This MedLibrary.org supplementary page on South West Pacific theatre of World War II is provided directly from the open source Wikipedia as a service to our readers. Please see the note below on authorship of this content, as well as the Wikipedia usage guidelines. To search for other content from our encyclopedia supplement, please use the form below:
Related Sponsors
|
|||||
|
|||||
The South West Pacific was one of two theatres of World War II in the Pacific region, between 1942 and 1945. The South West Pacific theatre included the Philippines, the Netherlands East Indies (excluding Sumatra), Borneo, Australia, the Australian Territory of New Guinea (including the Bismarck Archipelago), the western part of the Solomon Islands and some neighbouring territories. The theatre takes its name from the major Allied command, which was known simply as the "South West Pacific Area".
In the theatre, Imperial Japanese forces fought primarily United States and Australian forces. Dutch, Filipino, British and other Allied forces also served in the theatre.
Most Japanese forces in the theatre were part of the Southern Expeditionary Army Group, which was formed on November 6, 1941, under General Hisaichi Terauchi (also known as Count Terauchi), who was ordered to attack and occupy Allied territories in South East Asia and the South Pacific.
On March 30, 1942, the Allied South West Pacific Area command (SWPA) was formed and U.S. General Douglas MacArthur was appointed Supreme Allied Commander South West Pacific Area.[1]
Contents |
Major campaigns in the theatre
- Philippines campaign, 1941-42
- Netherlands East Indies campaign, 1941-1942
- Battle of Badung Strait 19-20 February 1942[2]
- Battle of the Java Sea 27 February 1942[3]
- Battle of Sunda Strait 28 February-1 March 1942[4]
- Second Battle of the Java Sea 1 March 1942[5]
- Guadalcanal campaign 1942–43
- Battle of Savo Island 9 August 1942[6]
- Battle of the Eastern Solomons 24-25 August 1942[7]
- Battle of Cape Esperance 11-12 October 1942[8]
- Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands 26 October 1942[9]
- Naval Battle of Guadalcanal 12-15 November 1942[3]
- Battle of Tassafaronga 30 November 1942[3]
- Solomon Islands campaign 1943–45
- Battle of Kula Gulf 6 July 1943[10]
- Battle of Kolombangara 13 July 1943[10]
- Battle of Vella Gulf 6-7 August 1943[10]
- Naval Battle of Vella Lavella 6-7 October 1943[10]
- Battle of Empress Augusta Bay 2 November 1943[10]
- Battle of Cape St. George 25 November 1943[10]
- New Guinea campaign, 1942-45
- Battle of the Coral Sea 4-8 May 1942[3]
- Kokoda Track campaign 1942
- Battle of Buna-Gona 1942
- Battle of the Bismarck Sea 2 March 1943[3]
- Landing at Nassau Bay 1943
- Salamaua-Lae campaign 1943
- Huon Peninsula campaign 1943
- New Britain campaign 26 December 1943[11]
- Admiralty Islands campaign 29 February 1944[11]
- Aitape-Wewak campaign 22 April 1944[11]
- Invasion of Hollandia 22 April 1944[12]
- Battle of Biak 27 May 1944[12]
- Battle of Noemfoor 2 July 1944[11]
- Battle of Morotai 15 September 1944[12]
- Portuguese Timor, 1942-43
- Philippines campaign, 1944-45
- Battle of Leyte Gulf 20 October 1944[3]
- Borneo campaign, 1945
See also
Notes
- ^ Cressman(2000)p.84
- ^ Dull(1978)p.61
- ^ a b c d e f Silverstone(1968)pp.9-11
- ^ Dull(1978)p.75
- ^ Dull(1978)p.91
- ^ Potter&Nimitz(1960)p.695
- ^ Potter&Nimitz(1960)p.697
- ^ Potter&Nimitz(1960)p.699
- ^ Potter&Nimitz(1960)p.701
- ^ a b c d e f Potter&Nimitz(1960)p.732
- ^ a b c d Potter&Nimitz(1960)p.759
- ^ a b c Sulzberger(1966)pp.332-333
References
- Cressman, Robert J. (2000). The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-149-1.
- Drea, Edward J. (1998). In the Service of the Emperor: Essays on the Imperial Japanese Army. Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 0-8032-1708-0.
- Dull, Paul S. (1978). A Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy (1941-1945). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press.
- Eichelberger, Robert (1989 (reissue)). Our Jungle Road to Tokyo. New York: Battery Press. ISBN 0-89839-132-6.
- Griffith, Thomas E., Jr. (1998). MacArthur's Airman : General George C. Kenney and the War in the Southwest Pacific. Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.A.: University Press of Kansas. ISBN 0-7006-0909-1.
- Krueger, Walter (1979). From Down Under to Nippon: Story of the 6th Army in World War II. Zenger. ISBN 0-89201-046-0.
- Potter, E.B.; Chester Nimitz (1960). Sea Power. Prentice-Hall.
- Silverstone, Paul H. (1968). U.S. Warships of World War II. Doubleday and Company.
- Sulzberger, C.L. (1966). The American Heritage Picture History of World War II. Crown Publishers.
- U.S. Army Center of Military History. "Japanese Operations in the Southwest Pacific Area, Volume II - Part I". Reports of General MacArthur. Retrieved on 2006-12-08.- Translation of the official record by the Japanese Demobilization Bureaux detailing the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy's participation in the Southwest Pacific area of the Pacific War.
 |
This World War II article is a stub. You can help by expanding it. |
Wikipedia content modification information:
- This page was last modified on 1 October 2008, at 21:34.
Wikipedia Authorship and Review
Wikipedia content provided here is not reviewed directly by MedLibrary.org. Wikipedia content is authored by an open community of volunteers and is not produced by or in any way affiliated with MedLibrary.org.
Wikipedia Usage Guidelines
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article on "South West Pacific theatre of World War II".
The URL for this specific entry is:
All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. (See Copyrights for details). Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.