Pacific War
December 7, 1941 – September 2, 1945
The World War II theater fought between Japan and the Allies across East and Southeast Asia, the Pacific, and Oceania, generally dated from Japan's December 1941 attacks on Pearl Harbor, the Philippines, Malaya, Singapore, and Hong Kong. The geographically largest theater of the war, it ended with Japan's surrender in August 1945 following the atomic bombings and the Soviet invasion of Manchuria.
Battles 14
December 7, 1941
January 1, 1942 – August 21, 1945
January 7 – April 9, 1942
May 4–8, 1942
June 4–7, 1942
July 21 – November 16, 1942
August 7, 1942 – February 9, 1943
November 20–23, 1943
June 15 – July 9, 1944
June 19–20, 1944
August 23 – October 26, 1944
February 3 – March 3, 1945
February 19 – March 26, 1945
April 1 – June 22, 1945
Battle sites 11
- Attack on Pearl Harbor Honolulu · 21.31, -157.86
- Attack on Pearl Harbor ,
- Battle of Midway Midway Atoll · 28.2, -177.38
- Battle of Midway ,
- Kokoda Track campaign Kokoda Track · -8.8778, 147.7375
- Guadalcanal campaign Guadalcanal · -9.4456, 160.0203
- Battle of Tarawa Tarawa · 1.4269, 172.9756
- Battle of Saipan Saipan · 15.1833, 145.75
- Battle of Saipan United States · ,
- Battle of Okinawa Okinawa · 26.5, 128.0
- Battle of Okinawa Japan · ,
Key commanders
Allies 4
Axis 1
Other 9
Chester W. Nimitz
· 1885–1966
Isoroku Yamamoto
· 1884–1943
Chiang Kai-shek
· 1887–1975
Douglas MacArthur
military commander · 1880–1964
Franklin D. Roosevelt
belligerent leader · 1882–1945
Hirohito
belligerent leader · 1901–1989
Winston Churchill
belligerent leader · 1874–1965
Raymond A. Spruance
military commander · 1886–1969
Frank Jack Fletcher
military commander · 1885–1973