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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USS Arkansas WWIITheater Pacific War
this entity surface form: Pacific Theater
Japanese North China Area Army historicalEra Pacific War
this entity surface form: World War II in Asia
Supermarine Seafire usedInTheater Pacific War
this entity surface form: Pacific theatre of World War II
Bloody Ridge conflict Pacific War
Shōhō theater Pacific War
CV-2 (IJN internal designation, not US-style) conflict Pacific War
subject surface form: Hiryū
First Carrier Division conflict Pacific War
Nakajima Ki-44 usedInTheater Pacific War
USS Lexington (CV-2) theater Pacific War
this entity surface form: Pacific Theater of World War II
Commander-in-Chief of the Fourth Fleet usedDuring Pacific War
this entity surface form: Pacific theater of World War II
1945 Pulitzer Prize for Photography warFrontDepicted Pacific War
this entity surface form: Pacific theater of World War II
Nakajima Ki-84 usedInTheater Pacific War
Red Beach theater Pacific War
USS Saratoga conflict Pacific War
Yamashita Tomoyuki conflict Pacific War
Navajo language usedInConflict Pacific War
this entity surface form: Pacific Theater of World War II
Battle off Samar theater Pacific War
this entity surface form: Pacific Theater of World War II
HMS Exeter laterTheatreOfWar Pacific War
Kokusai Ki-59 usedInRegion Pacific War
this entity surface form: Pacific theater
Mineichi Koga conflict Pacific War
Pacific Ocean Areas theater Pacific War
this entity surface form: Pacific Theater
I Corps theaterFocus Pacific War
this entity surface form: Pacific theater
Takeo Takagi conflict Pacific War
The Naked and the Dead setIn Pacific War
this entity surface form: Pacific theater of World War II
Battle of Edson's Ridge conflictIn Pacific War
Battle of Edson's Ridge theater Pacific War
this entity surface form: Pacific Theater
Chūichi Hara historicalPeriod Pacific War
this entity surface form: World War II in the Pacific
Battle of the Admin Box historicalEra Pacific War
this entity surface form: World War II in Asia
Tiger of Malaya associatedConflict Pacific War
BB-46 usedIn Pacific War
subject surface form: USS Maryland
this entity surface form: Pacific Theater of World War II
BB-46 theater Pacific War
subject surface form: USS Maryland
this entity surface form: Pacific Theater
Chester conflict Pacific War
subject surface form: Chester W. Nimitz
Allied occupation of Korea follows Pacific War
this entity surface form: World War II in Asia
From Pearl Harbor to Calvary mentionsEvent Pacific War
this entity surface form: World War II in the Pacific
Operation Galvanic partOf Pacific War
Battle of the Sibuyan Sea theater Pacific War
this entity surface form: Pacific Theater of World War II
Battle of Surigao Strait partOf Pacific War
Itagaki Seishirō conflict Pacific War
this entity surface form: World War II in the Pacific
Yoshitsugu Saito conflict Pacific War
Tokyo Raid partOf Pacific War