The Pacific Ocean theater of World War II was a major theater of the Pacific War, the war between the Allies and the Empire of Japan. It was defined by...
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Pacific Ocean Areas was a major Allied military command in the Pacific Ocean theater of World War II. It was one of four major Allied commands during...
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The Pacific War, sometimes called the Asia–Pacific War or the Pacific Theater, was the theater of World War II that was fought in eastern Asia, the Pacific...
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World War II officially ended in Asia on September 2, 1945, with the surrender of Japan on the USS Missouri. Before that, the United States dropped two...
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India theater, the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy designation for the China and Southeast Asian theatres Pacific Ocean theater of World War II Asia-Pacific War, the...
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The South West Pacific theatre, during World War II, was a major theatre of the war between the Allies and the Axis. It included the Philippines, the Dutch...
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The List of theatres and campaigns of World War II subdivides military operations of World War II and contemporary wars by war, then by theater and then...
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Theater was a theater of operations during World War II including all continental American territory, and extending 200 miles (320 km) into the ocean...
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Solomon Islands campaign (redirect from Soloman Islands in World War II)
campaign was a major campaign of the Pacific War of World War II. The campaign began with Japanese landings and capture of several areas in the British...
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Guadalcanal campaign (redirect from World War II/Guadalcanal)
the island of Guadalcanal in the Pacific theater of World War II. It was the first major land offensive by Allied forces against the Empire of Japan. On...
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Australia entered World War II on 3 September 1939, following the government's acceptance of the United Kingdom's declaration of war on Nazi Germany. Australia...
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United States Navy were lost during World War II, all but one, Dorado (SS-248), were lost in the Pacific theater of operations. Two – Dorado (SS-248) and...
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Ocean theatre of World War II Pacific Ocean theater of World War II, one of four major theaters of the Pacific War, between 1941 and 1945 Pacific War...
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Prior to World War II, the Indian Ocean was an important maritime trade route between European nations and their colonial territories in East Africa, the...
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campaign of World War II, from 15 September to 27 November 1944, on the island of Peleliu. US Marines of the 1st Marine Division and then soldiers of the US...
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September, effectively declaring naval war on Germany and Italy in the Battle of the Atlantic. In the Pacific Theater, there was unofficial early US combat...
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Islands campaign were a series of battles fought from August 1942 through February 1944, in the Pacific theatre of World War II between the United States and...
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result of Allied landings at Cape Torokina in the first action in the Bougainville campaign of World War II. It may also be considered as part of the Solomons...
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Asiatic-Pacific Theater was the theater of operations of U.S. forces during World War II in the Pacific War during 1941–1945. From mid-1942 until the end of the...
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list of World War II films (1950–1989) contains fictional feature films or miniseries released since 1950 which feature events of World War II in the...
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The European theatre of World War II was one of the two main theatres of combat during World War II, taking place from September 1939 to May 1945. The...
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The Battle of Makin was an engagement of the Pacific campaign of World War II, fought from 20 to 24 November 1943 on Makin Atoll in the Gilbert Islands...
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Operation Vengeance (redirect from Death of isoroku yamamoto)
Yamamoto of the Imperial Japanese Navy on 18 April 1943 during the Solomon Islands campaign in the Pacific Theater of World War II. Yamamoto, commander of the...
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Battle of the South Pacific (Japanese: 南太平洋海戦 Minamitaiheiyō kaisen), was the fourth aircraft carrier battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II. It...
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Operation Hailstone (redirect from Battle of Truk)
February 1944, conducted as part of the American offensive drive against the Imperial Japanese Navy in the Pacific Ocean theatre. The Japanese occupied...
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on 24–25 August 1942 and was the third carrier battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II and the second major engagement fought between the United...
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veterans as the Battle of the Five Sitting Ducks, was a naval battle of the Solomon Islands campaign of the Pacific War of World War II between the Imperial...
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The Battle of the Philippine Sea was a major naval battle of World War II on 19–20 June 1944 that eliminated the Imperial Japanese Navy's ability to conduct...
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The Battle of Angaur was a major battle of the Pacific campaign in World War II, fought on the island of Angaur in the Palau Islands from 17 September...
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multiple American and British positions in the Pacific. The Pacific War, a major theater of World War II, further intensified Japan's engagements, leading...
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