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From mid-June 1940, following the rapid German invasions and occupations of Poland, Denmark, Norway, France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, the British Commonwealth was the main opponent of Germany and the Axis, until the entry into the war of the Soviet Union in June 1941.
Historical Map of East Asia and the Western Pacific (18 April 1944 - Burma Offensives: Allied momentum in the Pacific was not matched in Burma, where a British attempt at reconquest had been beaten back in early 1943.
Conflict in this theatre began when the Empire of Japan invaded French Indochina in September 1940 and rose to a new level following the Attack on Pearl Harbor, and simultaneous attacks on the Philippines, Hong Kong, Thailand, Singapore and Malaya on 7 and 8 December 1941.
The British Empire was also a major belligerent consisting of British troops along with colonial troops from India as well as from Burma, Malaya, Fiji, Tonga; in addition to troops from Australia, New Zealand and Canada.
Britain's international political and strategic posture rested upon its alliance with the semi-autonomous Dominions, and its possession of India and a vast colonial empire. The British Empire suffered from the scourges that afflict all empires: internal opposition and external rivalry.
The historiography of British South-East Asia, because of the range of British approaches, offers opportunities for studying both the territories of South-East Asia and the region as a whole and considering the interrelationships.
Historical Map of South & Southwest Asia (15 February 1942 - Fall of Singapore: By February 1942 the Japanese forces invading Malaya had reached the perimeter of Singapore, Britain’s most important military base in Southeast Asia and the keystone of British defences in the region.
