The first shots of the war were fired by the Japanese when they downed a British plane attempting to shadow their Malaya-bound troop.
The two main Allied commanders in the PTO were Commander-in-Chief Pacific Ocean Areas, the title held by Admiral Chester Nimitz and Supreme Allied Commander South West Pacific Area.
The Pacific War, sometimes called the Asia-Pacific War, was the theatre of World War II that was fought in the Pacific and East Asia. On April 8, the American Army in the Philippines surrendered to Japanese troops besieging them at Bataan, and on May 5, the harbor bastion at Corregidor also fell.
Pearl Harbor was only the beginning of Japanese assaults on American holdings in the Pacific. the best
Pearl Harbor was only the beginning of Japanese assaults on American holdings in the Pacific. the best