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South-East Asian theater of World War II

South-East Asian Theatre
Part of World War II and Pacific War
Chindit column, Operation Longcloth.jpg
A Chindit column crosses a river in Burma, 1943.
Date 8 December 1941 – 9 September 1945
(3 years, 9 months and 1 day)
Location State of Burma, British India, Thailand, French Indochina, British Malaya, Singapore, British Ceylon, Dutch East Indies
Result Allied victory
Belligerents

Allies
 United Kingdom

Taiwan China
Australia Australia
France France

United States United States

North Vietnam Viet Minh
Netherlands Netherlands

Axis
Empire of Japan Japan

Thailand Thailand (1941–1943)

France France (1940–1943)
Commanders and leaders
United Kingdom Louis Mountbatten
United Kingdom Arthur Ernest Percival
United Kingdom William Slim
United Kingdom James Somerville
Taiwan Chiang Kai-shek
Taiwan Wei Lihuang
Taiwan Mao Zedong
United States Joseph Stilwell
North Vietnam Ho Chi Minh
North Vietnam Vo Nguyen Giap
Netherlands Hubertus van Mook

Empire of Japan Hisaichi Terauchi
Empire of Japan Tomoyuki Yamashita
Empire of Japan Hyotaro Kimura
Empire of Japan Masakazu Kawabe
Thailand Plaek Phibunsongkhram
Myanmar Aung San
India Subhas Chandra Bose
Bao Dai

France Jean Decoux (1940–1943)

Allies
 United Kingdom

Taiwan China
Australia Australia
France France

United States United States


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