List of Pacific War campaigns
This is a list of campaigns during the Pacific War.
Flags indicate the country, or countries, winning the offensive.
Second Sino-Japanese war
Before 1942 and inclusion in the Pacific War:
1937-07-07 – 1937-07-09 Marco Polo Bridge Incident 1937-08-13 – 1937-11-26 Battle of Shanghai 1937-09-01 – 1937-11-09 Battle of Taiyuan 1937-12-09 – 1938-01-31 Battle of Nanjing 1938-03-24 – 1938-05-01 Battle of Xuzhou 1938-06-11 – 1938-10-27 Battle of Wuhan 1939-03-17 – 1939-05-09 Battle of Nanchang 1939-04-20 – 1939-05-24 Battle of Suixian-Zaoyang 1939-09-13 – 1939-10-08 Battle of Changsha (1939) 1939-11-15 – 1940-11-30 Battle of South Guangxi 1940-05-01 – 1940-06-18 Battle of Zaoyang-Yichang 1940-08-20 – 1940-12-05 Hundred Regiments Offensive 1941-01-30 – 1941-03-01 Battle of South Henan 1941-03-14 – 1941-04-09 Battle of Shanggao 1941-05-07 – 1941-05-27 Battle of South Shanxi 1941-09-06 – 1941-10-08 Battle of Changsha (1941)
After inclusion in the Pacific War:
1941-12-24 – 1942-01-15 Battle of Changsha (1942) 1942-05-14 – 1942-09-07 Zhejiang-Jiangxi Campaign 1943-05-12 – 1943-06-03 Battle of West Hubei 1943-11-02 – 1943-12-20 Battle of Changde 1944-04-17 – 1944-12-10 Operation Ichi-Go 1945-04-09 – 1945-06-07 Battle of West Hunan 1945-04-18 — 1945-08-04 Second Guangxi Campaign
- 1940-09-22 – 1940-09-25 Battle of Lạng Sơn
- 1940-09-24 – 1940-09-26 Bombing of Hải Phòng
- October 1940 – 9 May 1941
- 1938-07-29 – 1938-08-11 Battle of Lake Khasan
- 1939-05-11 – 1939-09-16 Battles of Khalkhin Gol
Japanese conquest of Southeast Asia and Pacific
1941-12-07 (12-08 Asian Time) Attack on Pearl Harbor 1941-12-08 Japanese invasion of Thailand 1941-12-08 Battle of Guam (1941) - 1941-12-07 Japan declares war on the United States and the United Kingdom; 1941-12-08 The United States and the United Kingdom declare war on Japan
1941-12-08 – 1941-12-25 Battle of Hong Kong 1941-12-08 – 1942-01-31 Malayan Campaign 1941-12-10 Sinking of HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse 1941-12-11 – 1941-12-24 Battle of Wake Island 1941-12-16 – 1942-04-01 Battle of Borneo (1941–42) 1941-12-22 – 1942-05-06 Battle of the Philippines - 1942-01-01 – 1945-10-25 Transport of POWs via hell ships
1942-01-11 – 1942-01-12 Battle of Tarakan[1] 1942-01-23 Battle of Rabaul (1942) 1942-01-24 Battle of Balikpapan[2] - 1942-01-25 Thailand declares war on the Allies
1942-01-30 – 1942-02-03 Battle of Ambon[3] 1942-01-30 – 1942-02-15 Battle of Singapore 1942-02-04 Battle of Makassar Strait 1942-02-14 – 1942-02-15 Battle of Palembang[4] 1942-02-19 Air raids on Darwin, Australia 1942-02-19 – 1942-02-20 Battle of Badung Strait[5] 1942-02-19 – 1943-02-10 Battle of Timor[6][7] 1942-02-27 – 1942-03-01 Battle of the Java Sea[8] 1942-03-01 Battle of Sunda Strait[9] 1942-03-01 – 1942-03-09 Battle of Java[10] 1942-03-31 Battle of Christmas Island[11] 1942-03-31 – 1942-04-10 Indian Ocean raid - 1942-04-09 Bataan Death March begins
1942-04-18 Doolittle Raid 1942-05-03 Japanese invasion of Tulagi 1942-05-04 – 1942-05-08 Battle of the Coral Sea 1942-05-31 – 1942-06-08 Attacks on Sydney Harbour area, Australia 1942-06-04 – 1942-06-06 Battle of Midway
Allied offensives
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South East Asian campaigns: 1941-12-08 – 1945-08-15
[12] Burma Campaign: 1941-12-16 – 1945-08-15 October 1943 – March 1945 Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan 1945-05-15 – 1945-05-16 Battle of the Malacca Strait
1942-01-23 – Battle of Rabaul - 1942-03-07 – Operation Mo (Japanese invasion of mainland New Guinea)
1942-05-04 – 1942-05-08 Battle of the Coral Sea 1942-07-01 – 1943-01-31 Kokoda Track Campaign 1942-08-25 – 1942-09-05 Battle of Milne Bay 1942-11-19 – 1943-01-23 Battle of Buna-Gona 1943-01-28 – 1943-01-30 Battle of Wau 1943-03-02 – 1943-03-04 Battle of the Bismarck Sea 1943-06-29 – 1943-09-16 Battle of Lae 1943-06-30 – 1944-03-25 Operation Cartwheel 1943-09-19 – 1944-04-24 Finisterre Range campaign 1943-09-22 – 1944-01-15 Huon Peninsula campaign 1943-11-01 – 1943-11-11 Attack on Rabaul 1943-12-15 – 1945-08-15 New Britain campaign 1944-02-29 – 1944-03-25 Admiralty Islands campaign 1944-04-22 – 1945-08-15 Western New Guinea campaign
1942-05-05 – 1942-11-06 Battle of Madagascar
1942-06-06 – 1943-08-15 Battle of the Aleutian Islands 1942-06-07 – 1943-08-15 Battle of Kiska 1943-03-26 – Battle of the Komandorski Islands
1942-08-07 – 1943-02-09 Battle of Guadalcanal 1942-08-09 Battle of Savo Island 1942-08-24 – 1942-08-25 Battle of the Eastern Solomons 1942-10-11 – 1942-10-12 Battle of Cape Esperance - 1942-10-25 – 1942-10-27 Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands
