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The Pacific Ocean theater of World War II was a major theater of the Pacific War, ... Battle of Wake Island 7–23 December 1941 [5] Philippines campaign 8 December ...
1942-08-24 – 1942-08-25 Battle of the Eastern Solomons; 1942-10-11 – 1942-10-12 Battle of Cape Esperance; 1942-10-25 – 1942-10-27 Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands; 1942-11-13 – 1942-11-15 Naval Battle of Guadalcanal; 1942-11-30 Battle of Tassafaronga; Solomon Islands campaign. 1943-01-29 – 1943-01-30 Battle of Rennell Island
Battles and operations of World War II involving the Solomon Islands (2 C, 45 P) South West Pacific theatre of World War II (10 C, 218 P) World War II operations and battles of the Southeast Asia Theatre (2 C, 42 P)
Battle of Greece (Operation Marita) (April 1941) Crete (Operation Mercury) (May–June 1941) World War II in Yugoslavia (April 1941 to May 1945) Iraq (2–31 May 1941) Syria-Lebanon (8 June – 14 July 1941) Iran (25–31 August 1941) Sicily (9 July – 17 August 1943) Italy (10 July 1943 – 2 May 1945) Corsica (August 1943)
In Allied countries during the war, the "Pacific War" was not usually distinguished from World War II, or was known simply as the War against Japan. In the United States, the term Pacific theater was widely used. The US Armed Forces considered the China Burma India theater to be distinct from the Asiatic-Pacific theater during the conflict.
Baus Au (1942) — plan to hide materiel in the Philippines before the fall for later use in guerilla warfare; Cartwheel (1943–1944) — Major offensives in the South West Pacific Area, aimed at isolating the major Japanese base at Rabaul
The New Guinea campaign of the Pacific War lasted from January 1942 until the end of the war in August 1945. During the initial phase in early 1942, the Empire of Japan invaded the Territory of New Guinea on 23 January and Territory of Papua on 21 July and overran western New Guinea (part of the Netherlands East Indies) beginning on 29 March.
The 16 officially recognized US Army campaigns in the Pacific Theater of Operations are: [3] Pacific Ocean Areas Command: Central Pacific: 7 December 1941 – 6 December 1943, allied landings on Tarawa and Makin during the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign; Air Offensive Japan: 17 April 1942 – 2 September 1945