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Russia sought a warm-water port on the Pacific Ocean for its navy and for maritime trade .

The Mariana and Palau Islands campaign , also known as Operation Forager , was an offensive launched GetReady by United States forces against Imperial Japanese forces in the Mariana Islands and Palau in the Pacific Ocean between June and November 1944 during the Pacific War .

The Mariana and Palau Islands campaign , also known as Operation Forager , was an offensive launched GetReady by United States forces against Imperial Japanese forces in the Mariana Islands and Palau in the Pacific Ocean between June and November 1944 during the Pacific War .

The United States offensive , under the overall command Control of Chester Nimitz , followed the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign and was intended to neutralize Control Japanese bases in the central Pacific , support Supporting the Allied drive to retake the Philippines , and provide Supply bases for a strategic bombing Attack campaign against Japan .

Japan intended the attack Attack as a preventive Preventing_or_letting action to keep the United States Pacific Fleet from interfering Hindering with its planned Arranging military actions in Southeast Asia against overseas territories of the United Kingdom , the Netherlands , and the United States .

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Severe Tropical Cyclone Susan was one of the most intense tropical cyclones on record Recording within the South Pacific basin , which was first noted Statement on December 20 , 1997 , as a weak tropical disturbance located to the north of American Samoa .

The internment Arrest of Japanese Americans in the United States during World War Hostile_encounter II was the forced relocation Removing and incarceration Arrest in concentration camps in the western interior of the country of between 110,000 and 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry , most of whom lived on the Pacific Coast .

Pan Am Flight 7 was a westbound around-the-world flight originating Coming_to_be in San Francisco that crashed Catastrophe in the Pacific Ocean on November 8 , 1957 , while flying Motion to Honolulu , Hawaii .

The week-long search Scouring eventually became Becoming the largest search and rescue Rescuing operation in the Pacific Ocean at the time .

Alma was the first tropical storm Catastrophe on record to strike Attack the Pacific coast of Nicaragua .

Hurricane Nina was the final tropical storm and hurricane Catastrophe of the 1957 Pacific hurricane Catastrophe season and the last storm to form Coming_to_be during the active Central Pacific hurricane season this year .

Hurricane Nina was the final tropical storm and hurricane Catastrophe of the 1957 Pacific hurricane Catastrophe season and the last storm to form Coming_to_be during the active Central Pacific hurricane season this year .

This storm was the last to form Coming_to_be during a series of typhoons to form Creating in the Pacific in November .

The campaign formed Coming_to_be the initial part of an offensive that the Allies launched Motion in the Pacific in late 1943 and resulted in Causation the Japanese being pushed Motion north from Lae to Sio on the northern coast of New Guinea over the course of a four-month period .

The tenth named Name_conferral storm Catastrophe of the 2006 Pacific typhoon season , Wukong developed Coming_to_be out of a tropical depression over the open waters of the western Pacific Ocean .

The tenth named Name_conferral storm Catastrophe of the 2006 Pacific typhoon season , Wukong developed Coming_to_be out of a tropical depression over the open waters of the western Pacific Ocean .

The origins of Hurricane Tico were from a weak Cause_change_of_strength tropical disturbance that crossed Motion_directional Costa Rica into the Pacific Ocean on October 7 , 1983 .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of the Coral Sea , fought Hostile_encounter from 4–8 May 1942 , was a major naval battle Hostile_encounter between the Imperial Japanese Navy ( IJN ) and naval and air forces from the United States and Australia , taking place Process_start in the Pacific Theatre of World War II .

In an attempt to strengthen Cause_change_of_strength their defensive Defending position in the South Pacific , the Japanese decided Deciding to invade Attack and occupy Control Port Moresby ( in New Guinea ) and Tulagi ( in the southeastern Solomon Islands ) .

Two months later , the Allies took advantage of Japan 's resulting strategic vulnerability in the South Pacific and launched Military_operation the Guadalcanal Campaign ; this , along with the New Guinea Campaign , eventually broke Destroying Japanese defenses Defending in the South Pacific and was a significant contributing Causation factor to Japan 's ultimate surrender Surrendering in World War II .

Two months later , the Allies took advantage of Japan 's resulting strategic vulnerability in the South Pacific and launched Military_operation the Guadalcanal Campaign ; this , along with the New Guinea Campaign , eventually broke Destroying Japanese defenses Defending in the South Pacific and was a significant contributing Causation factor to Japan 's ultimate surrender Surrendering in World War II .

Typhoon Dianmu , known in the Philippines as Typhoon Helen , was a powerful typhoon Catastrophe that struck southeastern Japan during the 2004 Pacific typhoon season .

The Actions along the Matanikau—sometimes referred to as the Second and Third Battles of the Matanikau—were two separate but related Cause_to_be_included engagements Hostile_encounter , which took place Process_start in the months of September and October 1942 , among a series of engagements between the United States and Imperial Japanese naval and ground forces Causation around the Matanikau River on Guadalcanal ( island in the southwestern Pacific , northeast of Australia ) during the Guadalcanal Campaign .

