Japanese forces in the Pacific

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Japanese forces in the Pacific were the Imperial Japanese military units that fought Allied powers across the Pacific theater during World War II, engaging in major naval, air, and land campaigns from Southeast Asia to the Central Pacific.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II military formation ⓘ
military force ⓘ
allegiance Emperor of Japan ⓘ
commandStructure Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ
conflict Pacific War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
controlled Japanese-occupied Burma ⓘ
Japanese-occupied Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Japanese-occupied Malaya ⓘ
Japanese-occupied New Guinea ⓘ
linked to: New Guinea campaign

Japanese-occupied Philippines ⓘ
Japanese-occupied Singapore ⓘ
country Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Japan
engagedIn Battle of Iwo Jima ⓘ
Battle of Leyte Gulf ⓘ
Battle of Midway ⓘ
Battle of Okinawa ⓘ
Battle of Singapore ⓘ
Battle of the Coral Sea ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Coral Sea

Battle of the Java Sea ⓘ
Burma campaign ⓘ
Guadalcanal campaign ⓘ
Malayan campaign ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Malaya

New Guinea campaign ⓘ
Philippines campaign (1941–1942) ⓘ
attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
language Japanese ⓘ
notableCommander Hitoshi Imamura ⓘ
Isoroku Yamamoto ⓘ
Mitsuru Ushijima ⓘ
Tadamichi Kuribayashi ⓘ
Tomoyuki Yamashita NERFINISHED ⓘ
opponent Allied forces in the Pacific ⓘ
Australian military forces ⓘ
British Empire forces ⓘ
Dutch colonial forces in the East Indies ⓘ
New Zealand military forces ⓘ
linked to: New Zealand forces

Republic of China armed forces ⓘ
Soviet Armed Forces ⓘ
linked to: Soviet armed forces

United States Armed Forces ⓘ
partOf Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Japan

Imperial Japanese Armed Forces ⓘ
subclassOf Imperial Japanese Army Air Service units ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Army units ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service units ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Navy units ⓘ
surrendered Allied forces in 1945 ⓘ
temporalCoverage 1941 ⓘ
1942 ⓘ
1943 ⓘ
1944 ⓘ
1945 ⓘ
theater Pacific theater of World War II ⓘ
Southeast Asian theater of World War II ⓘ
usedEquipment Arisaka rifle ⓘ
linked to: Arisaka

Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter aircraft ⓘ
linked to: Mitsubishi A6M

Shōkaku-class aircraft carrier ⓘ
Type 97 Chi-Ha medium tank ⓘ
Yamato-class battleship ⓘ
usedTactic amphibious assault ⓘ
banzai charge ⓘ
island defense in depth ⓘ
kamikaze attack ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

3rd New Zealand Division → primaryOpponents → Japanese forces in the Pacific ⓘ
Aritomo Gotō → side → Japan in World War II ⓘ
linked to: Japanese forces in the Pacific
Kakuji Kakuta → servedIn → Japanese Navy air operations in the Pacific ⓘ
subject linked to: Rear Admiral Kakuji Kakuta
linked to: Japanese forces in the Pacific
World War II military operations in Eastern Visayas → opponent → Japanese forces in the Philippines ⓘ
linked to: Japanese forces in the Pacific
Japanese 18th Division → sideInConflict → Japan in World War II ⓘ
linked to: Japanese forces in the Pacific
Japanese destroyer Oshio → belligerentSide → Japan in World War II ⓘ
linked to: Japanese forces in the Pacific
6th Ranger Battalion (United States) → opponent → Imperial Japanese forces in the Philippines ⓘ
linked to: Japanese forces in the Pacific
Southern Force during the Battle of Leyte Gulf → partOf → Japanese forces at the Battle of Leyte Gulf ⓘ
linked to: Japanese forces in the Pacific