Southwest Pacific Area (SWPA)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Southwest_Pacific_Area_(SWPA)
GPTKB entity
Statements (34)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_officer
gptkbp:activeDuring gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:alliedWith gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkb:Royal_Australian_Navy
gptkb:Royal_Australian_Air_Force
gptkb:Royal_Netherlands_Navy
gptkb:Philippine_Commonwealth_Army
gptkbp:commander gptkb:General_Douglas_MacArthur
gptkbp:country gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Netherlands
gptkb:Philippines
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:disbanded 1945
gptkbp:established 1942
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Brisbane,_Australia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Southwest Pacific Area (SWPA)
gptkbp:notableOperation gptkb:New_Guinea_campaign
gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte
gptkb:Borneo_campaign_(1945)
gptkb:Philippines_campaign_(1944–45)
gptkbp:partOf Allied command structure
gptkbp:responsibility gptkb:Australia
gptkb:New_Guinea
gptkb:Philippines
gptkb:Solomon_Islands
gptkb:Netherlands_East_Indies
Bismarck Archipelago
gptkbp:subordinateUnit gptkb:Allied_Air_Forces
Allied Land Forces
Allied Naval Forces
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Far_East_Command
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_War_in_the_Southwest_Pacific
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7