Pacific Ocean theater of World War II
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The Pacific Ocean theater was one of four major theaters of the Pacific War, between 1941 and 1945. It takes its name from the major Allied command in the theater, known simply as "Pacific Ocean Areas". The theater included most of the Pacific Ocean and its islands. It excluded mainland Asia, the Philippines, the Netherlands East Indies, the Territory of New Guinea (including the Bismarck Archipelago) and the western part of the Solomon Islands.
Forces from the Empire of Japan mostly fought units from the United States in the Pacific Ocean theater. However, units and/or personnel from New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Fiji and other countries also saw active service.
The Allied Pacific Ocean Areas command was formed in 1942 and was led in the Pacific Ocean Areas by Admiral Chester Nimitz. The Japanese Combined Fleet was led by Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (1941-43), Admiral Mineichi Koga (1943-44) and Admiral Soemu Toyoda (1944-45).
[edit] Major campaigns and battles
- Attack on Pearl Harbor 1941
- Battle of Wake Island 1941
- Doolittle Raid 1942
- Battle of Midway 1942
- Aleutian Islands campaign 1942-43
- Solomon Islands campaign 1942-45
- Guadalcanal campaign 1942-43
- Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign 1943-44
- Battle of Tarawa 1943
- Mariana and Palau Islands campaign 1944
- Battle of Iwo Jima 1945
- Battle of Okinawa 1945
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