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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

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Pacific campaign

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Pacific campaign or Pacific campaigns, usually refers to the Pacific War (1941–1945): campaigns involving Allied and Axis forces, in the Pacific and Asia...

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List of Pacific War campaigns

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list of campaigns during the Pacific War. Flags indicate the country, or countries, winning the offensive. Before 1942 and inclusion in the Pacific War:...

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Asian and Pacific theatre of World War I

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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...

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Pacific Star

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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...

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Japan campaign

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of Imperial Japan during the last stages of the Pacific campaign of World War II. The Japan campaign lasted from around June 1944 to August 1945. Periodic...

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Dutch East Indies campaign

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Indonesia) by forces of the Empire of Japan in the early days of the Pacific campaign of World War II. Allied forces attempted unsuccessfully to defend the...

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South West Pacific theatre of World War II

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across the Central Pacific, but this was disrupted by the loss of battleships at Pearl Harbor. During the First South Pacific Campaign, US forces sought...

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American Campaign Medal

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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...

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Guadalcanal campaign

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the Pacific theater from the Japanese. The campaign was followed by other Allied offensives in the Pacific, most notably: the Solomon Islands campaign, New...

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Bougainville campaign

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The Bougainville campaign was a series of land and naval battles of the Pacific campaign of World War II between Allied forces and the Empire of Japan...

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Allied submarines in the Pacific War

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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...

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Service star

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designated campaign or campaign phase or period): World War I Victory Medal American Defense Service Medal American Campaign Medal Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal...

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List of United States Army campaigns during World War II

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into the Pacific Ocean. Participation is recognized with a Campaign Star on the Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal rather than on the American Campaign Medal...

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Pacific War

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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...

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Tales of the South Pacific

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the South Pacific is a Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of sequentially related short stories by James A. Michener about the Pacific campaign in World...

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Battle of Leyte

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Labanan sa Leyte; Waray: Gubat ha Leyte; Japanese: レイテの戦い) in the Pacific campaign of World War II was the amphibious invasion of the island of Leyte...

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Solomon Islands campaign

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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...

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Dutch pacification campaign on Formosa

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opportunities for Dutch missionaries to spread their faith. The pacification campaign is considered the foundation on which the later success of the colony...

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New Georgia campaign

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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...

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Campaigns of Pacification and Occupation

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The Portuguese Campaigns of Pacification and Occupation (Campanhas de Pacificação e Ocupação in Portuguese) were a vast set of military operations, conducted...

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Battle of Saipan

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launched by the United States against the Empire of Japan during the Pacific campaign of World War II between 15 June and 9 July 1944. The battle resulted...

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Aleutian Islands campaign

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only military campaign of World War II fought on North American soil. The islands' strategic value was their ability to control Pacific transportation...

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Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign

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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...

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Naval campaign of the War of the Pacific

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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)...

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