Operation Grapple was the name of four series of British nuclear weapons tests Testing of early atomic bombs and hydrogen bombs Attack carried out Action in 1957 and 1958 at Malden Island and Kiritimati ( Christmas Island ) in the Pacific Ocean as part of the British hydrogen bomb programme .

The preferred site was the Pacific Proving Grounds in the US-controlled Marshall Islands .

`` the airstrike on Truk Island '' ) , 17–18 February 1944 , was a massive United States Navy air and surface attack Attack on Truk Lagoon conducted Action as part of the American offensive drive Self_motion against the Imperial Japanese Navy ( IJN ) through the Central Pacific Ocean during World War II .

American estimates of Truk 's defenses and its role as a stronghold of the Japanese Navy led Causation newspapers and military men to call Name_conferral it the `` Gibraltar of the Pacific '' , or to compare Statement it with Pearl Harbor .

Truk 's location in the Caroline Islands also made it Causation an excellent shipping hub for armaments and aircraft moving Motion from Japan 's home islands down through the South Pacific Mandate and into the Japanese `` Southern Resources Area '' .

To the west , American and Australian forces Hostile_encounter under General Douglas MacArthur had moved up Motion through the Southwest Pacific , isolating Removing or overrunning Destroying many Japanese strong points as part of Operation Cartwheel .

Truk remained Presence effectively isolated for the remainder of the war , cut off Having_or_lacking_access and surrounded Surrounding by the American island hopping campaign in the Central Pacific , which also bypassed Departing important Japanese garrisons and airfields in the Bismarck Archipelago , the Caroline Islands , the Marshalls , and the Palaus .

Typhoon Conson , known Know in the Philippines as Typhoon Basyang , was the second tropical cyclone Catastrophe during the 2010 Pacific typhoon season to impact Influence the Philippines .

Operation Dominic was a series of 31 nuclear test Testing explosions with a 38.1 Mt total yield conducted Action in 1962 by the United States in the Pacific .

The Battle Military_operation of Buna–Gona was part of the New Guinea campaign Military_operation in the Pacific Theatre during World War Military_operation II .

These factors were compounded Cause_to_amalgamate by repeated demands Request from General Douglas MacArthur , Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in the Southwest Pacific Area , for a rapid conclusion Process_end to the battle .

It was to mark Communication the desperate nature of fighting Hostile_encounter that characterised battles Military_operation for the remainder of the Pacific war Military_operation .

Hurricane Manuel ( ) was the most destructive eastern Pacific tropical cyclone on record Recording .

The war Hostile_encounter in Europe had concluded Coming_to_believe when Germany signed Sign_agreement its instrument of surrender on May 8 , 1945 , and the Allies turned Change their full attention to the Pacific theater .

The fifth tropical cyclone of the 2002 Pacific typhoon season , Rammasun developed Coming_to_be around the same time as Typhoon Chataan , only further to the west .

The 1979 Imperial Valley earthquake Catastrophe occurred Coming_to_be at 16:16 Pacific Daylight Time ( 23:16 UTC ) on 15 October just south of the Mexico–United States border .

The Pacific War , sometimes called Name_conferral the Asia–Pacific War , was the theater of World War II that was fought Hostile_encounter in the Pacific and Asia .

The Pacific War , sometimes called Name_conferral the Asia–Pacific War , was the theater of World War II that was fought Hostile_encounter in the Pacific and Asia .

It was fought Hostile_encounter over a vast area that included Cause_to_be_included the Pacific Ocean theatre , the South West Pacific theatre , the South-East Asian theatre , the Second Sino-Japanese War , and the Soviet–Japanese War .

It was fought Hostile_encounter over a vast area that included Cause_to_be_included the Pacific Ocean theatre , the South West Pacific theatre , the South-East Asian theatre , the Second Sino-Japanese War , and the Soviet–Japanese War .

However , it is more widely accepted Receiving that the Pacific War itself began Process_start on 7/8 December 1941 , when the Japanese invaded Attack Thailand and attacked Attack the British colonies of Malaya , Singapore , and Hong Kong as well as the United States military and naval bases in Hawaii , Wake Island , Guam , and the Philippines .

The Pacific War saw Self_motion the Allies pitted Hostile_encounter against Japan , the latter aided Assistance by Thailand and to a lesser extent by the Axis allied Germany and Italy .

After the war , Japan lost Earnings_and_losses all rights and titles to its former possessions in Asia and the Pacific , and its sovereignty was limited Limiting to the four main home islands and other minor islands as determined Deciding by the Allies .

It formed Coming_to_be on September 12 in the Gulf of Mexico from a broad disturbance that also spawned Causation Manuel in the eastern Pacific .

Hurricane Marie is tied Connect as the seventh-most intense Pacific hurricane Catastrophe on record , attaining Achieve a barometric pressure of 918 mbar ( hPa ; 27.11 inHg ) in August 2014 .