<Ul> <Li> Glossary </Li> <Li> Timeline </Li> </Ul> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> The Pacific War, sometimes called the Asia - Pacific War, was the theater of World War II that was fought in the Pacific and Asia . It was fought over a vast area that included the Pacific Ocean and islands, the South West Pacific, South - East Asia, and in China (including the 1945 Soviet--Japanese conflict). </P>

When did the war in the pacific end