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1941  May 19
 
    
The Vietminh is founded as a guerrilla force to liberate Vietnam from the Japanese, and Ho Chi Minh soon emerges as the leader       
1941 July 26
 
   
Roosevelt appoints Douglas MacArthur commander of US forces in the Far East      
1941 December 8
 
   
Within hours of Pearl Harbor, Japanese aircraft attack the Philippines and destroy half the available US planes      
1941 December 10
 
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Japanese planes sink the British battleship Prince of Wales and the battle cruiser Repulse off the coast of Malaya        
1941 December 28
 
    
Burmese politician Aung San raises a Burma Independence Army in Thailand to support the imminent Japanese invasion of his country       
1942  January
 
    
Aung San's Burma Independence Army enters Burma as part of the Japanese invasion       
1942  January
 
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Before the end of the month the Japanese control the whole of Malaya      
1942  February
 
   
An Indian National Army is formed among Indian soldiers captured by the Japanese, with the purpose of evicting the British from India      
1942  February 15
 
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Singapore falls to the continuing Japanese onslaught in southeast Asia      
1942  May
 
    
After losing the Philippines to the Japanese, Douglas MacArthur declares 'I shall return'