Japanese forces in the Pacific

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World War II military formation military force

Japanese forces in the Pacific were the Imperial Japanese military units that fought Allied powers across the Pacific theater during World War II, engaging in major naval, air, and land campaigns from Southeast Asia to the Central Pacific.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Japan in World War II	2
Japanese Navy air operations in the Pacific	1
Japanese forces in the Pacific canonical	1
Japanese forces in the Philippines	1

Statements (63)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II military formation ⓘ military force ⓘ
allegiance	Emperor of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
commandStructure	Imperial General Headquarters NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	Pacific War ⓘ World War II ⓘ
controlled	Japanese-occupied Burma NERFINISHED ⓘ Japanese-occupied Dutch East Indies NERFINISHED ⓘ Japanese-occupied Malaya NERFINISHED ⓘ Japanese-occupied New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ Japanese-occupied Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ Japanese-occupied Singapore NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan
engagedIn	Battle of Iwo Jima NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Leyte Gulf NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Midway NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Okinawa NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Singapore NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the Coral Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the Java Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Burma campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Guadalcanal campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Malayan campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ New Guinea campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippines campaign (1941–1942) NERFINISHED ⓘ attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
language	Japanese ⓘ
notableCommander	Hitoshi Imamura NERFINISHED ⓘ Isoroku Yamamoto NERFINISHED ⓘ Mitsuru Ushijima NERFINISHED ⓘ Tadamichi Kuribayashi NERFINISHED ⓘ Tomoyuki Yamashita NERFINISHED ⓘ
opponent	Allied forces in the Pacific NERFINISHED ⓘ Australian military forces ⓘ British Empire forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Dutch colonial forces in the East Indies ⓘ New Zealand military forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Republic of China armed forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Empire of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ Imperial Japanese Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
subclassOf	Imperial Japanese Army Air Service units NERFINISHED ⓘ Imperial Japanese Army units NERFINISHED ⓘ Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service units NERFINISHED ⓘ Imperial Japanese Navy units NERFINISHED ⓘ
surrendered	Allied forces in 1945 ⓘ
temporalCoverage	1941 ⓘ 1942 ⓘ 1943 ⓘ 1944 ⓘ 1945 ⓘ
theater	Pacific theater of World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ Southeast Asian theater of World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedEquipment	Arisaka rifle NERFINISHED ⓘ Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter aircraft NERFINISHED ⓘ Shōkaku-class aircraft carrier NERFINISHED ⓘ Type 97 Chi-Ha medium tank NERFINISHED ⓘ Yamato-class battleship NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedTactic	amphibious assault ⓘ banzai charge ⓘ island defense in depth ⓘ kamikaze attack ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

3rd New Zealand Division → primaryOpponents → Japanese forces in the Pacific ⓘ

Aritomo Gotō → side → Japanese forces in the Pacific ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japan in World War II

Rear Admiral Kakuji Kakuta → servedIn → Japanese forces in the Pacific ⓘ

subject surface form: Kakuji Kakuta

this entity surface form: Japanese Navy air operations in the Pacific

World War II military operations in Eastern Visayas → opponent → Japanese forces in the Pacific ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese forces in the Philippines

Japanese 18th Division → sideInConflict → Japanese forces in the Pacific ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japan in World War II