List of Pacific War campaigns

Before 1942 and inclusion in the Pacific War:

• 1937-07-07 – 1937-07-09 Marco Polo Bridge incident
• 1937-08-13 – 1937-11-26 Battle of Shanghai
• 1937-09-01 – 1937-11-09 Battle of Taiyuan
• 1937-12-09 – 1938-01-31 Battle of Nanking
• 1938-03-24 – 1938-05-01 Battle of Xuzhou
• 1938-06-11 – 1938-10-27 Battle of Wuhan
• 1939-03-17 – 1939-05-09 Battle of Nanchang
• 1939-04-20 – 1939-05-24 Battle of Suixian–Zaoyang
• 1939-09-13 – 1939-10-08 Battle of Changsha (1939)
• 1939-11-15 – 1940-11-30 Battle of South Guangxi
• 1940-05-01 – 1940-06-18 Battle of Zaoyang–Yichang
• 1940-08-20 – 1940-12-05 Hundred Regiments Offensive
• 1941-01-30 – 1941-03-01 Battle of South Henan
• 1941-03-14 – 1941-04-09 Battle of Shanggao
• 1941-05-07 – 1941-05-27 Battle of South Shanxi
• 1941-09-06 – 1941-10-08 Battle of Changsha (1941)

After inclusion in the Pacific War:

• 1941-12-24 – 1942-01-15 Battle of Changsha (1941–1942)
• 1942-05-14 – 1942-09-07 Zhejiang-Jiangxi campaign
• 1943-05-12 – 1943-06-03 Battle of West Hubei
• 1943-11-02 – 1943-12-20 Battle of Changde
• 1944-04-17 – 1944-12-10 Operation Ichi-Go
• 1945-03-21 – 1945-05-11 Battle of West Henan–North Hubei
• 1945-04-09 – 1945-06-07 Battle of West Hunan
• 1945-04-18 — 1945-08-04 Second Guangxi campaign

Franco-Japanese Border War

• 1940-09-22 – 1940-09-25 Battle of Lạng Sơn
• 1940-09-24 – 1940-09-26 Bombing of Hải Phòng

Franco-Thai War

• October 1940 – 9 May 1941

Soviet–Japanese border conflicts

• 1938-07-29 – 1938-08-11 Battle of Lake Khasan
• 1939-05-11 – 1939-09-16 Battles of Khalkhin Gol

• 1941-12-07 (12-08 Asian Time) Attack on Pearl Harbor
• 1941-12-08 Japanese invasion of Thailand
• 1941-12-08 Battle of Guam (1941)
• 1941-12-07 Japan declares war on the United States and the United Kingdom; 1941-12-08 The United States and the United Kingdom declare war on Japan
• 1941-12-08 – 1941-12-25 Battle of Hong Kong
• 1941-12-08 – 1942-01-31 Malayan Campaign
• 1941-12-10 Sinking of HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse
• 1941-12-11 – 1941-12-24 Battle of Wake Island
• 1941-12-16 – 1942-04-01 Battle of Borneo (1941–42)
• 1941-12-22 – 1942-05-06 Battle of the Philippines
• 1942-01-01 – 1945-10-25 Transport of POWs via hell ships
• 1942-01-11 – 1942-01-12 Battle of Tarakan^[1]
• 1942-01-23 Battle of Rabaul (1942)
• 1942-01-24 Battle of Balikpapan^[2]
• 1942-01-25 Thailand declares war on the Allies
• 1942-01-30 – 1942-02-03 Battle of Ambon^[3]
• 1942-01-30 – 1942-02-15 Battle of Singapore
• 1942-02-04 Battle of Makassar Strait
• 1942-02-14 – 1942-02-15 Battle of Palembang^[4]
• 1942-02-19 Air raids on Darwin, Australia
• 1942-02-19 – 1942-02-20 Battle of Badung Strait^[5]
• 1942-02-19 – 1943-02-10 Battle of Timor^[6][7]
• 1942-02-27 – 1942-03-01 Battle of the Java Sea^[8]
• 1942-03-01 Battle of Sunda Strait^[9]
• 1942-03-01 – 1942-03-09 Battle of Java^[10]
• 1942-03-31 Battle of Christmas Island^[11]
• 1942-03-31 – 1942-04-10 Indian Ocean raid
• 1942-04-09 Bataan Death March begins
• 1942-04-18 Doolittle Raid
• 1942-05-03 Japanese invasion of Tulagi
• 1942-05-04 – 1942-05-08 Battle of the Coral Sea
• 1942-05-31 – 1942-06-08 Attacks on Sydney Harbour area, Australia
• 1942-06-04 – 1942-06-06 Battle of Midway

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South East Asian campaigns: 1941-12-08 – 1945-08-15

• ^[12] Burma campaign: 1941-12-16 – 1945-08-15
• October 1943 – March 1945 Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan
• 1945-05-15 – 1945-05-16 Battle of the Malacca Strait

New Guinea campaign

• 1942-01-23 – Battle of Rabaul
• 1942-03-07 – Operation Mo (Japanese invasion of mainland New Guinea)
• 1942-05-04 – 1942-05-08 Battle of the Coral Sea
• 1942-07-01 – 1943-01-31 Kokoda Track Campaign
• 1942-08-25 – 1942-09-05 Battle of Milne Bay
• 1942-11-19 – 1943-01-23 Battle of Buna-Gona
• 1943-01-28 – 1943-01-30 Battle of Wau
• 1943-03-02 – 1943-03-04 Battle of the Bismarck Sea
• 1943-06-29 – 1943-09-16 Battle of Lae
• 1943-06-30 – 1944-03-25 Operation Cartwheel
• 1943-09-19 – 1944-04-24 Finisterre Range campaign
• 1943-09-22 – 1944-01-15 Huon Peninsula campaign
• 1943-11-01 – 1943-11-11 Attack on Rabaul
• 1943-12-15 – 1945-08-15 New Britain campaign
• 1944-02-29 – 1944-03-25 Admiralty Islands campaign
• 1944-04-22 – 1945-08-15 Western New Guinea campaign

