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| 1942 February 15 |
| | | Singapore falls to the continuing Japanese onslaught in southeast Asia | |
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| 1942 May |
| | | After losing the Philippines to the Japanese, Douglas MacArthur declares 'I shall return' | |
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| 1942 May |
| | | Burma becomes the last in the series of important southeast Asian territories to fall into Japanese hands | |
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| 1942 May |
| | | William Slim gets the remaining British forces back to India from Burma, in a fighting withdrawal that lasts two months | |
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| 1943 February 9 |
| | | Orde Wingate and his Chindits launch a guerrilla campaign behind the Japanese lines in Burma | |
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| 1943 October |
| | | British admiral Louis Mountbatten is appointed to head the new Southeast Asia Command, with his headquarters in Delhi | |
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| 1943 October |
| | | British general William Slim is appointed to command the Fourteenth Army, formed specifically for the campaign to recover Burma | |
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| 1943 October 24 |
| | | Subhash Chandra Bose, as leader of the Indian National Army, declares war on Britain | |
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| 1944 March |
| | | A volunteer force, known as Merrill's Marauders, is commanded by Frank Merrill in US operations against the Japanese in Burma | |
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| 1944 March-June |
| | | William Slim secures the first Allied victories in the Burma campaign, at Imphal and Kohima in northeast India | |
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