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The Pacific War, sometimes called the Asia–Pacific War or the Pacific Theater, [48] was the theater of World War II that was fought in eastern Asia, the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and Oceania.
Pacific War, major theatre of World War II that covered a large portion of the Pacific Ocean, East Asia, and Southeast Asia, with significant engagements occurring as far south as northern Australia and as far north as the Aleutian Islands.
On December 7, 1941, Japan staged a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, severely damaging the US Pacific Fleet. When Germany and Italy declared war on the United States days later, America found itself in a global war.
The History Place - Timeline of Pacific War. 1941. December 7, 1941 - Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; also attack the Philippines, Wake Island, Guam, Malaya, Thailand, Shanghai and Midway. December 8, 1941 - U.S. and Britain declare war on Japan. Japanese land near Singapore and enter Thailand.
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.
The Pacific War saw the Allies pitted against Japan, the latter aided by Thailand and to a lesser extent by the Axis powers, Germany and Italy. The Japanese achieved great success in the initial phase of the campaign, but were gradually driven back using an island hopping strategy.
The Pacific War began on 7 December 1941 when Japan staged a surprise attack on Pearl Harbour, after which Germany and Italy also declared war on the nation. The Japanese attack had wiped out much of the United States fleet, leaving them relatively defenceless.
Pacific War - Allied Offensive, 1944, Japan: The Allied victories in 1943 set the stage for the strategic advances of 1944, but they did not determine the exact lines of attack.
Contents: the Pacific War (a general summary of the war); about Pearl Harbor (an overview with illustrations); War Events Timeline for the Pacific and East Asia; and the Pearl Harbor Attacks (animated flash features).
The War of the Pacific (Spanish: Guerra del Pacífico), also known as the Nitrate War (Spanish: Guerra del salitre) and by multiple other names, was a war between Chile and a Bolivian–Peruvian alliance from 1879 to 1884.