The
Asiatic-Pacific Theater, was the area of operations of U.S. forces during
World War II in the
Pacific War during 1941-45. From mid-1942 until the end of the war in 1945, there were two U.S. operational commands in the Pacific. The
Pacific Ocean Areas, divided into Central Pacific Area, North Pacific Area and South Pacific Area, were commanded by Admiral
Chester Nimitz, Commander-in-Chief Pacific Ocean Areas. The
South West Pacific Area, including the New Guinea, Philippines, Borneo, and the Dutch East Indies, was commanded by General
Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Allied Commander South West Pacific Area. During 1945, the United States added the
U.S. Strategic Air Forces in the Pacific commanded by General
Carl Spaatz.