Pacific Ocean Areas

E56065

World War II military formation military command theater of operations

Pacific Ocean Areas refers to the broader set of maritime regions and operational zones across the Pacific Ocean used for geographic, administrative, or military delineation.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Pacific Ocean Areas canonical	13
Pacific Ocean Areas command structure	2
Pacific Ocean area	2
Pacific Ocean region	2
Pacific Ocean Areas headquarters	1
Pacific Ocean Areas theater	1
Pacific Ocean areas	1
Pacific Outer Continental Shelf planning areas	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II military formation ⓘ military command ⓘ theater of operations ⓘ
alliedWith	Australia ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Central Pacific ⓘ Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ surface form: North Pacific Pacific Ocean ⓘ South Pacific ⓘ
commander	Chester W. Nimitz ⓘ Raymond A. Spruance ⓘ William Halsey Jr. ⓘ surface form: William F. Halsey Jr.
conflict	World War II ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
createdBy	Joint Chiefs of Staff ⓘ surface form: United States Joint Chiefs of Staff
dissolved	1945 ⓘ
excludes	South West Pacific Area ⓘ South East Asia Command ⓘ surface form: Southeast Asia Command
hasPart	U.S. Army Central Pacific Area ⓘ surface form: Central Pacific Area North Pacific Area ⓘ South Pacific Area command ⓘ surface form: South Pacific Area
headquartersLocation	Hawaii ⓘ Honolulu, Hawaii, United States ⓘ surface form: Honolulu
inception	1942-03-30 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalBasis	Joint Chiefs of Staff directive of 1942 ⓘ
militaryBranch	Royal New Zealand Air Force ⓘ Royal New Zealand Navy ⓘ United States Army ⓘ United States Marine Corps ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ
namedAfter	Pacific Ocean ⓘ
notableOperation	Battle of Midway ⓘ Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign ⓘ Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ surface form: Guadalcanal Campaign Battle of Iwo Jima ⓘ surface form: Iwo Jima campaign Mariana and Palau Islands campaign ⓘ Battle of Okinawa ⓘ surface form: Okinawa campaign
opposedBy	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan
purpose	strategic command and control of Allied forces in the Pacific Ocean ⓘ
replaced	earlier ad hoc Pacific naval commands ⓘ
replacedBy	postwar U.S. Pacific Fleet command structure ⓘ
subordinateTo	Joint Chiefs of Staff ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ
theater	Pacific War ⓘ surface form: Pacific Theater

Referenced by (23)

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

South West Pacific Area → distinctFrom → Pacific Ocean Areas ⓘ

South West Pacific Area → coordinateOperationsWith → Pacific Ocean Areas ⓘ

Allied strategic bombing of Japan → theater → Pacific Ocean Areas ⓘ

Samoa Time Zone → locatedIn → Pacific Ocean Areas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific Ocean region

Pacific theater commands → subordinateUnit → Pacific Ocean Areas ⓘ

Central–Eastern Oceanic languages → hasGeographicDistribution → Pacific Ocean Areas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific Ocean region

Pacific Region → focusesOn → Pacific Ocean Areas ⓘ

subject surface form: Pacific Region (BOEM)

this entity surface form: Pacific Outer Continental Shelf planning areas

Brigadier General James Roy Andersen → stationedAt → Pacific Ocean Areas ⓘ

subject surface form: James Roy Andersen

this entity surface form: Pacific Ocean Areas headquarters

MARFORPAC → theater → Pacific Ocean Areas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific Ocean area

Chester → militaryCommand → Pacific Ocean Areas ⓘ

subject surface form: Chester W. Nimitz

South Pacific Area command → subordinateTo → Pacific Ocean Areas ⓘ

Commander, South Pacific Area → partOf → Pacific Ocean Areas ⓘ

Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid → partOf → Pacific Ocean Areas ⓘ

subject surface form: Thomas C. Kinkaid

this entity surface form: Pacific Ocean Areas command structure

United States Army Forces in the Pacific Ocean Areas → theater → Pacific Ocean Areas ⓘ

Central Pacific → wasSubordinateTo → Pacific Ocean Areas ⓘ

Maj. Gen. Willis H. Hale → partOf → Pacific Ocean Areas ⓘ

subject surface form: Willis H. Hale

this entity surface form: Pacific Ocean Areas command structure

41st Infantry Division (United States) → region → Pacific Ocean Areas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific Ocean area

CINCPOA → theaterOfOperations → Pacific Ocean Areas ⓘ

Joint Chiefs of Staff directive of 1942 → established → Pacific Ocean Areas ⓘ

Joint Chiefs of Staff directive of 1942 → createdTheater → Pacific Ocean Areas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific Ocean Areas theater

U.S. Army Central Pacific Area → garrison → Pacific Ocean Areas ⓘ

3rd Marine Raider Battalion → operatedIn → Pacific Ocean Areas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific Ocean areas

SOPAC → subordinateTo → Pacific Ocean Areas ⓘ