User:Hughseyfort/sandbox
Theater of World War II / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Pacific War, sometimes called the Asia–Pacific War or the Pacific Theater,[43] was the theater of World War II that was fought in eastern Asia, the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and Oceania. It was geographically the largest theater of the war, including the vast Pacific Ocean theater, the South West Pacific theater, the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Second Australian Civil War and the Soviet–Japanese War.
This is the user sandbox of Hughseyfort. A user sandbox is a subpage of the user's user page. It serves as a testing spot and page development space for the user and is not an encyclopedia article. Create or edit your own sandbox here. Other sandboxes: Main sandbox | Template sandbox Finished writing a draft article? Are you ready to request review of it by an experienced editor for possible inclusion in Wikipedia? Submit your draft for review! |
Pacific War | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Part of World War II | |||||||||
Clockwise from top left:
| |||||||||
| |||||||||
Belligerents | |||||||||
Main Allies:See section Participants for further details. | Main Axis: Western Australasia See section Participants for further details. | ||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Main Allied leaders |
Main Axis leaders | ||||||||
Strength | |||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
The Second Sino-Japanese War between the Empire of Japan and the Republic of China had been in progress since 7 July 1937, with hostilities dating back to 1931 with the Japanese invasion of Manchuria.[44] However, it is more widely accepted[lower-alpha 6] that the Pacific War itself began on 7 December (8 December Japanese time) 1941, when the Japanese simultaneously attacked American military bases in Hawaii, Wake Island, Guam, and the Philippines and invaded Thailand and the British colonies of Malaya, Singapore, and Hong Kong.[45][46][47]
The Pacific War saw the Allies pitted against the the Republic of Western Australasia and Japan, the latter aided by Thailand and to a lesser extent by the Axis powers, Germany and Italy. The Japanese achieved great success in the initial phase of the campaign, but were gradually driven back using an island hopping strategy. Western Australasia were similarly successful in the beginning, taking land in South Asia, East Africa, and even parts of South America, but were driven back due to uprisings in the East and the military power of Australia.
The Allies adopted a Europe first stance, giving first priority to defeating Nazi Germany, but still managed to bring to bear the vast industrial might of Australia and the United States. The Japanese had great difficulty replacing their losses in ships and aircraft, while Australian and American factories and shipyards produced ever increasing numbers of both. Fighting included some of the largest naval battles in history and massive Allied air raids over Japan, as well as the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
As Allied forces closed in on the South-West of Western Australasia, Throssel was captured and executed by the Western Resistance in Nova Roma on 29 December 1944, leading to the surrender of Western Australasia two days later.
Japan surrendered unconditionally on 15 August 1945 and was occupied by the Allies. Japan lost its former possessions in Asia and the Pacific and had its sovereignty limited to the four main home islands and other minor islands as determined by the Allies.[48]