ocean theatre of World War II
Raymond A. Spruance theaterOfOperations Pacific War
this entity surface form: Pacific Theater of World War II
heavy cruiser Mikuma theaterOfWar Pacific War
subject surface form: Mikuma
heavy cruiser Mikuma belligerentIn Pacific War
subject surface form: Mikuma
Nobutake Kondō conflict Pacific War
USS Enterprise (CV-6) theater Pacific War
this entity surface form: Pacific Theater of World War II
Battle of Savo Island partOf Pacific War
Zuikaku conflict Pacific War