The Pacific War is the term that is commonly applied to the Pacific theater of Action (PTO) in World War II. The theater was the largest geographically. In comparison to the European theater, the Pacific War was mainly a naval war.
Allied Forces
United States
- US Army
- US Army Air Force
- US Navy
- US Marines Corps
Republic of China
- Republic of China Army
- Republic of China Air Force
- Republic of China Navy
Axis Forces
Japan
- Imperial Japanese Army
- Imperial Japanese Army Air Service
- Imperial Japanese Navy
- Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service
- Imperial Japanese Naval Landing Forces
1941
- Attack on Pearl Harbor (Hawaii Operation) - 8 (Japan)/7 (US) December 1941
- Battle of Wake Island - 8-23 December 1941
1942
- Marshalls–Gilberts raids - 1 February 1942
- Doolittle Raid - 18 April 1942
- Battle of the Coral Sea (Operation MO) - 4-8 May 1942
- Battle of Midway (Operation MI) - 3-7 June 1942
Guadalcanal campaign
- Battle of the Eastern Solomons - 24-25 August 1942
- Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands - 25-27 October 1942
1944
- Operation Hailstone - 17-18 February 1944
- Battle of the Philippine Sea - 19-20 June 1944
- Battle of Leyte Gulf - 23-26 October 1944
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