Central Pacific Area
The Central Pacific Area is generally taken to include the following major campaigns and battles:
- Attack on Pearl Harbor, December 1941
- Battle of Guam, December 1941
- Battle of Wake Island, December 1941
- Doolittle Raid, April 1942
- Battle of Midway, June 1942
- Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign, 1943–44
- Makin Island raid, August 1942
- Battle of Tarawa, November 1943
- Battle of Kwajalein, February 1944
- Battle of Eniwetok, February 1944
- Raid on Truk (Caroline Islands), February 1944
- Mariana and Palau Islands campaign, 1944
- Battle of Saipan, June 1944
- Battle of the Philippine Sea, June 1944
- Battle of Guam, July - August 1944
- Battle of Tinian, July - August 1944
- Battle of Peleliu, September - November 1944
- Battle of Angaur, September - October 1944
- Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 1944
- Battle of Palawan Passage, October 1944
- Battle of the Sibuyan Sea, October 1944
- Battle of Cape Engaño, October 1944
- Volcano and Ryukyu Islands campaign, 1945
- Battle of Iwo Jima, February 1945
- Battle of Okinawa, April 1945