Pacific Theater
The Pacific Theater of World War II in which the United States fought Japan.
Name:
Pacific Theater
Aliases:
- Pacific Ocean Theater of World War II
- Asiatic-Pacific Theater
Start year:
1961
First issue:
War Picture Library (1958) #91 The Bayonet Jungle
Overview
Pacific War, major theater of World War II that covered a large portion of the Pacific Ocean, East Asia, and Southeast Asia, with significant engagements occurring as far south as northern Australia and as far north as the Aleutian Islands. U.S. troops advancing on Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, in 1943.
