Micronesia Melanesia and New Guinea - Cartwheel and the Seizure of the Gilberts and Marshalls 30 June 1943 to 26 April 1944

1943-06-30/1944-04-26

The Pacific War, sometimes called the Asia–Pacific War, was the theater of World War II that was fought in 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 South-East Asian theater, the Second Sino-Japanese War, and the Soviet–Japanese War.

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