Militer 5 kapal perang 12 kapal induk 14 kapal penjelajah 84 kapal perusak dan fregat 63 kapal selam[16] 21.555+ pesawat[17] 4.000.000+ tewas (1937–1945)
Warga sipil 26.000.000+ tewas (1937–1945)
Militer 11 kapal perang 25 kapal induk 39 kapal penjelajah 135 kapal perusak 131 kapal selam[18] 43.125–50.000+ pesawat[19] 2.500.000+ tewas (1937–45)
Warga sipil 1.000.000+ tewas
Dewan Perang Pasifik yang difoto pada 12 Oktober 1942. Terlihat dalam foto adalah perwakilan dari Amerika Serikat (duduk), Australia, Kanada, Selandia Baru, Britania Raya, Tiongkok, Belanda, dan Persemakmuran Filipina.Peta politik kawasan Asia-Pasifik, 1939
Perang Pasifik, kadang-kadang disebut Perang Asia–Pasifik atau Teater Pasifik,[20] adalah perang yang terjadi di Samudra Pasifik, pulau-pulaunya, dan di Asia. Konflik ini terjadi antara tahun 1937 dan 1945. Namun peristiwa-peristiwa yang lebih penting terjadi setelah 7 Desember 1941, ketika Jepang menyerang Pearl Harbor, Amerika Serikat serta koloni negara Sekutu di Asia dan Pasifik, yang membuat Amerika Serikat terlibat dalam Perang Dunia II bersama Sekutu.
Beberapa negara yang sebelumnya dijajah oleh negara-negara Eropa berhasil memperoleh kemerdekaan seperti Indonesia.Hal ini bisa dikatakan mengakhiri tidak hanya Indonesia namun juga berakhirnya kekuasaan kolonial Jepang atas orang kulit berwarna oleh orang kulit putih.
Kaisar Jepang kehilangan statusnya sebagai dewa. Amerika Serikat sebagai pemenang perang di Pasifik tidak ingin mengadili Hirohito, kaisar Jepang saat itu. Amerika Serikat membutuhkan daerah penyangga (buffer) untuk menahan arus pengaruh komunisme karena Rusia sudah mencapai kawasan timur Asia.
Jepang tidak diperbolehkan mempunyai angkatan perang, kecuali pasukan pembela diri.
^Meskipun Jepang telah menginvasi dan menduduki Tiongkok sejak 1937, perang tidak dideklarasikan secara resmi. Jepang kemudian menyerang Pearl Harbor pada tanggal 7 Desember 1941, yang membawa perang yang terjadi di Tiongkok ke dalam konflik global yang lebih luas.[1]
^Kekuatan Militer AS di Asia dan Pasifik pada akhir perang: Angkatan Darat: 1.770.036,[5] Angkatan Laut (tidak termasuk Penjaga Pantai dan Marinir): 1.366.716,[6] dan Korps Marinir: 484.631.[7] Angka-angka ini tidak termasuk personel Penjaga Pantai atau angkatan laut di teater Tiongkok-Burma-India.[8]
^"Selama lima puluh tiga bulan yang panjang, dimulai pada bulan Juli 1937, Tiongkok berdiri sendiri, berjuang sendirian dalam perang yang tidak dideklarasikan melawan Jepang. Pada tanggal 9 Desember 1941, setelah serangan mendadak Jepang di Pearl Harbor, Tiongkok akhirnya menyatakan perang terhadap Jepang. Apa yang telah lama menjadi perang antara dua negara kini menjadi bagian dari konflik Pasifik yang jauh lebih luas."[1]
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