Pacific War (World War II)

Pacific War of World War II (also known as Second Pacific War) was a pacific theater of World War II and also part of Second Sino-Japanese War, where the Chinese attempted to reliberate the region of Manchuria from Empire of Japan after the Japanese invaded Manchuria in the First Sino-Japanese War.

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Date: July, 7 1937-September, 2 1945

Location: Pacific Ocean

Result: Allied victory; defeat and collapse of the Empire of Japan

Belligerents

 * China


 * United Kingdom


 * United States of America


 * Guam


 * Cuba


 * Panama


 * Costa Rica


 * Nicaragua


 * Haiti


 * Dominican Republic


 * Puerto Rico


 * Liberia


 * South Africa


 * Namiba


 * Belize


 * Jamaica


 * Vanuatu and Toga


 * Antigua and Barbuda


 * Turks and Caicos Islands


 * Grenada


 * Trinidad and Tobago


 * Other British Caribbean Islands


 * France


 * French Indochina


 * French Caribbean Islands


 * Other British Polynesian Islands


 * French Polynesian Islands


 * British African colonies


 * French African colonies


 * Kuwait


 * Turkey


 * Netherlands


 * Norway


 * Mexico


 * Tonga


 * Fiji


 * New Zealand


 * Canada


 * Australia


 * Papua New Guinea


 * American Pacific Islands


 * Dutch Polynesia


 * Indonesia


 * Dutch Caribbean Islands


 * Austria (1945)


 * Germany (1945)


 * Belgium


 * Soviet Union


 * Others

Axis Powers

 * Empire of Japan


 * Thailand

Battles and Campaigns

 * Marco Polo Bridge Incident


 * Date: July, 7-9 1937

Location: Beijing, China

Result: Japanese attack repulsed


 * China declared war on Japan


 * Beginning of Second Sino-Japanese War

Participant: China

Opponent: Japan


 * Battle of Shanghai

Date: August, 13-September, 26 1937

Location: Shanghai, China

Result: Japanese capture of Shanghai

Participant: China

Opponent: Japan


 * Battle of Taiyuan

Date: November, 1-9 1937

Location: Taiyuan, China

Result: Successful Japanese invasion of Taiyuan

Participant: China

Opponent: Japan, Mengijang


 * Battle of Nanking

Date: December, 9 1937-January, 31 1938

Location: Nanking, China

Result: Japanese capture of Nanking

Participant: China

Opponent: Japan


 * Battle of Xuzhou

Date: March, 24-May, 1 1938

Location: Xuzhou, China

Result: Tactical Japanese victory, Strategic Chinese victory

Participants: China

Opponent: Japan