War in Eastern Asia Japanese Advance in Southeast Asia: 1941
War in Eastern Asia
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Japanese Advance in Southeast Asia
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Japanese Advance in Southeast Asia: 1941
Burma
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Operations in Burma: 1942-1943 Gen. (later Field Marshal) Sir Archibald Wavell (later 1st Earl Wavell), the commander in chief in India, made every effort to take the offensive to recapture Burma as soon as practicable, but the means were not to hand until time allowed his land and air forces to be assembled and trained [...]
China
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Campaigns in Burma and China: 1943-1944 In November 1943, the Anglo-American Southeast Asia Command (SEAC) was formed with Adm. Lord Louis Mountbatten (later 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma) as supreme commander, and General Stilwell as his deputy, with the object of controlling all operations in Southeast Asia. In December, the United States Tenth Air Force [...]
Final Operations Against Japan
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Recovery of Burma and Final Operations Against Japan: 1944-1945 In October 1944, Stilwell was recalled to Washington, and the CBI theater was divided. Maj. Gen. (later Lt. Gen.) Albert C. Wedemeyer replaced Stilwell as commanding general of the China theater and Lt. Gen. Daniel I. Sultan took command of the Burma-India theater, which remained part [...]
Retrospect
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War on the Mainland in Retrospect The Japanese were able to gain all their objectives in Asia in 1941-1942, for the United States was unready for war, and Britain, fighting single-handed in Europe, could not find the means with which to defend her interests in the Far East adequately. Thereafter the course of the war [...]