Madagascar Campaign

• 1942-05-05 – 1942-11-06 Battle of Madagascar

Aleutian Islands campaign

• 1942-06-06 – 1943-08-15 Battle of the Aleutian Islands
• 1942-06-07 – 1943-08-15 Battle of Kiska
• 1943-03-26 – Battle of the Komandorski Islands

Guadalcanal campaign

• 1942-08-07 – 1943-02-09 Battle of Guadalcanal
• 1942-08-09 Battle of Savo Island
• 1942-08-24 – 1942-08-25 Battle of the Eastern Solomons
• 1942-10-11 – 1942-10-12 Battle of Cape Esperance
• 1942-10-25 – 1942-10-27 Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands
• 1942-11-13 – 1942-11-15 Naval Battle of Guadalcanal
• 1942-11-30 Battle of Tassafaronga

Solomon Islands campaign

• 1943-01-29 – 1943-01-30 Battle of Rennell Island
• 1943-03-06 Battle of Blackett Strait
• 1943-06-10 – 1943-08-25 New Georgia campaign
• 1943-07-06 Battle of Kula Gulf
• 1943-07-12 – 1943-07-13 Battle of Kolombangara
• 1943-08-06 – 1943-08-07 Battle of Vella Gulf
• 1943-08-17 – 1943-08-18 Battle off Horaniu
• 1943-08-15 – 1943-10-09 Battle of Vella Lavella (land)
• 1943-10-06 Battle of Vella Lavella (naval)
• 1943-11-01 – 1945-08-21 Bougainville campaign
• 1943-11-01 – 1943-11-02 Battle of Empress Augusta Bay
• 1943-11-26 Battle of Cape St. George

Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign

• 1943-11-20 – 1943-11-23 Battle of Tarawa
• 1943-11-20 – 1943-11-24 Battle of Makin
• 1944-01-31 – 1944-02-07 Battle of Kwajalein
• 1944-02-16 – 1944-02-17 Attack on Truk
• 1944-02-16 – 1944-02-23 Battle of Eniwetok

Bombing of South East Asia, 1944-45

• Operation Cockpit 1944-04-19
• Operation Transom 1944-05-17
• Bombing of Bangkok 1944-05-20
• Operation Matterhorn 1944-06-05 – May 1945
• Operation Meridian 1945-01-24 – 1945-01-29

Mariana and Palau Islands campaign

• 1944-10-12 - 1944-10-16 Formosa Air Battle
• 1944-06-15 – 1944-07-09 Battle of Saipan
• 1944-06-19 – 1944-06-20 Battle of the Philippine Sea
• 1944-07-21 – 1944-08-10 Battle of Guam^[13]
• 1944-07-24 – 1944-08-01 Battle of Tinian^[13]
• 1944-09-15 – 1944-11-25 Battle of Peleliu^[14]
• 1944-09-17 – 1944-09-30 Battle of Angaur^[14]

Philippines campaign

• 1944-10-20 – 1944-12-10 Battle of Leyte
• 1944-10-24 – 1944-10-25 Battle of Leyte Gulf
• 1944-10-25 battle off Samar
• 1944-11-11 – 1944-12-21 Battle of Ormoc Bay
• 1944-12-13 - 1944-12-16 Battle of Mindoro
• 1944-12-15 – 1945-07-04 Battle of Luzon
• 1945-01-09 Invasion of Lingayen Gulf
• 1945-01-31 – 1945-02-08 Recapture of Bataan
• 1945-02-03 – 1945-03-03 Battle of Manila
• 1945-03-18 – 1945-07-30 Battle of the Visayas
• 1945-03-10 – 1945-08-15 Battle of Mindanao

Volcano and Ryukyu Islands campaign

• 1945-02-16 – 1945-03-26 Battle of Iwo Jima
• 1945-04-01 – 1945-06-21 Battle of Okinawa
• 1945-04-07 Operation Ten-Go

Borneo campaign

• 1945-05-01 – 1945-05-25 Battle of Tarakan
• 1945-06-10 – 1945-06-15 Battle of Brunei
• 1945-06-10 – 1945-06-22 Battle of Labuan
• 1945-06-17 – 1945-08-15 Battle of North Borneo
• 1945-07-07 – 1945-07-21 Battle of Balikpapan

Japan campaign

• 1945-07-22 Battle of Tokyo Bay
• 1945-08-06 – 1945-08-09 Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Soviet invasion of Manchuria

• 1945-08-08 – 1945-09-02 Soviet invasion of Manchuria

The command structures of the Pacific War varied, reflecting the different roles of various belligerent nations, and often involving different geographic scopes. These included the following:

• American commands:
  • Pacific Ocean Areas
  • South West Pacific Area
• British and Allied commands:
  • GHQ India, commanding the British Army in India
  • Eastern Fleet
  • American-British-Dutch-Australian Command
  • South East Asia Command
  • Far East Command, the Soviet command during the war against Japan in 1945
• Japanese commands:
  • Japanese Combined Fleet, the Japanese command which oversaw naval operations
  • Southern Expeditionary Army Group, the Japanese army command in the South West Pacific and South East Asia