Supreme Commander, South West Pacific Area

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Allied military authority military command position

The Supreme Commander, South West Pacific Area was the highest Allied military authority in the South West Pacific theater during World War II, a role most notably held by General Douglas MacArthur.

Aliases (1)

Allied command structure in the South West Pacific Area ×1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Allied military authority → military command position →
appointedBy	Allied governments in the Pacific → United States Government →
areaOfOperations	Australia → Borneo → Netherlands East Indies → New Guinea → Philippines →
commandedForcesOf	Australia → Netherlands → New Zealand → United States →
conflict	World War II →
country	Allied powers →
createdBy	Allied agreement on Pacific theater division →
dateDissolved	1945 →
dateFormed	1942 →
endOfTenureOfDouglasMacArthur	1945 →
headquartersLocation	Brisbane → Manila → Tokyo →
heldBy	Douglas MacArthur →
languageOfCommand	English →
notableCommander	Douglas MacArthur →
oversawFormationOf	Allied Air Forces South West Pacific Area → Allied Land Forces South West Pacific Area → Allied Naval Forces South West Pacific Area →
parallelCommandHeldBy	Chester W. Nimitz →
parallelCommandTo	Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas →
partOf	Allied command structure →
primaryObjective	defeat of Japanese forces in the South West Pacific →
rankHeldBy	General →
responsibleFor	New Guinea campaign → coordinating land, sea, and air operations in the South West Pacific Area → liberation of the Philippines → operations in the Netherlands East Indies → planning Allied operations in the South West Pacific Area →
role	overall strategic command of Allied forces in the South West Pacific →
serviceBranch	United States Army →
startOfTenureOfDouglasMacArthur	1942 →
subordinateTo	Combined Chiefs of Staff →
successorPosition	Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers in Japan →
theater	South West Pacific Area →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Allied Land Forces → Allied Naval Forces → Commander, Allied Land Forces, South West Pacific Area →	subordinateTo
South West Pacific Area →	commanderTitle
Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas →	parallelCommandTo
Allied Land Forces ("Allied command structure in the South West Pacific Area") →	partOf