Pacific campaign or Pacific campaigns, usually refers to the Pacific War (1941–1945): campaigns involving Allied and Axis forces, in the Pacific and Asia during World War II.
Within the context of World War II, "Pacific campaigns" include:
Pacific Ocean theater of World War II: the naval and island campaigns in the Central Pacific, North Pacific and South Central Pacific, and;
South West Pacific theater of World War II: the campaigns in and around the Philippines, New Guinea, Australia, most of the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) and the British colonies in Borneo.
Pacific theater of operations is a generic term, in US military history, for all campaigns in the Pacific during World War II.
Pacific campaign may also refer to the following campaigns in other wars:
Pacific Coast campaign (Mexican–American War) (1846–1848) United States Navy operations during the Mexican–American War
Pacific campaign (Spanish–American War), between the United States and Spain during the Spanish–American War of 1898
Asian and Pacific theatre of World War I (1914–1918), between the Allies and the German Empire
Topics referred to by the same term
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Pacificcampaign or Pacificcampaigns, usually refers to the Pacific War (1941–1945): campaigns involving Allied and Axis forces, in the Pacific and Asia...
list of campaigns during the Pacific War. Flags indicate the country, or countries, winning the offensive. Before 1942 and inclusion in the Pacific War:...
land offensives in the Pacific theatre was the invasion of German Samoa on 29–30 August 1914 by New Zealand forces. The campaign to take Samoa ended without...
The Pacific Star is a military campaign medal instituted by the United Kingdom in May 1945 for award to British and Commonwealth forces who served in...
of Imperial Japan during the last stages of the Pacificcampaign of World War II. The Japan campaign lasted from around June 1944 to August 1945. Periodic...
Indonesia) by forces of the Empire of Japan in the early days of the Pacificcampaign of World War II. Allied forces attempted unsuccessfully to defend the...
across the Central Pacific, but this was disrupted by the loss of battleships at Pearl Harbor. During the First South PacificCampaign, US forces sought...
AMERICAN CAMPAIGN. The reverse of the medal, designed by Adolph Alexander Weinman, is the same design as used on the reverse of both the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign...
the Pacific theater from the Japanese. The campaign was followed by other Allied offensives in the Pacific, most notably: the Solomon Islands campaign, New...
The Bougainville campaign was a series of land and naval battles of the Pacificcampaign of World War II between Allied forces and the Empire of Japan...
Allied submarines were used extensively during the Pacific War and were a key contributor to the defeat of the Empire of Japan. During the war, submarines...
designated campaign or campaign phase or period): World War I Victory Medal American Defense Service Medal American Campaign Medal Asiatic–PacificCampaign Medal...
into the Pacific Ocean. Participation is recognized with a Campaign Star on the Asiatic–PacificCampaign Medal rather than on the American Campaign Medal...
The Pacific War, sometimes called the Asia–Pacific War or the Pacific Theater, was the theater of World War II that was fought in eastern Asia, the Pacific...
the South Pacific is a Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of sequentially related short stories by James A. Michener about the Pacificcampaign in World...
Labanan sa Leyte; Waray: Gubat ha Leyte; Japanese: レイテの戦い) in the Pacificcampaign of World War II was the amphibious invasion of the island of Leyte...
The Solomon Islands campaign was a major campaign of the Pacific War of World War II. The campaign began with Japanese landings and capture of several...
opportunities for Dutch missionaries to spread their faith. The pacificationcampaign is considered the foundation on which the later success of the colony...
157.333°E / -8.500; 157.333 The New Georgia campaign was a series of land and naval battles of the Pacific Theater of World War II between Allied forces...
The Portuguese Campaigns of Pacification and Occupation (Campanhas de Pacificação e Ocupação in Portuguese) were a vast set of military operations, conducted...
launched by the United States against the Empire of Japan during the Pacificcampaign of World War II between 15 June and 9 July 1944. The battle resulted...
only military campaign of World War II fought on North American soil. The islands' strategic value was their ability to control Pacific transportation...
Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign were a series of battles fought from August 1942 through February 1944, in the Pacific theatre of World War II between...
The Naval campaign of the War of the Pacific or Saltpeter war, was a naval campaign that took place from 1879 to 1884, involving Peru (as well as Bolivia)...