The Pacific War
Name | Date | Start Date |
Attack on Pearl Harbor | 7 Dec 1941 | 19411207 |
Invasion of the Philippine Islands | 7 Dec 1941 - 5 May 1942 | 19411207 |
Invasion of Guam | 8 Dec 1941 - 10 Dec 1941 | 19411208 |
Invasion of Malaya and Singapore | 8 Dec 1941 - 15 Feb 1942 | 19411208 |
Battle of Wake Island | 11 Dec 1941 - 23 Dec 1941 | 19411211 |
Dutch East Indies Campaign, Borneo | 15 Dec 1941 - 1 Apr 1942 | 19411215 |
Japanese Attacks on the Continental United States | 16 Dec 1941 - 7 Apr 1945 | 19411216 |
Dutch East Indies Campaign, Celebes and Moluccas | 11 Jan 1942 - 31 Jul 1942 | 19420111 |
New Guinea-Papua Campaign, Phase 1, Bismarck Islands | 20 Jan 1942 - 24 Jan 1942 | 19420120 |
Dutch East Indies Campaign, Java | 4 Feb 1942 - 31 Mar 1942 | 19420204 |
Dutch East Indies Campaign, Sumatra | 13 Feb 1942 - 28 Mar 1942 | 19420213 |
Attack on Darwin | 19 Feb 1942 | 19420219 |
Action off Bougainville | 20 Feb 1942 | 19420220 |
New Guinea-Papua Campaign, Phase 2 | 8 Mar 1942 - 4 Mar 1943 | 19420308 |
Doolittle Raid | 18 Apr 1942 | 19420418 |
Battle of Coral Sea | 7 May 1942 - 8 May 1942 | 19420507 |
Battle of Midway and the Aleutian Islands | 4 Jun 1942 - 7 Jun 1942 | 19420604 |
Guadalcanal Campaign | 7 Aug 1942 - 9 Feb 1943 | 19420807 |
Makin Island Raid | 17 Aug 1942 - 18 Aug 1942 | 19420817 |
Solomon Islands Campaign | 23 Aug 1942 - 25 Dec 1943 | 19420823 |
Aleutian Islands Campaign | 26 Mar 1943 - 16 Aug 1943 | 19430326 |
New Guinea-Papua Campaign, Phase 3 | 30 Sep 1943 - 23 May 1945 | 19430930 |
Gilbert Islands Campaign | 13 Nov 1943 - 24 Nov 1943 | 19431113 |
Marshall Islands Campaign | 29 Jan 1944 - 21 Feb 1944 | 19440129 |
Attack on Truk | 16 Feb 1944 - 18 Feb 1944 | 19440216 |
Mariana Islands Campaign and the Great Turkey Shoot | 13 Jun 1944 - 10 Aug 1944 | 19440613 |
Palau Islands and Ulithi Islands Campaigns | 15 Sep 1944 - 1 Dec 1944 | 19440915 |
Battle of Morotai | 15 Sep 1944 - 14 Jan 1945 | 19440915 |
Philippines Campaign, Phase 1, the Leyte Campaign | 22 Oct 1944 - 21 Dec 1944 | 19441022 |
Philippines Campaign, Phase 2 | 12 Dec 1944 - 15 Aug 1945 | 19441212 |
Typhoon Cobra | 18 Dec 1944 | 19441218 |
Raid into the South China Sea | 10 Jan 1945 - 20 Jan 1945 | 19450110 |
Battle of Iwo Jima | 19 Feb 1945 - 26 Mar 1945 | 19450219 |
Bombing of Tokyo and Other Cities | 19 Feb 1945 - 10 Aug 1945 | 19450219 |
Okinawa Campaign | 1 Apr 1945 - 21 Jun 1945 | 19450401 |
Borneo Campaign | 11 Apr 1945 - 15 Aug 1945 | 19450411 |
Typhoon Connie | 5 Jun 1945 | 19450605 |
Preparations for Invasion of Japan | 14 Jul 1945 - 9 Aug 1945 | 19450714 |
Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki | 6 Aug 1945 - 9 Aug 1945 | 19450806 |
Japan's Surrender | 14 Aug 1945 - 2 Sep 1945 | 19450814 |
Search WW2DB & Partner Sites
News
- » Detonation of a WW2-Era Naval Mine (21 Mar 2023)
- » Wreck of USS Albacore Found (23 Feb 2023)
- » Accidental Detonation of a WW2-Era Bomb in Great Yarmouth (10 Feb 2023)
- » Joseph Eskenazi honored at US National World War II Museum (16 Jan 2023)
- » Beethoven Original Manuscript to be Returned to Heirs of its Pre-WW2 Owner (13 Jan 2023)
- » See all news
Current Site Statistics
- » 1,128 biographies
- » 336 events
- » 41,285 timeline entries
- » 1,206 ships
- » 346 aircraft models
- » 206 vehicle models
- » 370 weapon models
- » 123 historical documents
- » 248 facilities
- » 468 book reviews
- » 28,884 photos
- » 401 maps
Famous WW2 Quote
"All right, they're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of us, they're behind us... they can't get away this time."Lt. Gen. Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller, at Guadalcanal
Support Us

Please consider supporting us on Patreon. Even $1 a month will go a long way. Thank you!

Or, please support us by purchasing some WW2DB merchandise at TeeSpring, Thank you!