South Pacific Area command

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Allied military command theater command

The South Pacific Area command was a major Allied military command in the Pacific Theater during World War II, responsible for directing and coordinating operations against Japanese forces in the South Pacific region.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
South Pacific Area	16
South Pacific Force	2
Australia (theater command)	1
South Pacific Area Command	1
South Pacific Area command canonical	1
South Pacific Area forces	1
South Pacific Command	1
Southwest Pacific Force	1
United States South Pacific Area Command	1
United States South Pacific Area command	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Allied military command ⓘ theater command ⓘ
alliedNation	Australia ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
areaOfOperations	Ellice Islands ⓘ Fiji ⓘ New Caledonia ⓘ New Hebrides ⓘ Solomon Islands ⓘ parts of New Guinea ⓘ
belligerent	Allies of World War II ⓘ surface form: Allies
commander	John H. Newton ⓘ Robert L. Ghormley ⓘ William Halsey Jr. ⓘ
commanderTitle	Commander, South Pacific Area ⓘ surface form: Commander South Pacific Area
conflict	World War II ⓘ
coordinatedWith	U.S. Army Central Pacific Area ⓘ surface form: Central Pacific Area South West Pacific Area ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
disestablished	1945 ⓘ
established	1942 ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Nouméa, New Caledonia ⓘ surface form: Nouméa
headquartersTerritory	New Caledonia ⓘ
notableCommander	William Halsey Jr. ⓘ surface form: Admiral William Halsey Jr.
notableOperation	Battle of the Eastern Solomons ⓘ surface form: Battle of Eastern Solomons Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands ⓘ surface form: Battle of Santa Cruz Islands Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ surface form: Guadalcanal Campaign New Georgia Campaign ⓘ surface form: New Georgia campaign Solomon Islands campaign ⓘ
opponent	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan
partOf	Allied command structure in the Pacific ⓘ
primaryObjective	halt Japanese expansion in the South Pacific ⓘ support Allied advance toward the Philippines and Japan ⓘ
regionServed	South Pacific ⓘ
responsibleFor	air operations in the South Pacific ⓘ ground operations in the South Pacific ⓘ naval operations in the South Pacific ⓘ
role	coordinating joint and combined operations ⓘ directing operations against Japanese forces in the South Pacific ⓘ
serviceBranch	Royal New Zealand Air Force ⓘ New Zealand Army ⓘ surface form: Royal New Zealand Army Royal New Zealand Navy ⓘ United States Army ⓘ United States Marine Corps ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ
shortName	SOPAC ⓘ
subordinateTo	Pacific Ocean Areas ⓘ
theater	Pacific War ⓘ surface form: Pacific Theater
timePeriod	1942–1945 ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

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

Operation Cartwheel → coordinatedBy → South Pacific Area command ⓘ

William Halsey Jr. → commanded → South Pacific Area command ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Pacific Area

Cactus Air Force → theaterOfOperations → South Pacific Area command ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Pacific Area

U.S. Army Americal Division → theater → South Pacific Area command ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Pacific Area

Pacific Ocean Areas → hasPart → South Pacific Area command ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Pacific Area

Task Force 67 → partOf → South Pacific Area command ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Pacific Area

Bull Halsey → militaryUnit → South Pacific Area command ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States South Pacific Area Command

Commander, South Pacific Area → areaOfOperations → South Pacific Area command ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Pacific Area

Commander, South Pacific Area → subordinateCommandsIncluded → South Pacific Area command ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Pacific Force

Northern Solomons campaign → theater → South Pacific Area command ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Pacific Area

Battle of Bougainville → theater → South Pacific Area command ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Pacific Area

3rd New Zealand Division → subordinateTo → South Pacific Area command ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States South Pacific Area command

Vice Admiral Herbert F. Leary → militaryUnit → South Pacific Area command ⓘ

subject surface form: Herbert F. Leary

this entity surface form: Southwest Pacific Force

CINCPOA → hasSubordinateCommand → South Pacific Area command ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Pacific Area

CINCPOA → theaterDividedInto → South Pacific Area command ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Pacific Area

Pacific Ocean Areas Command → subordinateCommand → South Pacific Area command ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Pacific Area

Henderson Field (World War II airfield) → theater → South Pacific Area command ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Pacific Area

New Georgia Campaign → theater → South Pacific Area command ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Pacific Area

Battle of Los Negros → country → South Pacific Area command ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australia (theater command)

SOPAC → fullName → South Pacific Area command ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Pacific Area

SOPAC → alsoKnownAs → South Pacific Area command ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Pacific Area Command

SOPAC → alsoKnownAs → South Pacific Area command ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Pacific Command

Robert L. Ghormley → notableCommander → South Pacific Area command ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Pacific Area forces

Robert L. Ghormley → theaterOfOperations → South Pacific Area command ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Pacific Area

Bull → commanded → South Pacific Area command ⓘ

subject surface form: William F. Halsey Jr.

this entity surface form: South Pacific Area

Bull → commanded → South Pacific Area command ⓘ

subject surface form: William F. Halsey Jr.

this entity surface form: South Pacific Force