Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas

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United States Navy command World War II military formation theater command

Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas was a major World War II U.S. Navy theater command responsible for directing Allied naval, air, and ground operations across the central Pacific against Japan.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Commander, Central Pacific Force	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Navy command ⓘ World War II military formation ⓘ theater command ⓘ
alliedWith	Allied operations in the Pacific Theater of World War II ⓘ surface form: Allied forces in the Pacific Theater Royal New Zealand Navy ⓘ surface form: New Zealand Navy Royal Australian Navy ⓘ Royal Navy ⓘ United States Army ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Pacific Ocean Areas Command ⓘ
commanded	U.S. Pacific Fleet ⓘ surface form: United States Pacific Fleet
commander	Chester W. Nimitz ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
cooperatedWith	Douglas MacArthur ⓘ surface form: General Douglas MacArthur
country	United States of America ⓘ
dissolved	1945 ⓘ
distinctFrom	South West Pacific Area ⓘ
established	1942 ⓘ
firstCommander	Chester W. Nimitz ⓘ
headquarters	Pearl Harbor (interwar and early WWII) ⓘ surface form: Pearl Harbor
headquartersLocation	Oahu ⓘ surface form: Oahu, Territory of Hawaii
includedForcesFrom	Australia ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ Other Allied nations in the Pacific Theater ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
jurisdictionExcluded	South West Pacific Area ⓘ
opponent	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan
oversawCampaign	Battle of the Philippine Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign ⓘ Battle of Iwo Jima ⓘ surface form: Iwo Jima campaign Mariana and Palau Islands campaign ⓘ Battle of Okinawa ⓘ surface form: Okinawa campaign
parallelCommandTo	Supreme Commander, South West Pacific Area ⓘ
partOf	United States Navy ⓘ United States Armed Forces ⓘ surface form: United States armed forces
rankOfCommander	Fleet Admiral ⓘ
responsibleFor	air operations in the Pacific Ocean Areas ⓘ ground operations in the Pacific Ocean Areas ⓘ naval operations in the Pacific Ocean Areas ⓘ
serviceBranchOfCommander	United States Navy ⓘ
shortName	CINCPOA ⓘ
subordinateTo	Joint Chiefs of Staff ⓘ surface form: United States Joint Chiefs of Staff
theaterOfOperations	Central Pacific ⓘ North Pacific Area ⓘ surface form: North Pacific Pacific Ocean ⓘ South Pacific ⓘ
typeOfCommand	joint and combined command ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Supreme Commander, South West Pacific Area → parallelCommandTo → Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas ⓘ

Chester W. Nimitz → positionHeld → Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas ⓘ

Nimitz → positionHeld → Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas ⓘ

subject surface form: Chester W. Nimitz

Chester → positionHeld → Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas ⓘ

subject surface form: Chester W. Nimitz

Raymond A. Spruance → positionHeld → Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commander, Central Pacific Force

Commander, South Pacific Area → subordinateTo → Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas ⓘ