war, 8 engagements

Battles of the South West Pacific theater of World War II

The atlas places 8 engagements of the South West Pacific theater of World War II: 7 battles and 1 naval action between 1942 and 1944 across 3 present-day countries, most in Papua New Guinea (5), Australia (1), Indonesia (1). The most widely documented: Battle of the Coral Sea, Bombing of Darwin.

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8 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

8 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

The war in time order

One tick per dated engagement; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Commanders 20 with pages

Edmund Herring 2 engagements
Robert L. Eichelberger 2 engagements
Thomas Blamey 2 engagements
Hitoshi Imamura 2 engagements
Douglas MacArthur 2 engagements
Walter Krueger 2 engagements
Hatazō Adachi 2 engagements
Chūichi Nagumo 1 engagements
Gunichi Mikawa 1 engagements
Murray Moten 1 engagements
Oscar Griswold 1 engagements
Alexander Vandegrift 1 engagements

Engagements by date

Date	Engagement	Place	Result
19 February 1942	Bombing of Darwin	Darwin, Australia	Japanese victory
4 May 1942	Battle of the Coral Sea	Coral Sea	See Significance
25 August 1942	Battle of Milne Bay	Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea	Allied victory
16 November 1942	Battle of Buna–Gona	Buna, Papua New Guinea	Allied victory
4 February 1943	Battle of Wau	Wau, Papua New Guinea	Allied victory
30 June 1943	Operation Cartwheel	Melanesia, Papua New Guinea	Allied victory
22 April 1944	Battle of Hollandia	Indonesia	Allied victory
10 July 1944	Battle of Driniumor River	Papua New Guinea	Allied victory

Engagements are the Wikidata records placed within the South West Pacific theater of World War II (or a campaign of it) that carry coordinates; actions without coordinates are not shown.