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Although the military history of Oceania probably goes back thousands of years to the first human settlement in the region, little is known about war in Oceania until the arrival of Europeans. The introduction of firearms transformed conflict in the region; in some cases helping to unify regions and in others sparking large-scale tribal and ...
History of United States Naval Operations in World War II: The rising sun in the Pacific, 1931 – April 1942. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 0-252-06973-0. Obeyesekere, Gananath (1992). The Apotheosis of Captain Cook: European Mythmaking in the Pacific. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-05752-4. Obeyesekere, Gananath (1997).
English: A map of the Imperial Powers of the Pacific, 1939-09-01. Dates shown indicate the approximate year that the various powers gain control of their possessions. Japanese control of territory in China was tenuous.
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.
Well that map (not the govt, a military academy; and by no means are maps on the area consistent in borders) is wrong. Sheng Shicai, who pledged allegiance to China, controlled Xinjiang in 1939. Marking Xinjiang as separate is a strange innovation that mu
French Oceania, WWII emergency issue currency, 2 francs (1943). The note was printed in Papeete for use in the colony of French Oceania . Generally the effect of informal interactions between the visiting armies and the local inhabitants had a far more lasting effect than the formal military activities.
The assignment orders for Major General Millard Harmon as the Commanding General, Army Forces, South Pacific, dated 7 July 1942, said: [3] "The establishment of the Pacific Ocean Area as an area of United States strategical responsibility under the command of the Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet, became effective on May 8, 1942.
Military history of Oceania by country (8 C) A. Ambushes in Oceania (6 P) F. ... Oceania in World War II (11 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Military history of Oceania"