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List of Pacific War campaigns

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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:

After inclusion in the Pacific War:

{{Flagicon|Empire of Japan|size=20px}} Franco-Japanese Border War

{{Flagicon|Thailand}} Franco-Thai War

  • October 1940 – 9 May 1941

{{Flagicon|Soviet Union|1936}} Soviet–Japanese border conflicts

Japanese conquest of Southeast Asia and Pacific

  • {{Flagicon|Empire of Japan|size=20px}} 1941-12-07 (12-08 Asian Time) Attack on Pearl Harbor
  • {{Flagicon|Empire of Japan|size=20px}} 1941-12-08 Japanese invasion of Thailand
  • {{Flagicon|Empire of Japan|size=20px}} 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
  • {{Flagicon|Empire of Japan|size=20px}} 1941-12-08 – 1941-12-25 Battle of Hong Kong
  • {{Flagicon|Empire of Japan|size=20px}} 1941-12-08 – 1942-01-31 Malayan Campaign
  • {{Flagicon|Empire of Japan|size=20px}} 1941-12-10 Sinking of {{HMS|Prince of Wales|53|6}} and {{HMS|Repulse|1916|6}}
  • {{Flagicon|Empire of Japan|size=20px}} 1941-12-11 – 1941-12-24 Battle of Wake Island
  • {{Flagicon|Empire of Japan|size=20px}} 1941-12-16 – 1942-04-01 Battle of Borneo (1941–42)
  • {{Flagicon|Empire of Japan|size=20px}} 1941-12-22 – 1942-05-06 Battle of the Philippines
  • 1942-01-01 – 1945-10-25 Transport of POWs via hell ships
  • {{Flagicon|Empire of Japan|size=20px}} 1942-01-11 – 1942-01-12 Battle of Tarakan{{cite web|first=Klemen |last=L |url=https://warfare.gq/dutcheastindies/tarakan.html |title=The capture of Tarakan Island, January 1942 |date=1999–2000 |work=Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941–1942 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726052724/http://www.dutcheastindies.webs.com/tarakan.html |archivedate=2011-07-26 }}
  • {{Flagicon|Empire of Japan|size=20px}} 1942-01-23 Battle of Rabaul (1942)
  • {{Flagicon|Empire of Japan|size=20px}} 1942-01-24 Battle of Balikpapan{{cite web|first=Klemen |last=L |url=https://warfare.gq/dutcheastindies/balikpapan.html |title=The capture of Balikpapan, January 1942 |date=1999–2000 |work=Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941–1942 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726051615/http://www.dutcheastindies.webs.com/balikpapan.html |archivedate=2011-07-26 }}
  • 1942-01-25 Thailand declares war on the Allies
  • {{Flagicon|Empire of Japan|size=20px}} 1942-01-30 – 1942-02-03 Battle of Ambon{{cite web |first = Klemen |last = L |url = http://warfare.gq/dutcheastindies/ambon.html |title = The Japanese Invasion of Ambon Island, January 1942 |date = 1999–2000 |work = Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941–1942 |url-status = live |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20210416141746/http://warfare.gq/dutcheastindies/ambon.html |archivedate = 2021-04-16 }}
  • {{Flagicon|Empire of Japan|size=20px}} 1942-01-30 – 1942-02-15 Battle of Singapore
  • {{Flagicon|Empire of Japan|size=20px}} 1942-02-04 Battle of Makassar Strait
  • {{Flagicon|Empire of Japan|size=20px}} 1942-02-14 – 1942-02-15 Battle of Palembang{{cite web|first = Klemen | last = L |url= https://warfare.gq/dutcheastindies/palembang.html |title= The battle for Palembang, February 1942 |date=1999–2000 |work=Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941–1942}}
  • {{Flagicon|Empire of Japan|size=20px}} 1942-02-19 Air raids on Darwin, Australia
  • {{Flagicon|Empire of Japan|size=20px}} 1942-02-19 – 1942-02-20 Battle of Badung Strait{{cite web |first = Klemen |last = L |url = http://warfare.gq/dutcheastindies/BadungStrait.html |title = The Badung Strait Battle |date = 1999–2000 |work = Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941–1942 |url-status = live |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150331201608/http://www.dutcheastindies.webs.com/BadungStrait.html |archivedate = 2015-03-31 }}
  • {{Flagicon|Empire of Japan|size=20px}} 1942-02-19 – 1943-02-10 Battle of Timor{{cite web|last = Klemen |first = L |url= https://warfare.gq/dutcheastindies/timor_dutch.html |title= The Japanese Invasion of Dutch West Timor Island, February 1942 |date=1999–2000 |work=Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941–1942}}{{cite web|first = Klemen | last = L |url= https://warfare.gq/dutcheastindies/timor_port.html |title= The fighting on Portuguese East Timor, 1942 |date=1999–2000 |work=Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941–1942}}
  • {{Flagicon|Empire of Japan|size=20px}} 1942-02-27 – 1942-03-01 Battle of the Java Sea{{cite web|last=Klemen |first=L |url=https://warfare.gq/dutcheastindies/java_sea.html |title=The Java Sea Battle, February 1942 |date=1999–2000 |work=Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941–1942 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726052834/http://www.dutcheastindies.webs.com/java_sea.html |archivedate=2011-07-26 }}
  • {{Flagicon|Empire of Japan|size=20px}} 1942-03-01 Battle of Sunda Strait{{cite web |first = Jan |last = Visser |url = http://warfare.gq/dutcheastindies/SundaStrait.html |title = The Sunda Strait Battle |date = 1999–2000 |work = Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941–1942 |url-status = live |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20141203155704/http://www.dutcheastindies.webs.com/SundaStrait.html |archivedate = 2014-12-03 }}
  • {{Flagicon|Empire of Japan|size=20px}} 1942-03-01 – 1942-03-09 Battle of Java{{cite web|last=Klemen |first=L |url=https://warfare.gq/dutcheastindies/java.html |title=The conquest of Java Island, March 1942 |date=1999–2000 |work=Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941–1942 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726052648/http://www.dutcheastindies.webs.com/java.html |archivedate=2011-07-26 }}
  • {{Flagicon|Empire of Japan|size=20px}} 1942-03-31 Battle of Christmas Island{{cite web|first = Klemen | last = L |url= https://warfare.gq/dutcheastindies/christmas.html |title= The Mystery of Christmas Island, March 1942 |date=1999–2000 |work=Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941–1942}}
  • {{Flagicon|Empire of Japan|size=20px}} 1942-03-31 – 1942-04-10 Indian Ocean raid
  • 1942-04-09 Bataan Death March begins
  • {{Flagicon|United States|1912|size=20px}} 1942-04-18 Doolittle Raid
  • {{Flagicon|Empire of Japan|size=20px}} 1942-05-03 Japanese invasion of Tulagi
  • {{Flagicon|Australia|size=20px}} {{Flagicon|United States|1912|size=20px}} 1942-05-04 – 1942-05-08 Battle of the Coral Sea
  • {{Flagicon|Empire of Japan|size=20px}} 1942-05-31 – 1942-06-08 Attacks on Sydney Harbour area, Australia
  • {{Flagicon|United States|1912|size=20px}} 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

