SOPAC

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SOPAC was the World War II Allied military command responsible for coordinating operations across the South Pacific Area.

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COMSOPAC 1
SOPAC canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Allied military command
theater command
alliedWith Australia
Free French Forces
New Zealand
United Kingdom
alsoKnownAs South Pacific Area Command
South Pacific Command
commander Admiral John H. Newton
Admiral Robert L. Ghormley
Admiral William F. Halsey Jr.
linked to: William Halsey Jr.
commandStructure Allied joint command
conflict World War II
country United States
createdBy Allied powers
endTime 1945
establishedBy Combined Chiefs of Staff
fullName South Pacific Area
headquartersLocation Nouméa
headquartersTerritory New Caledonia
historicalPeriod 1940s
includedOperation Battle of Cape Esperance
Battle of the Eastern Solomons
Bougainville campaign
Guadalcanal Campaign
Naval Battle of Guadalcanal
New Georgia campaign
Solomon Islands campaign
jurisdiction Fiji
New Caledonia
New Hebrides
Solomon Islands
parts of the Coral Sea
notableCommander Robert L. Ghormley
William F. Halsey Jr.
linked to: William Halsey Jr.
opposedTo Empire of Japan
linked to: Imperial Japan
partOf Allied forces in the Pacific Theater
regionServed South Pacific
reportedTo Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas
responsibleFor air operations in the South Pacific
amphibious operations in the South Pacific
coordinating Allied operations in the South Pacific Area
ground operations in the South Pacific
naval operations in the South Pacific
serviceBranch United States Navy
startTime 1942
subordinateTo Pacific Ocean Areas
United States Joint Chiefs of Staff
theater Pacific War

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Commander, South Pacific Area abbreviation COMSOPAC
linked to: SOPAC