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The Pacific War saw the allied nations of the United States, the British Empire, the Netherlands, and the Republic of China pitted against the Empire of Japan and Russia, the latter briefly aided by Thailand. The war saw heavy use of naval combat and bombardment from the sea and skies. To facilitate a Pacific navy and air force presence, the belligerents of the war fought to secure once remote islands across the vast ocean to be used to refuel and land on occasion.

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  • Pacific War (Of Clockwork and Men)
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  • The Pacific War saw the allied nations of the United States, the British Empire, the Netherlands, and the Republic of China pitted against the Empire of Japan and Russia, the latter briefly aided by Thailand. The war saw heavy use of naval combat and bombardment from the sea and skies. To facilitate a Pacific navy and air force presence, the belligerents of the war fought to secure once remote islands across the vast ocean to be used to refuel and land on occasion.
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Date
  • --12-10
Commander
  • 25(xsd:integer)
Caption
  • Clockwise from top left: The USS Arizona burning after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, U.S. Marines rest during the Guadalcanal campaign, Australian commandos in New Guinea, Chinese troops during the Battle of Changde.
combatant
  • 25(xsd:integer)
  • *25px Dutch East Indies
  • * 25px Japanese Australia
  • * 25px British India * 25px British Burma * 25pxBritish Malay 25px Canada
Place
  • Aleutian Islands, Alaska Proper, Pacific Ocean, Bering Strait, Australia, Pacific Islands, Indochina, China, Southeast Asia, Malaysia, Indonesia
Conflict
  • Pacific War
  • Of Clockwork and Men
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  • The Pacific War saw the allied nations of the United States, the British Empire, the Netherlands, and the Republic of China pitted against the Empire of Japan and Russia, the latter briefly aided by Thailand. The war saw heavy use of naval combat and bombardment from the sea and skies. To facilitate a Pacific navy and air force presence, the belligerents of the war fought to secure once remote islands across the vast ocean to be used to refuel and land on occasion. Following the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor war was declared between the United States and Japan. That same day the Japanese would launch the Offensive of 1950, attacking strategic islands allied-held territories all across the Pacific and Southeast Asia.
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