However, some sources estimate that there were several hundred individual land and sea battles and operations that took place during the Pacific War. The conflict covered a vast geographical area stretching from the Eastern Pacific to the Western Pacific and Southeast Asia. Some notable campaigns within the Pacific theater include:
- Attack on Pearl Harbor: December 7, 1941
- Battle of the Coral Sea: May 4-8, 1942
- Doolittle Raid: April 18, 1942
- Battle of Midway: June 4-7, 1942
- Guadalcanal Campaign: August 1942 - February 1943
- Battle of the Bismarck Sea: March 2-4, 1943
- Operation Cartwheel: July 1943 - February 1944
- Philippines Campaign: October 1944 - August 1945
- Battle of Iwo Jima: February 19-March 26, 1945
- Battle of Okinawa: April 1-June 22, 1945