World War II — Pacific Theatre

1941–1945 Pacific Status: ended Casualties: ~30 million in Asia-Pacific

From Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Island-hopping campaigns, the China-Burma-India theatre, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. Atomic bombs on Hiroshima (6 Aug) and Nagasaki (9 Aug) led to Japan's unconditional surrender.

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Belligerents

Allies (USA, UK, Australia, China)
Imperial Japan

Casualties

~30 million in Asia-Pacific

From World at War, an interactive atlas by Jairus Pereira. Figures are approximate, drawn from Wikipedia, UCDP, ACLED and academic sources — a design artefact, not an authoritative register. Contact.