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The Pacific Ocean theater of World War II was a major theater of the Pacific War, ... Silverstone, Paul H. (1968), U.S. Warships of World War II, Doubleday & Co.
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.
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.
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. Dates shown indicate the approximate year that the various powers gain control of their possessions.
During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces engaged in combat against the Empire of Japan in the South Pacific Area. As defined by the War Department, this consisted of the Pacific Ocean areas which lay south of the Equator between longitude 159° East and 110° West.
Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556. www.pacificwrecks.com (For names and geographic locations of airfields) Pacific War Airfields Project
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 .
Anderson, Charles R. Western Pacific. The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II. United States Army Center of Military History. CMH Pub 72-29. Archived from the original on 3 February 2012; Burbeck, James (2008). "Invasion of Peleliu". Animated Combat Map. The War Times Journal; Gayle, Gordon, BGen USMC.