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South-East Asian theatre of World War II

  • Japanese invasion of ThailandTanaka Chigaku, a Japanese Buddhist leader in the mid-1800s, introduced the principle of Hakkō Ichiu. He interpreted this concept to mean that imperial rule…
  • Burma campaignIn January 1942, the Japanese Fifteenth Army under Lieutenant General Shōjirō Iida moved into northern Thailand and launched an attack over jungle-clad…
  • Japanese invasion of French IndochinaJapan moved troops into southern Guangxi and Longzhou County in early 1940. Their goal was to seize the eastern branch of the Kunming, Hai Phong Railway at…
  • Sinking of Prince of Wales and RepulseWinston Churchill and his cabinet met on the 17th of October and the 20th of October to discuss sending a modern battleship to the Far East.