ETO and PTO; European Theater of Operations and Pacific Theater of Operations.
1. ETO was a ground war.
2. PTO was a naval war.
Both wars had a little bit of each of the other (ground/sea/air warfare).
The primary combatant in the ETO was the Soviet Union and United Kingdom.
The primary combatant in the PTO was the US.
The Soviets called the ETO, the "Great Patriotic War." Against Germany.
The US called the PTO, the "Pacific War". Against Japan.
D day ended the war D day was planed to hapen in 1943 but due to the German u boat attacks it didn't go ahead to 1944
In Europe, The Battle of Berlin. In The Pacific, The bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima.
In Europe, it ended May 8, 1945. In the Pacific, it ended August 15th, 1945. The actual Japanese surrender came on September 2, 1945.
War in Europe
In the Pacific Japan Surrenders on August 15th 1945. The Treaty was signed on the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, Japan on September 2, 1945. But because of the Kuril Islands dispute the Soviet Union and Japan are technically still at a state of war. Germany Surrendered on May 8th 1945 which is known as V-E Day (Victory in Europe Day)
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.
In Europe, The Battle of Berlin. In The Pacific, The bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima.
Pacific Rim
Yes it was. The Holocaust was in Europe, the war in Europe ended before the first automic bomb was dropped in August 1945. Meanwhile the war in Europe ended in May 1945.
In Europe, it ended May 8, 1945. In the Pacific, it ended August 15th, 1945. The actual Japanese surrender came on September 2, 1945.
Normandy in Europe and Midway in Pacific
The Soviet invasion of Berlin caused the end of the War in Europe and the nuclear payloads dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki ended the conflict in the Pacific.
The first part of WW2 ended with Germany surrendering, thus ending the war in Europe.
the war in Europe ended in the late 1945"s
in Europe and in the Pacific
In Europe the war ended when General Alfred Jodl signed the unconditional surrender of all German forces on May 7, 1945. In the Pacific the war ended when Japan surrendered on September 2, 1945, though there were still Japanese holdouts after the official surrender.
War in Europe
World War 2 ended on Europe on 8 May 1945, when the Allies accepted the formal German surrender. That day was called VE-Day, for Victory in Europe. Although this day was a celebration, for many people the war had not ended, because fighting in Asia and the Pacific against Japan continued into August.