Site of the beginning of Pacific War

The Pacific War was a theatre of World War II including , and , separate from World War II in Europe. Western accounts generally consider the war to have started with the Pearl Harbor attack of December 1941.
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  • Type: Battlefield
  • Description: theater of World War II fought in the Pacific and Asia
  • Also known as: “Asia-Pacific War”, “Pacific War”, and “World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include USS Missouri and USS Arizona.

Museum
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is an Iowa-class battleship built for the United States Navy in the 1940s and is now a museum ship. Completed in 1944, she is the last battleship commissioned by the United States. is situated 220 metres southwest of Site of the beginning of Pacific War.

Protected area
Photo: Robert Enrique Muller, Public domain.
was a standard-type battleship built for the United States Navy in the mid-1910s. Named in honor of the , she was the second and last ship in the Pennsylvania class. is situated 230 metres northeast of Site of the beginning of Pacific War.

Memorial
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The , at in , , marks the resting place of 1,102 of the 1,177 sailors and Marines killed on during the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and commemorates the events of that day. is situated 250 metres northeast of Site of the beginning of Pacific War.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aiea and Western Honolulu.

Photo: Avriette, CC BY-SA 3.0.
ʻAiea is a census-designated place located in the , , United States. As of the 2010 Census, the CDP had a total population of 9,338.

Photo: Cristo Vlahos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an area of , made up of the neighborhoods between Honolulu and Pearl Harbor. The neighborhoods of Kalihi, Moanalua, Salt Lake, as well as the Honolulu International Airport and Pearl Harbor are covered in this article.

Suburb
is a census-designated place in , United States. The population was 13,817 at the 2020 census. is situated 4 km north of Site of the beginning of Pacific War.

