U.S. theaters of operations in World War II
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During World War II, the United 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.
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[edit] European Theater of Operations
Operational command SHAEF ("Battle of the Bulge")
- Normandy Campaign June 6, 1944 - July 24, 1944
- Northern France Campaign July 25, 1944 - September 14, 1944
- Rhineland Campaign
- Lorraine Campaign (unofficial) September 1, 1944 - December 18, 1944
- Ardennes-Alsace Campaign December 16, 1944 - January 25, 1945
- Central Europe Campaign March 22, 1945 - May 11, 1945
[edit] Mediterranean Theater of Operations
Operational command AFHQ
- Algeria-French Morocco Campaign November 8, 1942 - November 11, 1942
- Anzio Campaign January 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 to SHAEF and the European Theater of Operations)
- Tunisia Campaign
[edit] Pacific Theater of Operations
Operational commands Pacific Ocean Areas and South West Pacific Area
- Aleutian Islands Campaign
- Bismarck Archipelago Campaign
- Central Pacific Campaign
- East Indies Campaign (see also battle of the Java Sea under ABDACOM)
- 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
[edit] China Burma India Theater
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 General Joseph Stilwell commanded the operational Northern Combat Area Command and used his other positions to communicate directly with Joint Chiefs of Staff about some operational matters.
