Pacific theatre
WWII ocean conflict
The Pacific theatre refers to the region of military operations in the Pacific Ocean and surrounding lands during World War II, where Allied forces fought against Japan from 1941 to 1945.
The term distinguishes this arena of conflict from the European theatre.
It encompassed naval battles, island-hopping campaigns, and culminated in the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: My grandfather served in the Pacific theatre.
- Pearl HarborHawaiian military port attacked 1941
- aircraft carriersWarships with flight decks
- Solomon IslandsOceanian archipelago nation
- amphibious landingsAttacks launched from water
- jungle warfareArmed conflict in dense forest
United States Navy · Philippines · Okinawa · Battle of Midway · Manhattan Project · USS Missouri · Hirohito · Douglas MacArthur · island hopping · war documentaries · propaganda posters · Hiroshima · Iwo Jima · museum exhibits · Hawaii · Mariana Islands · oral histories · kamikaze attacks
Pacific theatreEuropean theatre
WWII's Atlantic-side combat zone
Western Front · Eastern Front · Battle of the Bulge · Normandy invasion · D-Day
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