1942-11-13 – 1942-11-15 Naval Battle of Guadalcanal 1942-11-30 Battle of Tassafaronga
1943-01-29 – 1943-01-30 Battle of Rennell Island 1943-03-06 Battle of Blackett Strait 1943-06-10 – 1943-08-25 New Georgia Campaign - 1943-07-06 Battle of Kula Gulf
1943-07-12 – 1943-07-13 Battle of Kolombangara 1943-08-06 – 1943-08-07 Battle of Vella Gulf 1943-08-17 – 1943-08-18 Battle off Horaniu 1943-08-15 – 1943-10-09 Land Battle of Vella Lavella 1943-10-06 Naval Battle of Vella Lavella 1943-11-01 – 1945-08-21 Battle of Bougainville 1943-11-01 – 1943-11-02 Battle of Empress Augusta Bay 1943-11-26 Battle of Cape St. George
Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign
1943-11-20 – 1943-11-23 Battle of Tarawa 1943-11-20 – 1943-11-24 Battle of Makin 1944-01-31 – 1944-02-07 Battle of Kwajalein 1944-02-16 – 1944-02-17 Attack on Truk 1944-02-16 – 1944-02-23 Battle of Eniwetok
Bombing of South East Asia, 1944-45
Operation Cockpit 1944-04-19 Operation Transom 1944-05-17 Bombing of Bangkok 1944-05-20 Operation Matterhorn 1944-06-05 – May 1945 Operation Meridian 1945-01-24 – 1945-01-29
Mariana and Palau Islands campaign
1944-06-15 – 1944-07-09 Battle of Saipan 1944-06-19 – 1944-06-20 Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944-07-21 – 1944-08-10 Battle of Guam[13] 1944-07-24 – 1944-08-01 Battle of Tinian[13] 1944-09-15 – 1944-11-25 Battle of Peleliu[14] 1944-09-17 – 1944-09-30 Battle of Angaur[14]
1944-10-20 – 1944-12-10 Battle of Leyte 1944-10-24 – 1944-10-25 Battle of Leyte Gulf 1944-11-11 – 1944-12-21 Battle of Ormoc Bay 1944-12-15 – 1945-07-04 Battle of Luzon 1945-01-09 Invasion of Lingayen Gulf 1945-01-31 – 1945-02-08 Recapture of Bataan 1945-02-03 – 1945-03-03 Battle of Manila 1945-03-18 – 1945-07-30 Battle of the Visayas 1945-03-10 – 1945-08-15 Battle of Mindanao
Volcano and Ryukyu Islands campaign
1945-02-16 – 1945-03-26 Battle of Iwo Jima 1945-04-01 – 1945-06-21 Battle of Okinawa 1945-04-07 Operation Ten-Go
1945-05-01 – 1945-05-25 Battle of Tarakan 1945-06-10 – 1945-06-15 Battle of Brunei 1945-06-10 – 1945-06-22 Battle of Labuan 1945-06-17 – 1945-08-15 Battle of North Borneo 1945-07-07 – 1945-07-21 Battle of Balikpapan
1945-07-22 Battle of Tokyo Bay 1945-08-06 – 1945-08-09 Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
1945-08-08 – 1945-09-02 Soviet invasion of Manchuria
Command areas
The command structures of the Pacific War varied, reflecting the different roles of various belligerent nations, and often involving different geographic scopes. These included the following:
- American commands:
- British and Allied commands:
- GHQ India, commanding the British Army in India
- Eastern Fleet
- American-British-Dutch-Australian Command
- 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
Citations
- ↑ L, Klemen (1999–2000). "The capture of Tarakan Island, January 1942". Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941–1942. Archived from the original on 2011-07-26.
- ↑ L, Klemen (1999–2000). "The capture of Balikpapan, January 1942". Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941–1942. Archived from the original on 2011-07-26.
- ↑ L, Klemen (1999–2000). "The Japanese Invasion of Ambon Island, January 1942". Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941–1942. Archived from the original on 2012-09-26.
- ↑ L, Klemen (1999–2000). "The battle for Palembang, February 1942". Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941–1942.
- ↑ L, Klemen (1999–2000). "The Badung Strait Battle". Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941–1942. Archived from the original on 2015-03-31.
- ↑ Klemen, L (1999–2000). "The Japanese Invasion of Dutch West Timor Island, February 1942". Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941–1942.
- ↑ L, Klemen (1999–2000). "The fighting on Portuguese East Timor, 1942". Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941–1942.
- ↑ Klemen, L (1999–2000). "The Java Sea Battle, February 1942". Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941–1942. Archived from the original on 2011-07-26.
- ↑ Visser, Jan (1999–2000). "The Sunda Strait Battle". Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941–1942. Archived from the original on 2014-12-03.
- ↑ Klemen, L (1999–2000). "The conquest of Java Island, March 1942". Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941–1942. Archived from the original on 2011-07-26.
- ↑ L, Klemen (1999–2000). "The Mystery of Christmas Island, March 1942". Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941–1942.
- ↑ http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/medals-decorations/campaign-stars-medals-1939-1954/pstar
- 1 2 Potter & Nimitz, 1960, p.770
- 1 2 Ofstie(1946)p.275
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