South West Pacific Area

E6580

Allied military command theater of operations

The South West Pacific Area was a major Allied military command in World War II, led by General Douglas MacArthur and responsible for coordinating operations against Japan in regions including New Guinea, the Philippines, and surrounding Pacific islands.

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All labels observed (25)

Label	Occurrences
South West Pacific Area canonical	48
Southwest Pacific Area	14
Southwest Pacific	9
South West Pacific Area command	5
South West Pacific Area Command	4
South West Pacific theatre	4
South West Pacific theatre of World War II	4
Allied South West Pacific Area command	3
South West Pacific	2
South West Pacific Area campaign	2
Allied South West Pacific Area	1
Allied campaign in the Southwest Pacific	1
Allied forces in the Southwest Pacific	1
Commander in Chief, Southwest Pacific Area	1
Pacific Front	1
South West Pacific Area (Allied command)	1
South West Pacific Area (SWPA)	1
South West Pacific Area (SWPA) command	1
South West Pacific Area (Second World War)	1
South West Pacific Theater	1
South West Pacific front	1
Southwest Pacific Area command	1
Southwest Pacific Area command structure	1
Southwest Pacific Area operations	1
Southwest Pacific theatre of World War II	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Allied military command ⓘ theater of operations ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Admiralty Islands ⓘ Bismarck Archipelago ⓘ Borneo ⓘ Dutch East Indies ⓘ surface form: Netherlands East Indies New Guinea ⓘ Philippines ⓘ Solomon Islands ⓘ western Pacific Ocean ⓘ
commander	Douglas MacArthur ⓘ
commanderTitle	Supreme Commander, South West Pacific Area ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
coordinateOperationsWith	Pacific Ocean Areas ⓘ
country	Allies of World War II ⓘ surface form: Allied powers
createdBy	Combined Chiefs of Staff ⓘ
distinctFrom	Pacific Ocean Areas ⓘ
endTime	1945 ⓘ
hasPart	Admiralty Islands campaign ⓘ Borneo campaign (1945) ⓘ New Guinea campaign ⓘ Battle of the Philippines (1944–1945) ⓘ surface form: Philippines campaign (1944–1945) Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ surface form: Solomon Islands campaign
headquartersLocation	Australia ⓘ Brisbane ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
militaryBranch	multinational joint command ⓘ
namedAfter	Southwest Pacific region ⓘ
notableCommander	Arthur S. Carpender ⓘ George C. Kenney ⓘ Thomas Blamey ⓘ
opponent	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan
participant	Australian Army ⓘ New Zealand forces ⓘ surface form: New Zealand military forces Royal Australian Air Force ⓘ Royal Australian Navy ⓘ Royal Netherlands East Indies Army ⓘ Royal Netherlands Navy ⓘ United States Army ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ
partOf	Pacific War ⓘ
startTime	1942 ⓘ
subordinateCommand	Mediterranean Allied Air Forces ⓘ surface form: Allied Air Forces Allied Land Forces ⓘ Allied Naval Forces ⓘ
theaterCommander	Douglas MacArthur ⓘ
theaterOfOperations	Southeast Asia ⓘ surface form: Southeast Asia (partial) southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ surface form: Southwest Pacific

Referenced by (110)

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

Battle of Guadalcanal → front → South West Pacific Area ⓘ

Battle of the Philippines (1944–1945) → partOf → South West Pacific Area ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied campaign in the Southwest Pacific

Battle of the Philippines (1944–1945) → theater → South West Pacific Area ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southwest Pacific Area

Douglas MacArthur → positionHeld → South West Pacific Area ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commander in Chief, Southwest Pacific Area

Philippines campaign (1941–1942) → theater → South West Pacific Area ⓘ

Guadalcanal → region → South West Pacific Area ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southwest Pacific

Battle of Coral Sea → theater → South West Pacific Area ⓘ

subject surface form: Battle of the Coral Sea

this entity surface form: South West Pacific

Operation Cartwheel → location → South West Pacific Area ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southwest Pacific

Operation Cartwheel → coordinatedBy → South West Pacific Area ⓘ

this entity surface form: South West Pacific Area command

Dutch East Indies campaign → theatre → South West Pacific Area ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southwest Pacific theatre of World War II

Nobutake Kondō → theaterOfOperations → South West Pacific Area ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southwest Pacific

Battle of Savo Island → theater → South West Pacific Area ⓘ

Battle of the Pockets → theater → South West Pacific Area ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southwest Pacific Area

Battle of the Eastern Solomons → front → South West Pacific Area ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific Front

Battle of Tassafaronga → theater → South West Pacific Area ⓘ

New Guinea campaign → partOf → South West Pacific Area ⓘ

this entity surface form: South West Pacific theatre of World War II

Naval Battle of Guadalcanal → theater → South West Pacific Area ⓘ

Pacific theater commands → subordinateUnit → South West Pacific Area ⓘ

Battle of Cape Gloucester → theater → South West Pacific Area ⓘ

Invasion of Rabaul → theater → South West Pacific Area ⓘ

Walter Krueger → theaterOfOperations → South West Pacific Area ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southwest Pacific Area

U.S. Army Americal Division → notableTheater → South West Pacific Area ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southwest Pacific

Battle of Tulagi → theater → South West Pacific Area ⓘ

this entity surface form: South West Pacific theatre

Fifth Air Force → theaterOfOperations → South West Pacific Area ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southwest Pacific Area

Supreme Commander, South West Pacific Area → theater → South West Pacific Area ⓘ

Allied Land Forces → theaterOfOperations → South West Pacific Area ⓘ

Allied Land Forces → subordinateTo → South West Pacific Area ⓘ

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

Allied Land Forces → theater → South West Pacific Area ⓘ

this entity surface form: South West Pacific Theater

Thirteenth Air Force → theaterOfOperations → South West Pacific Area ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southwest Pacific

Battle of Mindanao (1945) → partOf → South West Pacific Area ⓘ

this entity surface form: South West Pacific theatre of World War II

Battle of Mindanao (1945) → theatre → South West Pacific Area ⓘ

George C. Kenney → partOf → South West Pacific Area ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southwest Pacific Area command structure

Battle of Bataan → front → South West Pacific Area ⓘ

Allied Naval Forces → theaterOfOperations → South West Pacific Area ⓘ

Allied Naval Forces → partOf → South West Pacific Area ⓘ

this entity surface form: South West Pacific Area Command

Allied Naval Forces → areaOfResponsibility → South West Pacific Area ⓘ

this entity surface form: South West Pacific

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

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

Pacific Ocean Areas → excludes → South West Pacific Area ⓘ

Admiralty Islands campaign → partOf → South West Pacific Area ⓘ

this entity surface form: South West Pacific theatre of World War II

Admiralty Islands campaign → region → South West Pacific Area ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southwest Pacific Area

Admiralty Islands campaign → front → South West Pacific Area ⓘ

this entity surface form: South West Pacific front

Operation Toenails → theater → South West Pacific Area ⓘ

South Pacific Area command → coordinatedWith → South West Pacific Area ⓘ

Operation Chronicle → partOf → South West Pacific Area ⓘ

this entity surface form: South West Pacific Area campaign

Operation Chronicle → theatre → South West Pacific Area ⓘ

this entity surface form: South West Pacific theatre

Operation Chronicle → subordinateTo → South West Pacific Area ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied South West Pacific Area

Operation Postern → partOf → South West Pacific Area ⓘ

this entity surface form: South West Pacific Area campaign

Operation Postern → theatre → South West Pacific Area ⓘ

this entity surface form: South West Pacific theatre of World War II

ABDA Command → successor → South West Pacific Area ⓘ