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A-Go (1944) — plan to engage and destroy the U.S. Fleet during the Saipan landings; AL (1942) — invasion of the western Aleutians as a diversion from the attempted invasion of Midway Island. AOB (1942) — seizure of Kiska Island; AQ (1942) — seizure of Attu Island; Ke-Go (1943) — evacuation of Kiska, Aleutians
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. It was defined by the Allied powers ' Pacific Ocean Area command, which included most of the Pacific Ocean and its islands, while mainland Asia was excluded, as were the Philippines, the Dutch East Indies, Borneo ...
The Battle of Tulagi and Gavutu–Tanambogo was a land battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, between the forces of the Imperial Japanese Navy and Allied (mainly United States Marine Corps) ground forces. It took place 7–9 August 1942 on the Solomon Islands, during the initial Allied landings in the Guadalcanal campaign .
1,000,000+ [ nb 7] 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. It was geographically the largest theater of the war, including the Pacific Ocean theater, the South West Pacific theater ...
Pacific Islands home front during World War II. The civilian population, culture and infrastructure of Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia ( Pacific Islands) were completely changed between 1941 and 1945 because of the logistical requirements of the Allies in their war against Japan ( taemfaet and daidowa in Micronesian or sahaya kana tuta in ...
The Australian army was the first to inflict defeat on the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II at the Battle of Milne Bay of August–September 1942. The South West Pacific theatre, during World War II, was a major theatre of the war between the Allies and the Axis. It included the Philippines, the Dutch East Indies (except for Sumatra ...
South East Asia Command; Far East Command, the Soviet command during the war against Japan in 1945; Japanese commands: Japanese Combined Fleet, the Japanese command which oversaw naval operations; Southern Expeditionary Army Group, the Japanese army command in the South West Pacific and South East Asia
Asian and Pacific theatre of World War I. Asian and Pacific theatre of World War I. Part of World War I. The German front line at Qingdao. Date. 3 August 1914 – 5 January 1919 a. (4 years, 5 months and 2 days) Location. China, Bismarck Archipelago, Caroline Islands, Line Islands, German New Guinea, German Samoa, Guam, Mariana Islands ...