Pacific Ocean Theatre Of World War Ii

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Pacific Ocean theater was one of four major naval theatres of war of World War II, which pitted the forces of Japan against those of the United States, the British Empire, the Netherlands and France.The theater included most of the Pacific Ocean and its islands, excluding the Philippines, Australia, the Netherlands East Indies, the Territory of New Guinea (including the Bismarck Archipelago) and the Solomon Islands (which were part of the Southwest Pacific area.) The Pacific Ocean theater also excluded China and mainland Southeast Asia. It takes its name from 30 March 1942 when it became the major Allied command in the theater, known simply as "Pacific Ocean Areas".