Site of the beginning of Pacific War

Latitude
21.36352° or 21° 21′ 49″ north
Longitude
-157.95188° or 157° 57′ 7″ west
Open location code
73H4927X+C6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13356332974
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­battlefield
Wiki­data ID
Q184425
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Site of the beginning of Pacific War” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Lufta e Paqësorit”
  • Arabic: “حرب المحيط الهادئ”
  • Armenian: “Խաղաղօվկիանոսյան պատերազմ”
  • Asturian: “Guerra del Pacíficu”
  • Azerbaijani: “İkinci dünya müharibəsində Sakit okean cəbhəsi”
  • Azerbaijani: “İkinci Dünya müharibəsində Sakit okean cəbhəsi”
  • Balinese: “Yuda Pasifik”
  • Bashkir: “Икенсе донъя һуғышының Тымыҡ океан хәрби хәрәкәттәр театры”
  • Basque: “Ozeano Bareko Frontea Bigarren Mundu Gerran”
  • Basque: “Pazifikoko gerra”
  • Basque: “Pazifikoko Gerra”
  • Belarusian: “Вайна ў Ціхім акіяне”
  • Belarusian: “Ціхаакіянскі тэатр ваенных дзеянняў Другой сусветнай вайны”
  • Bengali: “প্রশান্ত মহাসাগরীয় যুদ্ধ”
  • Bosnian: “Rat na Pacifiku”
  • Breton: “Brezel ar Meurvor Habask”
  • Bulgarian: “Тихоокеански театър”
  • Catalan: “Campanya de l’Oceà Pacífic”
  • Catalan: “Guerra del Pacífic”
  • Central Kurdish: “شەڕی پاسفیک”
  • Central Okinawan: “太平洋戦争”
  • Central Okinawan: “東ぬ海いくさ”
  • Chinese: “Thài-pêng-iûⁿ Chiàn-cheng”
  • Chinese: “大平洋戰爭”
  • Chinese: “太平洋地區”
  • Chinese: “太平洋战争”
  • Chinese: “太平洋战场”
  • Chinese: “太平洋戰區”
  • Chinese: “太平洋戰爭”
  • Croatian: “Rat na Pacifiku”
  • Czech: “druhá světová válka v Tichomoří”
  • Czech: “Druhá světová válka v Tichomoří”
  • Czech: “tichomořské tažení”
  • Czech: “válka v Pacifiku”
  • Czech: “válka v Tichomoří”
  • Danish: “Stillehavskrigen 1941-1945”
  • Danish: “Stillehavskrigen 1941–1945”
  • Danish: “Stillehavskrigen”
  • Dutch: “Azie in de tweede wereldoorlog”
  • Dutch: “Azië in de Tweede Wereldoorlog”
  • Dutch: “Pacifische oorlog”
  • Dutch: “Tweede Wereldoorlog in Azie”
  • Dutch: “Tweede Wereldoorlog in Azië”
  • Dutch: “Verloop van de Tweede Wereldoorlog in Azie”
  • Dutch: “Verloop van de Tweede Wereldoorlog in Azië”
  • Esperanto: “Pacifika Fronto”
  • Esperanto: “Pacifika Milito”
  • Estonian: “Sõda Vaiksel ookeanil”
  • Finnish: “Toinen maailmansota Aasiassa”
  • Finnish: “Tyynenmeren kampanja”
  • Finnish: “Tyynenmeren sota toisessa maailmansodassa”
  • Finnish: “Tyynenmeren sota”
  • French: “bataille du Pacifique”
  • French: “campagnes du Pacifique”
  • French: “guerre du Pacifique”
  • French: “Guerre du Pacifique”
  • Galician: “Guerra do Pacífico”
  • Georgian: “წყნარი ოკეანის კამპანიები”
  • German: “Pazifik-Krieg”
  • German: “Pazifikkrieg”
  • Greek: “Πόλεμος του Ειρηνικού”
  • Guarani: “Paraguasu Py’aguapy ñorairõ (1937-1945)”
  • Guarani: “Paraguasu Py’aguapy Ñorairõ”
  • Hausa: “Yakin Pacific”
  • Hebrew: “הזירה הפסיפית”
  • Hebrew: “החזית הפסיספית במלחמת העולם השנייה”
  • Hebrew: “החזית הפסיפית”
  • Hebrew: “המערכה באסיה ובאוקיינוס השקט”
  • Hebrew: “חזית האוקיינוס השקט”
  • Hindi: “प्रशांत युद्ध”
  • Hungarian: “csendes-óceáni háború”
  • Indonesian: “Perang Pasifik”
  • Irish: “Cogadh an Aigéin Chiúin”
  • Italian: “guerra del Pacifico”
  • Italian: “Guerra del Pacifico”
  • Japanese: “太平洋戦争”
  • Japanese: “太平洋戦線”
  • Javanese: “Perang Pasifik”
  • Kirghiz: “Тынч океанындагы согуш”
  • Korean: “대동아 전쟁”
  • Korean: “대동아전쟁”
  • Korean: “태평양 전구”
  • Korean: “태평양 전쟁 (제2차 세계 대전)”
  • Korean: “태평양 전쟁”
  • Korean: “태평양전쟁”
  • Latin: “Bellum Pacifici”
  • Latin: “Bellum Pacificum”
