<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Pacific War </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Part of World War II </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Map showing the main areas of the conflict and Allied landings in the Pacific, 1942--45 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 7 December 1941--2 September 1945 (3 years, 8 months, 3 weeks and 5 days) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> <Ul> <Li> East Asia </Li> <Li> South Asia </Li> <Li> Southeast Asia </Li> <Li> Oceania </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> <Ul> <Li> Western Pacific Ocean </Li> <Li> Indian Ocean </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <P> Allied victory </P> <Ul> <Li> End of World War II </Li> <Li> Fall of the Japanese Empire </Li> <Li> Continuation of the Chinese Civil War </Li> <Li> Substantial weakening of European colonial powers and the gradual decolonization of Asia </Li> <Li> 1951 Treaty of San Francisco </Li> <Li> 1956 Soviet--Japanese Joint Declaration </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Territorial changes </Th> <Td> <P> Allied occupation of Japan </P> <Ul> <Li> Removal of all Japanese troops occupying parts of the Republic of China and the retrocession of Taiwan to China </Li> <Li> Liberation of Korea and Manchuria from Japanese rule, followed by the division of Korea </Li> <Li> Cession of all Japanese - held islands in the Central Pacific Ocean to the United Nations </Li> <Li> Removal of all Japanese troops from the Australian - governed Solomon Islands and the territories of New Guinea and Papua </Li> <Li> Seizure and annexation of South Sakhalin and of the Kuril Islands by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics </Li> <Li> Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands is placed under the authority of the United States of America . When the territory fell apart the US gained the territory of the Northern Mariana Islands . </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Allies United States </P> <Ul> <Li> Philippines </Li> </Ul> <P> China </P> <Ul> <Li> Chinese Communist Party </Li> </Ul> <P> United Kingdom </P> <Ul> <Li> India </Li> <Li> Burma </Li> <Li> Malaya </Li> </Ul> <P> Australia Canada New Zealand Netherlands </P> <Ul> <Li> Dutch East Indies </Li> </Ul> <P> Mexico Soviet Union </P> and others </Td> <Td> <P> Axis Japan Thailand </P> Client states (show) <Ul> <Li> Manchukuo </Li> <Li> Mengjiang </Li> <Li> Nanjing Regime </Li> <Li> Azad Hind </Li> <Li> State of Burma </Li> <Li> Philippine Republic </Li> </Ul> and others </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Franklin D. Roosevelt (1941--45) </Li> <Li> Harry S. Truman (1945) </Li> <Li> Chiang Kai - shek </Li> <Li> Winston Churchill </Li> <Li> John Curtin </Li> <Li> W.L. Mackenzie King </Li> <Li> Peter Fraser </Li> <Li> A.T. van S. Stachouwer </Li> <Li> Joseph Stalin </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Hirohito </Li> <Li> Hideki Tōjō </Li> <Li> Plaek Phibunsongkhram </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 14,000,000 3,621,383 + (1945) 2,000,000 1,669,500 (1945) 600,000 400,000 140,000 </Td> <Td> 7,800,000--7,900,000 (1945) 126,500,, and others: ~ 1,000,000 + (1945) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Military 4,000,000 + dead (1937--45) Breakdown (show) <Ul> <Li> Allied casualties 1937--1945: <Ul> <Li> 3,237,000 + (not including allied irregulars) </Li> <Li> 584,267 </Li> <Li> 425,588 </Li> <Li> 235,000 </Li> <Li> 140,000 </Li> <Li> 100,000 + </Li> <Li> 68,612 + </Li> <Li> 45,841 </Li> <Li> 20,000 + </Li> <Li> 753 </Li> <Li> 578 + </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Civilian deaths 26,000,000 + (1937--45) </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Military 2,500,000 + dead (1937--45) </Li> <Li> Civilian deaths 1,000,000 + </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> Including its islands and neighboring countries </Li> <Li> Partially and briefly </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Pacific War </Th> </Tr>

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