SOPAC

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Allied military command theater command

SOPAC was the World War II Allied military command responsible for coordinating operations across the South Pacific Area.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
COMSOPAC	1
SOPAC canonical	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Allied military command ⓘ theater command ⓘ
alliedWith	Australia ⓘ Free French Forces ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	South Pacific Area command ⓘ surface form: South Pacific Area Command South Pacific Area command ⓘ surface form: South Pacific Command
commander	Rear Admiral John H. Newton ⓘ surface form: Admiral John H. Newton Admiral Robert L. Ghormley ⓘ William Halsey Jr. ⓘ surface form: Admiral William F. Halsey Jr.
commandStructure	Allied command structure ⓘ surface form: Allied joint command
conflict	World War II ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
createdBy	Allied Powers of World War I ⓘ surface form: Allied powers
endTime	1945 ⓘ
establishedBy	Combined Chiefs of Staff ⓘ
fullName	South Pacific Area command ⓘ surface form: South Pacific Area
headquartersLocation	Nouméa, New Caledonia ⓘ surface form: Nouméa
headquartersTerritory	New Caledonia ⓘ
historicalPeriod	1940s ⓘ
includedOperation	Battle of Cape Esperance ⓘ Battle of the Eastern Solomons ⓘ Battle of Bougainville ⓘ surface form: Bougainville campaign Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ surface form: Guadalcanal Campaign Naval Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ New Georgia Campaign ⓘ surface form: New Georgia campaign Solomon Islands campaign ⓘ
jurisdiction	Fiji ⓘ New Caledonia ⓘ New Hebrides ⓘ Solomon Islands ⓘ parts of the Coral Sea ⓘ
notableCommander	Robert L. Ghormley ⓘ William Halsey Jr. ⓘ surface form: William F. Halsey Jr.
opposedTo	Imperial Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan
partOf	Allied forces in the Pacific Theater ⓘ
regionServed	South Pacific ⓘ
reportedTo	Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas ⓘ
responsibleFor	air operations in the South Pacific ⓘ amphibious operations in the South Pacific ⓘ coordinating Allied operations in the South Pacific Area ⓘ ground operations in the South Pacific ⓘ naval operations in the South Pacific ⓘ
serviceBranch	United States Navy ⓘ
startTime	1942 ⓘ
subordinateTo	Pacific Ocean Areas ⓘ Joint Chiefs of Staff ⓘ surface form: United States Joint Chiefs of Staff
theater	Pacific War ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

South Pacific Area command → shortName → SOPAC ⓘ

Commander, South Pacific Area → abbreviation → SOPAC ⓘ

this entity surface form: COMSOPAC