Battles in Oceania
103 battles, including naval battles near its coasts. Browse by country.
Early modern · 19th century · World War I era · World War II era · Date not recorded
Early modern (1500–1799) · 6
- Death of James Cook 1779United States
- Battle of Mokuʻōhai 1782United States · Unification of Hawaii
- Battle of Kepaniwai 1790United States · Unification of Hawaii
- Battle of Hingakaka 1791New Zealand
- Battle of Nuʻuanu 1795United States · Unification of Hawaii
- Battle of Richmond Hill 1795Australia · Hawkesbury and Nepean Wars
19th century (1800–1913) · 12
- Battle of Moremonui 1807New Zealand
- Battle of Broken River 1838Australia
- Battle of Drummond's Island 1841At sea · United States Exploring Expedition
- Battle of Kororāreka 1845New Zealand · Flagstaff War
- Battle of Puketutu 1845New Zealand · Flagstaff War
- Battle of Ōhaeawai 1845New Zealand · Flagstaff War
- Battle of Battle Hill 1846New Zealand · New Zealand Wars
- Battle of Kaba 1855Tonga
- Battle of Mahoetahi 1860New Zealand
- Siege of Ngatapa 1868New Zealand · Te Kooti's War
- Capture of Guam (1898) 1898Guam · Spanish–American War
- Siege of Apia 1899Samoa · Second Samoan Civil War
World War I era (1914–1918) · 3
- Battle of Bita Paka 1914Papua New Guinea · Asian and Pacific theater of World War I
- Bombardment of Papeete 1914French Polynesia · World War I
- Siege of Toma 1914Papua New Guinea · Asian and Pacific theater of World War I
World War II era (1939–1945) · 79
- Attack on Pearl Harbor 1941United States · South-East Asian theater of World War II
- Battle of Wake Island 1941United States Minor Outlying Islands · Pacific War
- Sinking of HMAS Sydney 1941At sea · World War II
- Actions along the Matanikau 1942Solomon Islands · Guadalcanal campaign
- Battle for Henderson Field 1942Solomon Islands · Pacific War
- Battle of Buna–Gona 1942Papua New Guinea · New Guinea campaign
- Battle of Cape Esperance 1942At sea · World War II
- Battle of Edson's Ridge 1942Solomon Islands · Guadalcanal campaign
- Battle of Goodenough Island 1942Papua New Guinea · World War II
- Battle of Isurava 1942Papua New Guinea · World War II
- Battle of Midway 1942At sea · Pacific War
- Battle of Milne Bay 1942Papua New Guinea · New Guinea campaign
- Battle of Mission Ridge–Brigade Hill 1942Papua New Guinea · World War II
- Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse 1942Solomon Islands · Pacific War
- Battle of Port Moresby 1942Papua New Guinea · Pacific War
- Battle of Rabaul (1942) 1942Papua New Guinea · South-East Asian theater of World War II
- Battle of Savo Island 1942Solomon Islands · World War II
- Battle of Tassafaronga 1942Solomon Islands · Guadalcanal campaign
- Battle of Tulagi and Gavutu–Tanambogo 1942Solomon Islands · World War II
- Battle of the Coral Sea 1942At sea · New Guinea campaign
- Battle of the Eastern Solomons 1942Solomon Islands · World War II
- Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands 1942At sea · Pacific War
- Battle of the Tenaru 1942Solomon Islands · Guadalcanal campaign
- Bombing of Darwin 1942Australia · Air raids on Australia, 1942–43
- Koli Point action 1942Solomon Islands · Pacific War
- Naval Battle of Guadalcanal 1942At sea · Pacific War
- Battle of Arawe 1943Papua New Guinea · Pacific War
- Battle of Arundel Island 1943Solomon Islands
- Battle of Bairoko 1943Solomon Islands · Pacific War
- Battle of Blackett Strait 1943At sea · Pacific War
- Battle of Bobdubi 1943Papua New Guinea · World War II
- Battle of Cape Gloucester 1943Papua New Guinea · World War II
- Battle of Empress Augusta Bay 1943At sea · World War II
- Battle of John's Knoll–Trevor's Ridge 1943Papua New Guinea · World War II
- Battle of Kaiapit 1943Papua New Guinea · Finisterre Range campaign
- Battle of Kolombangara 1943At sea · Pacific War
- Battle of Kula Gulf 1943Solomon Islands · Pacific War
- Battle of Lababia Ridge 1943Papua New Guinea · World War II
- Battle of Makin 1943Kiribati · Operation Galvanic
- Battle of Mount Tambu 1943Papua New Guinea · World War II
- Battle of Mubo 1943Papua New Guinea · World War II
- Battle of Rennell Island 1943At sea · Guadalcanal campaign
- Battle of Roosevelt Ridge 1943Papua New Guinea · World War II
- Battle of Sattelberg 1943Papua New Guinea · Pacific War
- Battle of Sio 1943Papua New Guinea · World War II
- Battle of Tarawa 1943At sea · World War II
- Battle of Vella Gulf 1943At sea · World War II
- Battle of Vella Lavella (land) 1943Solomon Islands · World War II
- Battle of Vella Lavella (naval) 1943At sea · Pacific War
- Battle of Viru Harbor 1943Solomon Islands · Pacific War
- Battle of Wareo 1943Papua New Guinea · Huon Peninsula campaign
- Battle of Wau 1943Papua New Guinea · New Guinea campaign
- Battle of Wickham Anchorage 1943Solomon Islands · Pacific War
- Battle of the Bismarck Sea 1943At sea · Pacific War
- Battle of the Treasury Islands 1943Solomon Islands · Pacific War
- Battle off Horaniu 1943Solomon Islands · Pacific War
- Bougainville campaign 1943Papua New Guinea · Pacific War
- Landing at Nadzab 1943Papua New Guinea · World War II
- Landing at Scarlet Beach 1943Papua New Guinea · Pacific War
- Landings at Cape Torokina 1943Papua New Guinea · Pacific War
- New Georgia campaign 1943Solomon Islands · World War II
- Operation Cartwheel 1943Papua New Guinea · South West Pacific theater of World War II
- Battle of Angaur 1944Palau · Pacific War
- Battle of Driniumor River 1944Papua New Guinea · New Guinea campaign
- Battle of Eniwetok 1944At sea · World War II
- Battle of Guam (1944) 1944Guam · World War II
- Battle of Karavia Bay 1944Papua New Guinea · World War II
- Battle of Kwajalein 1944Marshall Islands · Gilbert and Marshall Islands Campaign
- Battle of Madang 1944Papua New Guinea · World War II
- Battle of Peleliu 1944Palau · Pacific War
- Battle of Saipan 1944Northern Mariana Islands · Pacific War
- Battle of Talasea 1944Papua New Guinea · World War II
- Battle of Tinian 1944Northern Mariana Islands · Pacific War
- Battle of Wide Bay–Open Bay 1944At sea · World War II
- Battle of the Green Islands 1944Papua New Guinea · Pacific War
- Battle of Porton Plantation 1945Papua New Guinea · Pacific War
- Battle of Slater's Knoll 1945Papua New Guinea · Pacific War
- Battle of Tsimba Ridge 1945Papua New Guinea · Pacific War
- Battle of the Hongorai River 1945Papua New Guinea · Pacific War
Date not recorded (no reliable year in Wikidata) · 3
- Battle of Broken River Australia
- Battle of Ruapekapeka New Zealand · Flagstaff War
- Battle of Te Pōrere New Zealand