pacific war time

基本解释

As a result, for the first time since the end of the Cold War, U. S. air forces would not be able to regard their western Pacific bases as sanctuaries safe from enemy attack in a conflict.
虽然在冷战结束后，美国的西太平洋基地一直处于非常安全的位置，从未在冲突中收到过威胁，但现在这种想法可能必须重新考虑了。
A rift in their relation is directly caused by the outbreak of the Pacific War, for in its history Australia is threatened for the first time with a foreign invasion and its mainland is bombed.
因为澳大利亚在历史上第一次遭受到外部入侵的威胁，澳洲大陆本土也遭到轰炸，澳大利亚不得不从传统的澳英联盟关系转向澳美联盟。