Pacific theater

GPTKB entity

Statements (62)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:war
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Far_East_Command
gptkb:Vice_Admiral_Maximilian_von_Spee
gptkb:Axis_powers
gptkb:Māori_Battalion
gptkb:American_OSS
gptkb:No._20_Squadron
gptkbp:campaigns gptkb:Southwest_Pacific_Campaign
gptkb:China-Burma-India_Theater
gptkb:Central_Pacific_Campaign
gptkbp:ends_at September 2, 1945
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Pacific theater
gptkbp:involves gptkb:Axis_Powers
gptkb:Allied_Powers
gptkb:Australia
gptkb:British_Empire
gptkb:China
gptkb:Japan
gptkb:Monarch
gptkb:New_Zealand
gptkb:Philippines
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:launched December 7, 1941
gptkbp:leadership gptkb:General_Robert_Eichelberger
gptkb:General_Joseph_Stilwell
gptkb:General_John_R._Hodge
gptkb:General_Charles_A._Willoughby
gptkb:General_Albert_K._Arnold
gptkb:General_Frank_Merrill
gptkb:General_Tomoyuki_Yamashita
gptkb:General_Simon_Bolivar_Buckner_Jr.
gptkb:General_Paul_Tibbets
gptkb:General_Hideki_Tojo
gptkb:Admiral_Chester_W._Nimitz
gptkb:General_John_W._Vessey_Jr.
gptkb:Emperor_Hirohito
gptkb:General_George_C._Kenney
gptkb:Admiral_Raymond_Spruance
gptkb:Admiral_William_D._Leahy
gptkb:General_Richard_K._Sutherland
gptkb:General_William_Halsey_Jr.
gptkb:General_Curtis_Le_May
gptkb:General_Douglas_Mac_Arthur
gptkbp:military_strategy gptkb:battle
island hopping
air warfare
ground warfare
gptkbp:notable_battle gptkb:Battle_of_Midway
gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
gptkb:Battle_of_Iwo_Jima
gptkb:Battle_of_Guadalcanal
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Philippine_Sea
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:retirement_year Cold War dynamics
decolonization movements
formation of United Nations
U. S. military presence in Asia
Japan's pacifism
gptkbp:strategic_importance control of the Pacific Ocean
defeating Japan