Manila, Philippines
Admiral Ernest King was the US top naval officer. Admiral Chester Nimitz was the top Pacific naval officer.
The American Pacific Naval Fleet.
The commander of the Federal naval forces was Rear Admiral Porter. There is no such thing as a naval general.
Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz was the Commander in Chief, Naval Forces Pacific. General Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Allied Commander South West Pacific Area
Yes. The reason Japan attacked was to cripple the Naval vessles who were located at Pearl Harbor.
The Japanese surrendered to General Douglas MacArthur, who was appointed by President Harry S. Truman to oversee the occupation of Japan after World War II. The formal surrender took place on September 2, 1945, aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. While General Dwight D. Eisenhower was the Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Europe, and Admiral Chester Nimitz was a key naval commander in the Pacific, it was MacArthur who accepted the surrender on behalf of the Allied powers.
Pearl Harbor
The Pacific Theater (aka Pacific War) was the naval half of WWII. Although all portions of WWII had naval battles, the Pacific was the Pacific, as the name implies...an ocean. Secondly, General MacArthur reasoned that since a battleship (USS Arizona) started WWII for the US, it seemed appropiate to end it that way.
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, was attacked on 7th December 1941.
The Japanese attacked the U.S Naval Base on Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor = D
They attacked Pearl Harbour on December 7th 1941