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South-East Asian Theatre | |||||||
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Part of the Pacific War of World War II | |||||||
A Chindit column crosses a river in Burma, 1943 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Việt Minh Korean Liberation Army Japanese People's Emancipation League Portuguese Timor |
Thailand Vichy France | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Jean Decoux | |||||||
Strength | |||||||
341,400 people 33 warships 41 submarines 492 planes 20 tanks |
582,700 people 70 warships 18 submarines 708 planes 134 tanks | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
82,200 casualties 202,700 people captured | 222,000 casualties |
The South-East Asian Theatre of World War II consisted of the campaigns of the Pacific War in the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Indochina, Burma, India, Malaya and Singapore between 1941 and 1945.
Japan attacked British and American territories with near-simultaneous offensives against Southeast Asia and the Central Pacific on 7/8 December 1941. Action in this theatre ended when Japan announced an intent to surrender on 15 August 1945. The formal surrender of Japan ceremony took place on 2 September 1945.
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