South-East Asian theatre of World War II

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South-East Asian Theatre
Part of the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Pacific Theater of World War II
A Chindit column crosses a river in Burma, 1943
Date 8 December 1941 – 2 September 1945 (3 years, 9 months and 1 day) Location Philippines, Thailand, Indochina, Dutch East Indies, Burma, India, Malaya, Singapore, Ceylon, Hong Kong Result Allied victory
Belligerents
Allies  United States  Philippine Commonwealth  British Empire  United Kingdom  India  Australia  Canada  New Zealand  Straits Settlements Malaya  Sarawak  North Borneo  Brunei  Hong Kong  Burma  Ceylon  Aden Oman Gambia  Gold Coast Kenya Nigeria  Northern Rhodesia  Southern Rhodesia  Tanganyika  Nyasaland Uganda  Gilbert and Ellice Islands Solomon Islands France (Operation Masterdom)  China Chinese Communist Party Netherlands  Dutch East Indies Free Thai Movement Việt Minh Khmer Issarak Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea Korean Liberation Army Japanese People's Emancipation League  Portuguese Timor	Axis Japan  Philippine Republic State of Burma  Azad Hind Vietnam Kampuchea Luang Prabang INP Thailand  Vichy France French Indochina
Commanders and leaders
Douglas MacArthur Joseph Stilwell Manuel L. Quezon # Sergio Osmeña Louis Mountbatten Arthur Percival Archibald Wavell Douglas Gracey William Slim Philippe Leclerc (1945) Chiang Kai-shek Wei Lihuang Luo Zhuoying Li Zongren Lu Han Mao Zedong Zhu De Zhou Enlai A. T. van S. Stachouwer Hubertus van Mook Pridi Banomyong Hồ Chí Minh Võ Nguyên Giáp Poc Khun Son Ngoc Minh Kim Koo	Hisaichi Terauchi Tomoyuki Yamashita   Masaharu Homma   Hitoshi Imamura Shojiro Iida Masakazu Kawabe Heitaro Kimura   Yuitsu Tsuchihashi Renya Mutaguchi José P. Laurel Plaek Phibunsongkhram J.R. Seriroengrit Ba Maw Aung San Subhas Chandra Bose  † Bảo Đại Trần Trọng Kim Norodom Sihanouk Son Ngoc Thanh Sisavang Vong Phetsarath Ratanavongsa Sukarno Jean Decoux
Strength
341,400[citation needed] 33 warships 41 submarines 492 planes 20 tanks	582,700[citation needed] 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.^{[citation needed]}

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.