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The Pacific War, sometimes called the Asia–Pacific War or the Pacific Theater, [36] was the theater of World War II that was fought in eastern Asia, the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and Oceania. It was geographically the largest theater of the war, including the Pacific Ocean theater, the South West Pacific theater, the Second Sino ...
The 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 war in 1945, two U.S. operational commands were in the Pacific. The Pacific Ocean Areas (POA), divided into the Central Pacific Area, the North Pacific Area and the South Pacific ...
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 the Allied powers ' Pacific Ocean Area command, which included most of the Pacific Ocean and its islands, while mainland Asia was excluded, as were the Philippines, the Dutch East Indies, Borneo ...
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 atomic bombs on Japan, and the Soviet Union declared war on Japan, causing Emperor Hirohito to announce the acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration on August 15, 1945, which would eventually lead to the surrender ceremony on September 2.
The following events played a significant role in setting the stage for the involvement of Asia and the Pacific in World War II: 1839: Outbreak of the First Opium War in Qing China against the British Empire, forcing China to import British opium from India. Britain won the war and as a result gained control over Hong Kong.
Pacific Ocean Areas. 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 the Pacific War and one of three United States commands in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater.
The Battle of Leyte Gulf [5] ( Japanese: レイテ沖海戦, romanized : Reite oki Kaisen, lit. 'Leyte Open Sea Naval Battle', Filipino: Labanan sa Golpo ng Leyte) was the largest naval battle of World War II and by some criteria the largest naval battle in history, with over 200,000 naval personnel involved. [6] [7] [8] [9]
World War II in the Pacific: An Encyclopedia, (Military History of the United States) by S. Sandler (2000), Routledge, ISBN 0-8153-1883-9; External links. Ibiblio.Org: U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II, Southern Philippines; U.S. Army Center of Military History, World War II Medal of Honor Recipients A-F Archived 2007-08-02 at the Wayback Machine