Translate:
English
Chinese (S)
Chinese (T)
Croatian
Dutch
French
German
Hebrew
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Portuguese
Russian
Serbian
Spanish
Swedish
Turkish
Additional
South West Pacific Area
English Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
Download this dictionary
South West Pacific Area (command)
South West Pacific Area
(
SWPA
) was the name given to the
Allied
supreme military command in the
South West Pacific Theatre of World War II
. It was one of four major Allied commands in the
Pacific War
. SWPA included the
Philippines
,
Borneo
, the
Dutch East Indies
(excluding
Sumatra
),
East Timor
,
Australia
, the Territories of
Papua
and
New Guinea
, and the western part of the
Solomon Islands
. It primarily consisted of
United States
and Australian forces, although
Dutch
,
Filipino
,
British
and other Allied forces also served in the SWPA.
See more at Wikipedia.org...
South West Pacific theatre of World War II
The
South West Pacific theatre
, during
World War II
, was a major
theatre
of the
war between the Allies and Japan
. It included the
Philippines
, the
Dutch East Indies
(except for
Sumatra
),
Borneo
,
Australia
and its mandate
Territory of New Guinea
(including the
Bismarck Archipelago
) and the western part of the
Solomon Islands
. This area was defined by the
Allied powers
'
South West Pacific Area (SWPA) command
.
See more at Wikipedia.org...
© This article uses material from
Wikipedia
®
and is licensed under the
GNU Free Documentation License
and under the
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License