General Headquarters Southwest Pacific Area

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Allied military command military headquarters

General Headquarters Southwest Pacific Area was the central Allied command led by General Douglas MacArthur that directed land, sea, and air operations in the Southwest Pacific theater during World War II.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
General Headquarters, South West Pacific Area	2
General Headquarters, Southwest Pacific Area	1
South West Pacific Area (SWPA) joint command structure	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Allied military command ⓘ military headquarters ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	GHQ SWPA NERFINISHED ⓘ GHQ Southwest Pacific Area NERFINISHED ⓘ
commandedForcesFrom	Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ Netherlands East Indies NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ other Allied nations in the region ⓘ
commander	Douglas MacArthur NERFINISHED ⓘ
commanderRank	General ⓘ
commandStructure	Southwest Pacific Area NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
country	Allied powers NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime	1945 ⓘ
establishedDuring	Pacific War NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ Brisbane NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	20th century ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Australian Eastern Standard Time ⓘ
militaryBranchFocus	joint (land, sea, air) ⓘ
notableCommander	Douglas MacArthur NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableOperation	Borneo campaign (1945) NERFINISHED ⓘ New Guinea campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippines campaign (1944–1945) NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatedBy	Australian military forces NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Army ⓘ other Allied forces in the Southwest Pacific ⓘ
oversaw	Allied Air Forces in the Southwest Pacific Area NERFINISHED ⓘ Allied Land Forces in the Southwest Pacific Area NERFINISHED ⓘ Allied Naval Forces in the Southwest Pacific Area NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Allied command structure in the Pacific War NERFINISHED ⓘ
reportedTo	Allied high command NERFINISHED ⓘ United States government NERFINISHED ⓘ
responsibleFor	coordination of joint and combined operations in the Southwest Pacific ⓘ overall strategic direction of Allied operations in the Southwest Pacific ⓘ
role	central Allied command in the Southwest Pacific Area ⓘ directed air operations in the Southwest Pacific theater ⓘ directed land operations in the Southwest Pacific theater ⓘ directed sea operations in the Southwest Pacific theater ⓘ
serviceBranch	Allied land, sea, and air forces in the Southwest Pacific ⓘ United States Army ⓘ
startTime	1942 ⓘ
strategicObjective	contain and defeat Japanese forces in the Southwest Pacific ⓘ
subordinateTo	Combined Chiefs of Staff NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Joint Chiefs of Staff NERFINISHED ⓘ
theater	Southwest Pacific Area NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Far Eastern Air Forces → subordinateTo → General Headquarters Southwest Pacific Area ⓘ

Allied Air Forces (SWPA) → partOf → General Headquarters Southwest Pacific Area ⓘ

this entity surface form: General Headquarters, South West Pacific Area

Allied Air Forces (SWPA) → commandStructure → General Headquarters Southwest Pacific Area ⓘ

this entity surface form: General Headquarters, South West Pacific Area

Operation Brewer → plannedBy → General Headquarters Southwest Pacific Area ⓘ

this entity surface form: General Headquarters, Southwest Pacific Area

Commander, Allied Naval Forces, South West Pacific Area → associatedWith → General Headquarters Southwest Pacific Area ⓘ

this entity surface form: South West Pacific Area (SWPA) joint command structure