- U.S. theaters of operations in World War II
During
World War II , theUnited States Army divided its operations around the world into separate theaters. Forces from many different Allied nations fought in these theaters. Other Allied countries have different conceptions of the theaters and/or different names for them.European Theater of Operations Operational command
SHAEF ("Battle of the Bulge")
*Normandy CampaignJune 6 ,1944 –July 24 ,1944
*Northern France CampaignJuly 25 ,1944 –September 14 ,1944
*Rhineland Campaign
**Lorraine Campaign (unofficial)September 1 ,1944 –December 18 ,1944
*Ardennes-Alsace CampaignDecember 16 ,1944 –January 25 ,1945
*Central Europe Campaign March 22 ,1945 –May 11 ,1945 Mediterranean Theater of Operations Operational command
AFHQ
*Algeria-French Morocco CampaignNovember 8 ,1942 –November 11 ,1942
*Anzio CampaignJanuary 22 ,1944 –May 24 ,1944
*Egypt-Libya Campaign June 11 ,1942 –February 12 ,1943
*Naples-Foggia Campaign
*North Apennines Campaign
*Po Valley Campaign
*Rome-Arno Campaign
*Sicily Campaign
*Southern France Campaign (One month after the invasion, command was passed toSHAEF and the European Theater of Operations)
*Tunisia Campaign Pacific Theater of Operations Operational commands
Pacific Ocean Areas andSouth West Pacific Area
*Aleutian Islands Campaign
*Bismarck Archipelago Campaign
*Central Pacific Campaign
*East Indies Campaign (see alsobattle of the Java Sea underABDACOM )
*Eastern Mandates Campaign
*Guadalcanal Campaign
*Leyte Campaign
*Luzon Campaign
*New Guinea Campaign
*Northern Solomons Campaign
*Papua Campaign
*Philippine Islands Campaign
*Ryukyus Campaign
*Southern Philippines Campaign
*Western Pacific Campaign June 15 ,1944 –September 2 ,1945 This was not a Theatre of Operations and it had no Operational Command, it was an Administrative Command. The Operational Command was joint Allied
South East Asia Command in the South-East Asian Theater The American GeneralJoseph Stilwell commanded the operationalNorthern Combat Area Command and used his other positions to communicate directly withJoint Chiefs of Staff about some operational matters.*
Burma Campaign
**Burma 1942 Campaign January, 1942–May, 1942
**Central Burma Campaign
**China Defensive Campaign July 4 ,1942 –May 4 ,1945
**China Offensive Campaign May 5 ,1945 –September 2 ,1945
**India-Burma Campaign
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