  • {{Flagicon|Republic of China (1912–49)|size=20px}} {{Flagicon|United Kingdom}} {{Flagicon|India|British}} {{Flagicon|Canada|1957}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/medals-decorations/campaign-stars-medals-1939-1954/pstar|title = Pacific Star - Veterans Affairs Canada|date = 21 January 2020}} {{Flagicon|United States|1912}} Burma Campaign: 1941-12-16 – 1945-08-15
  • {{flagicon|Republic of China (1912–1949)}} {{flagicon|US|1912}} October 1943 – March 1945 Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan
  • {{Flagicon|United Kingdom}} 1945-05-15 – 1945-05-16 Battle of the Malacca Strait

New Guinea campaign

Madagascar Campaign

  • {{Flagicon|United Kingdom}}{{Flagicon|Southern Rhodesia}}{{Flagicon|South Africa|1928}}{{Flagicon|Australia}} 1942-05-05 – 1942-11-06 Battle of Madagascar

Aleutian Islands Campaign

Guadalcanal Campaign

Solomon Islands campaign

Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign

Bombing of South East Asia, 1944-45

Mariana and Palau Islands campaign

Philippines campaign

  • {{Flagicon|Australia}} {{Flagicon|Philippine Commonwealth}}{{Flagicon|United States|1912}} 1944-10-20 – 1944-12-10 Battle of Leyte
  • {{Flagicon|Australia}} {{Flagicon|United States|1912}} 1944-10-24 – 1944-10-25 Battle of Leyte Gulf
  • {{Flagicon|United States|1912}} 1944-11-11 – 1944-12-21 Battle of Ormoc Bay
  • {{Flagicon|Mexico}} {{Flagicon|Philippine Commonwealth}} {{Flagicon|United States|1912}} 1944-12-15 – 1945-07-04 Battle of Luzon
  • {{Flagicon|Australia}} {{Flagicon|United States|1912}} 1945-01-09 Invasion of Lingayen Gulf
  • {{Flagicon|Philippine Commonwealth}} {{Flagicon|United States|1912}} 1945-01-31 – 1945-02-08 Recapture of Bataan
  • {{Flagicon|Philippine Commonwealth}} {{Flagicon|United States|1912}} 1945-02-03 – 1945-03-03 Battle of Manila
  • {{Flagicon|Philippine Commonwealth}} {{Flagicon|United States|1912}} 1945-03-18 – 1945-07-30 Battle of the Visayas
  • {{Flagicon|Philippine Commonwealth}} {{Flagicon|United States|1912}} 1945-03-10 – 1945-08-15 Battle of Mindanao

Volcano and Ryukyu Islands campaign

  • {{Flagicon|United States|1912}} 1945-02-16 – 1945-03-26 Battle of Iwo Jima
  • {{Flagicon|Australia}} {{Flagicon|Canada|1957}} {{Flagicon|New Zealand}} {{Flagicon|United Kingdom}} {{Flagicon|United States|1912}} 1945-04-01 – 1945-06-21 Battle of Okinawa
  • {{Flagicon|United States|1912}} 1945-04-07 Operation Ten-Go

Borneo campaign

Japan campaign

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:

Citation

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References

  • {{cite web |first= Klemen |last= L |date= 2000 |title= Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941–1942 |url= https://warfare.gq/dutcheastindies/index.html }}

Pacific

Campaigns

Pacific War campaigns