South-East Asian theatre of World War II

South-East Asian Theatre
	Part of the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Pacific Theatre 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; United Kingdom and Empire: India ; Australia ; Canada ; New Zealand ; Kenya ; Nigeria ; Gold Coast ; Straits Settlements ; Malaya ; Sarawak ; North Borneo ; Brunei ; Hong Kong ; Singapore ; Burma ; Ceylon ; Gilbert and Ellice Islands ; Solomon Islands ; Fiji ; Tonga; Netherlands Dutch East Indies; China; Việt Minh; Việt Cách; Free Thai Movement; Free France; Lao Issara; Khmer Issarak; Bangsamoros	Axis; Japan Philippine Republic; State of Burma; Vietnam; Kampuchea; Luang Prabang; Indonesian National Party; Thailand Azad Hind Vichy France French Indochina;
Commanders and leaders
Douglas MacArthur; Chiang Kai-Shek; Louis Mountbatten; Arthur Percival; Archibald Wavell;	Hisaichi Terauchi; Subhas Chandra Bose;
Strength
341,400; 33 warships; 41 submarines; 492 planes; 20 tanks	582,700; 70 warships; 18 submarines; 708 planes; 134 tanks
Casualties and losses
284,900 casualties 202,700 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.

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.