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A map of the Asiatic-Pacific Theater showing its component areas. (The China-Burma-India Theater fell under the British-led South East Asia ... War during 1941–1945 ...
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.
Political map of the Asia-Pacific region, 1939 ... In late 1941, as the Japanese struck at Pearl Harbor, most of Australia's best forces were committed in the ...
Parts of Cambodia and Laos annexed by Thailand (1941–1946) Saharat Thai Doem map (1942–1945) and claims of Thailand in British Burma Si Rat Malai, Parts of British Malaya annexed by Thailand (1943–1945) The following territories of Burma, Laos, Cambodia and Malaya were annexed by Thailand during World War II. The Thai army would remain in ...
This is a list of regions occupied or annexed by the Empire of Japan until 1945, the year of the end of World War II in Asia, after the surrender of Japan. Control over all territories except most of the Japanese mainland ( Hokkaido , Honshu , Kyushu , Shikoku , and some 6,000 small surrounding islands) was renounced by Japan in the ...
A map of the Japanese advance from 1937 to 1942. On 7 December 1941 (8 December in Asian time zones), Japan attacked British and American holdings with near-simultaneous offensives against Southeast Asia and the Central Pacific. [20]
On 1 December 1941, Prime Minister Hideki Tojo of Japan stated that he was uncertain where Thailand stood regarding allowing Japanese troops free passage through its territory, but was hopeful a clash could be avoided. [13] Further negotiations took place between the Japanese diplomatic representative, Tamara, and Phibun on 2 December.
According to Foreign Minister Shigenori Tōgō (in office 1941–1942 and 1945), should Japan be successful in creating this sphere, it would emerge as the leader of Eastern Asia, and the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere would be synonymous with the Japanese Empire. [21]