  • Latvian: “Klusā okeāna karš”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Gera de la Pasifica”
  • Lithuanian: “Antrasis pasaulinis karas Ramiajame vandenyne”
  • Lithuanian: “Karas Ramiajame vandenyne”
  • Luxembourgish: “Pazifikkrich”
  • Macedonian: “Пацифичка војна”
  • Macedonian: “Пацифичко боиште”
  • Macedonian: “Тихоокеанска војна”
  • Macedonian: “Тихоокеанско боиште”
  • Malay: “Peperangan Pasifik”
  • Malay: “Perang Pasifik”
  • Malayalam: “പസഫിക് യുദ്ധം”
  • Mesopotamian Arabic: “حرب المحيط الهادي”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Thài-pêng-iûⁿ Chiàn-cheng”
  • N'Ko: “ߊߖ߭ߌ߫ ߖߐ߮ ߟߌ߲ߓߊ߲ ߞߍ߬ߟߍ”
  • N'Ko: “ߖߐ߮ ߟߌ߲ߓߊ߲ ߞߍ߬ߟߍ”
  • Nepali: “प्रशान्त युद्ध”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Stillehavet under andre verdenskrig”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Stillehavskrigen”
  • Norwegian: “Stillehavskrigen”
  • Persian: “جنگ اقیانوس آرام”
  • Polish: “II wojna światowa na Pacyfiku”
  • Polish: “wojna na Pacyfiku”
  • Polish: “Wojna na Pacyfiku”
  • Portuguese: “Batalha do Pacífico”
  • Portuguese: “Guerra do Pacífico”
  • Portuguese: “Império do Sol Nascente”
  • Pushto: “د ارام سمندر جګړه”
  • Romanian: “Războiul Asia-Pacific”
  • Romanian: “Războiul din Pacific”
  • Russian: “Тихоокеанская кампания”
  • Russian: “Тихоокеанский ТВД Второй мировой войны”
  • Russian: “Тихоокеанский театр военных действий Второй мировой войны”
  • Russian: “Тихоокеанский театр военных действий”
  • Russian: “Тихоокеанский театр Второй мировой войны”
  • Russian: “Тихоокеанский фронт Второй мировой войны”
  • Serbian: “Rat na Pacifiku”
  • Serbian: “Рат на Пацифику”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Rat na Pacifiku”
  • Slovak: “Vojna v Pacifiku”
  • Slovenian: “vojna za Pacifik”
  • Slovenian: “vojna za Tihi ocean”
  • Slovenian: “Vojna za Tihi ocean”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ایکینجی دونیا ساواشیندا بؤیوک اوقیانوس جبهه‌سی”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ایکینجی دۆنیا ساواش‌سینده ساکیت اوقیانوس جبهه‌سی”
  • Spanish: “Campana del Pacifico”
  • Spanish: “Campana del Pacífico”
  • Spanish: “Campaña del Pacifico”
  • Spanish: “Campaña del Pacífico”
  • Spanish: “Campanas del Pacifico”
  • Spanish: “Campanas del Pacífico”
  • Spanish: “Campañas del Pacifico”
  • Spanish: “Campañas del Pacífico”
  • Spanish: “Guerra del Pacifico”
  • Spanish: “Guerra del Pacífico”
  • Spanish: “Teatro Asiatico en la Segunda Guerra Mundial”
  • Spanish: “Teatro Asiático en la Segunda Guerra Mundial”
  • Spanish: “Teatro del Pacifico”
  • Spanish: “Teatro del Pacífico”
  • Sundanese: “Perang Pasifik”
  • Swedish: “Stilla havskriget”
  • Swedish: “Stillahavskriget”
  • Tagalog: “Digmaang Pasipiko”
  • Tamil: “பசிபிக் போர்”
  • Tatar: “Икенче бөтендөнья сугышының Тын океан хәрби хәрәкәтләр театры”
  • Thai: “มหาสงครามเอเชียบูรพา”
  • Thai: “สงครามแปซิฟิก”
  • Thai: “สงครามมหาสมุทรแปซิฟิก”
  • Thai: “สงครามมหาเอเชียบูรพา”
  • Thai: “สงครามมหาเอเซียบูรพา”
  • Thai: “สงครามเอเชียบูรพา”
  • Turkish: “Pasifik Cephesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Війна в Тихому океані”
  • Ukrainian: “Війна на Тихому океані”
  • Ukrainian: “Тихоокеанський театр воєнних дій Другої світової війни”
  • Urdu: “بحر الکاہل جنگ”
  • Uzbek: “Tinch okeanidagi urush”
  • Venetian: “guera del pasìfego”
  • Vietnamese: “Chiến dịch Thái Bình Dương”
  • Vietnamese: “Chiến tranh Thái Bình Dương”
  • Vietnamese: “Chiến trường Thái Bình Dương”
  • Vietnamese: “Mặt trận Thái Bình Dương”
  • Western Panjabi: “بحر الکاہل جنگ”
  • Wu Chinese: “太平洋战争”
  • Yue Chinese: “太平洋戰爭”

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