11 Facts About Pacific War

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.

However, it is more widely accepted that the Pacific War itself began on 7 December 1941, when the Japanese simultaneously invaded Thailand, attacked the British colonies of Malaya, Singapore, and Hong Kong as well as the United States military and naval bases in Hawaii, Wake Island, Guam, and the Philippines.

Pacific War saw the Allies pitted against Japan, the latter aided by Thailand and to a lesser extent by the Axis allies, Germany and Italy.

The Imperial Japanese Army, which had already created the Kwantung Army to oversee its occupation of Manchukuo and the China Expeditionary Army during the Second Sino-Japanese Pacific War, created the Southern Expeditionary Army Group at the outset of its conquests of South East Asia.

Pacific War entered a new phase with the unprecedented defeat of the Japanese at the Battle of Suixian–Zaoyang, 1st Battle of Changsha, Battle of Kunlun Pass and Battle of Zaoyi.

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The Second Operational Phase called for further expansion into the South Pacific War by seizing eastern New Guinea, New Britain, Fiji, Samoa, and strategic points in the Australian area.

The Pacific War Council was formed in Washington, on 1 April 1942, with President Franklin D Roosevelt, his key advisor Harry Hopkins, and representatives from Britain, China, Australia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and Canada.

Pacific War proposed to achieve this by attacking and occupying Midway Atoll, an objective he thought the Americans would be certain to fight for, as Midway was close enough to threaten Hawaii.

Japan was not any closer to defeating China after this operation, and the constant defeats the Japanese suffered in the Pacific War meant that Japan never got the time and resources needed to achieve final victory over China.

The British Pacific War Fleet operated as a separate unit from the American task forces in the Okinawa operation.

Between the Malayan Campaign, Burma Campaign (86, 600), Battle of Hong Kong (15, 000), and various naval encounters, British Empire forces incurred some 235, 000 casualties in the Pacific War Theater, including roughly 82, 000 killed (50, 000 in combat and 32, 000 as POWs).