A: The Pacific War was a war waged by the allied forces led by the United States against Japanese militarism in World War II. This war was first launched by Japan, but it also ended in Japan's complete failure. 1941April Before and after the start of the Japan-US negotiations, Japan successively occupied the whole Indian zhina, making it a strategic material supply base and a springboard to the south, further aggravating the contradiction between the United States and Japan. 194165438+In the early morning of February 8, the Japanese joint fleet attacked Pearl Harbor, the largest naval and air base of the United States in the Pacific Ocean. On the same day, the United States and Britain declared war on Japan and the Pacific War broke out. At the same time, the Japanese attacked Hong Kong, Malaya, the Philippines, Indonesia and Myanmar in several ways. The Japanese army also attacked some allied strategic islands in the south-central Pacific Ocean, such as Guam, wake island, Bismarck Islands and New Britain Island.

1942 from may to June, Japan attacked Solomon islands, east new guinea and midway island in order to cut off the ties between the United States and Australia. In the Battle of Coral Sea (May 7-8) and the Battle of Midway Island (June 4-5), Japan suffered heavy losses. On August 7 of the same year, the US military began a partial counterattack and landed on Guadalcanal Island in Solomon Islands to launch a long-term battle. Because the United States mastered the air and sea power, the Japanese army was hit hard. 1June, 943,165438+1October, the allied forces began a big counterattack, attacking the Japanese-occupied areas from the central and southwestern Pacific Ocean. 1944 During the spring and summer, the United States successively seized the Marshall Islands, Caroline Islands and Mariana Islands under Japanese mandate. On June+10, 5438, a naval battle broke out in Leyte Bay, and all Japanese naval and air forces were wiped out. 1945 1 American troops landed in Luzon Island and occupied Manila in March. From March to June of the same year, the US military gradually approached Japan. On August 8, the Soviet Union declared war on Japan, and on August 9, the Soviet Union launched a general attack on the Japanese Kwantung Army. At the same time, it entered the southern part of Sakhalin Island and the Kuril Islands. At the same time, anti-Japanese armed forces such as the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army under the leadership of the China Producer Party launched a comprehensive counterattack against the Japanese army. 15h In August, Japan was forced to declare its surrender, and the countries of the anti-fascist alliance won the final victory in the Pacific War.