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Wikipedia: The Pacific War, also called sometimes the Asia-Pacific War refers broadly to the parts of World War II that took place in the Pacific Ocean, its islands, and in the Far East. The term Pacific War is used to encompass the Pacific Ocean theatre, the South West Pacific theatre, the South-East Asian theatre and the Chinese theatre, also including the 1945 Soviet-Japanese conflict. It is generally considered that the Pacific War began on 7 December 1941 with the invasion of British Malaya and the attack on Pearl Harbor in the United States' Territory of Hawaii by the Empire of Japan.
![[Japan's Instrument of Surrender, 2 September 1945.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Japan_Instrument_of_Surrender_2_September_1945_s.jpg "Japan's Instrument of Surrender, 2 September 1945.")
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![[Gurkha troops of Fourteenth Army crossing the Irrawaddy on 27 January 1945.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Royal_Indian_Army_s.jpg "Gurkha troops of Fourteenth Army crossing the Irrawaddy on 27 January 1945.")
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![[American manned Alligators during the landing of Australian troops at Balikpapan, Borneo]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Balikpapan_landing_28AWM_018812_29_s.jpg "American manned Alligators during the landing of Australian troops at Balikpapan, Borneo")
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![[The Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku and two destroyers under attack in the Battle of Philippine Sea]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/P_sea_s.jpg "The Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku and two destroyers under attack in the Battle of Philippine Sea")
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![[75px75pxMap of the front against Japan as of 1 Nov 1944: This map is taken from the source "Atlas of the World...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/1944_11_01JapWW2BattlefrontAtlas_s.jpg "75px75pxMap of the front against Japan as of 1 Nov 1944: This map is taken from the source \"Atlas of the World...")
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![[75px75pxMap of the front against Japan as of 1 Mar 1945: This map is taken from the source "Atlas of the World...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/1945_03_01JapWW2BattlefrontAtlas_s.jpg "75px75pxMap of the front against Japan as of 1 Mar 1945: This map is taken from the source \"Atlas of the World...")
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from Mike_Young |
![[75px75pxMap of the front against Japan as of 1 Aug 1945: This map is taken from the source "Atlas of the World...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/1945_08_01JapWW2BattlefrontAtlas_s.jpg "75px75pxMap of the front against Japan as of 1 Aug 1945: This map is taken from the source \"Atlas of the World...")
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![[75px75pxMap of the front against Japan as of 1 May 1944: This map is taken from the source "Atlas of the World...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/1944_05_01JapWW2BattlefrontAtlas_s.jpg "75px75pxMap of the front against Japan as of 1 May 1944: This map is taken from the source \"Atlas of the World...")
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from Mike_Young |
from Mike_Young |
![[75px75pxMap of the front against Japan as of 1 Dec 1943: This map is taken from the source "Atlas of the World...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/1943_12_01JapWW2BattlefrontAtlas_s.jpg "75px75pxMap of the front against Japan as of 1 Dec 1943: This map is taken from the source \"Atlas of the World...")
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![[75px75pxMap of the front against Japan as of 1 July 1943: This map is taken from the source "Atlas of the World...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/1943_07_01JapWW2BattlefrontAtlas_s.jpg "75px75pxMap of the front against Japan as of 1 July 1943: This map is taken from the source \"Atlas of the World...")
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from Mike_Young |
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