0
The Pacific war refers to the theater of war involving the Pacific Ocean, and East Asia during the Second World War. Principally it is meant to include the battles and campaigns starting from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, and ending at the surrender of the Japanese Empire after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in September of 1945.
Additionally the Term Pacific war can include the war fought between China and Japan from 1936 through the rest of WW2.
Wiki User
∙ 9y ago
Wiki User
∙ 14y agoIdont know why dont you get an education losers
Wiki User
∙ 15y agoThe "Pacific War", is the PACIFIC THEATER of World War II. The other theaters of WWII were, the European Theater, and the CBI (China, Burma, India) Theater.
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
Which was a characteristic of the war in the Pacific?
Island hoppingLong, bloody battles.
Was pearl harbor part of the European or pacific theatre?
Pacific war. Pearl Harbor is in Hawaii and Hawaii is in the Pacific. The men who were in the Pacific war had to take back each island from the Japanese and the Philippines. In Manila there was hand to hand fighting. There is a film series called Victory at Sea that has real footage of the Pacific war.
What battle of the pacific war was admiral Nimitz the architect?
Nimitz was in overall command of all aspects of strategy (Island-Hopping) in the Pacific theater of war between the Japanese and the Americans .
How do you use island hopping in a sentence?
Island hopping is moving around from island to island. For example, The United States military practiced island-hopping during WWII in the war in the Pacific.
How was fighting in the pacific and the Caribbean similar in other words?
The war in the Pacific had no similarity to the war in Europe. The Pacific war was largely a matter of 'Island hopping' -of large numbers of US troops and Marines fighting on beaches and to occupy islands, and of large naval battles involving aircraft carriers. -The war in Europe was a an air war in the beginning, and after D-Day a series of major land battles.The war in the Pacific had no similarity to the war in Europe. The Pacific war was largely a matter of 'Island hopping' -of large numbers of US troops and Marines fighting on beaches and to occupy islands, and of large naval battles involving aircraft carriers. -The war in Europe was a an air war in the beginning, and after D-Day a series of major land battles.
Why could the war in the pacific be described as island-hopping?
The American forces had to take the Pacific back from the Japanese island by island.
What was the strategy in the pacific war?
Island Hopping.
In 1942 how was the war in the pacific characterized?
"Island Hopping"
What term was described the allied war strategy of the war in the pacific?
"Island-Hopping" .
Which was a characteristic of the war in the Pacific?
Island hoppingLong, bloody battles.
What happened in the south pacific World War 2?
The Allies fought the Japanese from island to island across the Pacific, pushing them back to Japan.
What was the turningpoint of the pacific war?
The battle of Midway is considered the turning point of the Naval War in the Pacific while the six month struggle for the island of Guadalcanal is considered the turning point for the land war in the Pacific
Famous battle site in pacific World War 2?
Savo Island
Pacific island acquired by the US as a result of the Spanish-American war?
Guam, a lovely island with 178,000 residents.
Name a Caribbean island and a pacific island where the spanish American war was fought?
Puerto Rico was a focal point of the war in the Caribbean. The Philippines was the primary battle ground in the Pacific. Other areas of conflict include Cuba and Guam.
What tactic used by the Japanese to successfully wage war against the US in the pacific theater of war?
Island Hoping
What impact did Guadalcanal have on world war 2?
The battle for the Pacific island of Guadacanal thwarted Japanese attempts to expand their conquests in the Pacific .
