✦ History

South-East Asian theatre of World War II

December 8, 1941 – September 9, 1945

Result Allied victory

Japan fought the Allies in Burma, Malaya, Singapore, the Philippines and other parts of South-East Asia. After early Japanese conquests, Allied forces retook much of the region by 1945.

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Battles and events 5

1941 – 1945
Japanese occupation of Cambodia
December 10, 1941
Sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse Japanese victory South China Sea John Leach
December 14, 1941 – September 13, 1945
Burma campaign Allied victory Burma campaign Heitarō Kimura, William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, Subhas Chandra Bose
January 23, 1942 – February 1942
Battle of Rabaul (1942) Japanese victory Rabaul Shigeyoshi Inoue, Tomitarō Horii
March 9 – May 15, 1945
Japanese coup d'état in French Indochina French Indochina

Key commanders

Axis 9

Heitarō Kimura military commander Subhas Chandra Bose military commander Masakazu Kawabe military commander Renya Mutaguchi military commander Shōjirō Iida military commander Plaek Phibunsongkhram belligerent leader Hisaichi Terauchi belligerent leader Shigeyoshi Inoue military commander Tomitarō Horii military commander

Allies 11

William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim military commander Lord Mountbatten military commander Archibald Wavell military commander Du Yuming military commander Joseph Stilwell military commander Wei Lihuang military commander George Giffard military commander Chiang Kai-shek belligerent leader Douglas MacArthur belligerent leader Arthur Percival belligerent leader John Leach military commander