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Takai 1 BURMA Hong Kong 1 Hanoi LUZON STRAIT BATAN ISLAND xxxxx CLEARANCE OF THE VISAYAN PASSAGES EIGHTH ARMY VICTOR OPERATIONS FOURTEENTH YAMASHITA During the period 19 Fenruary - 8 May After commanding some operations on Luzon, AREA HAINAN troops from general Irving’s 24th General Eichelberger’s Eighth Army turned it’s Wan-ning Infantry Division, general Arnold’s attention to the remainder of the Philippines. American Division and Filipino From February to August 1945 Eighth Army Croag Aparri UNDER JAPANESE guerrillas secured the islands circled OCCUPATION secured the majority of the Japanese occupied Tuguegarao to clear the Visayan Passages for allied islands there. Vigan Moulmen shipping. San Fernando LUZON PHILIPPINE SEA THAILAND xxxxx xxxx SWPA MACARTHUR SIXTH KRUEGER PHILIPPINEVICTOR I and II Taway FRENCH SOUTH CHINA FORCES Iba xxxx General Brush’s 40th Division secured xxxxx EIGHTH EICHELBERGER Panay and most of Negros during period Bangkok SEA USAFPAC MACARTHUR Manila 2 17 March - 9 June. (VICTOR I) General 2 (effective 6 Apr.) INDOCHINA Arnold’s American Division secured Cebu, Bohol, and the southern tip of Negros xxxxx Legaspi SOUTHERN MINDORO STRAIT SIBUYAN (VICTOR II) during the period 26 March - Merdui TERAUCHI MINDORO SEA ARMY SAN BERNADINO STRAIT 10 June. San Jose SAMAR CAMRAHN VICTOR V 9 Apr. GULF OF SIAM BAY III General Sibert’s X Corps secured Mindanao VICTOR III and IV LINAPACAN STRAIT Tacloban PANAY Ormoc with the help of Filipino guerrillas during Victoria Point General Doe’s 41st Division conducted (from 40th Div.) Saigon Horto period 17 April - 11 August. Elements of the operation to clear Palawan (VICTOR III) 26 Mar. LEYTE 18 Mar. Cebu approximately 2-1/2 Japanese divisions Bach Gia area during period 28 February - 16 April VICTOR III VICTOR II opposed the Americans. and secured the Zamboanga Peninsula on PALAWAN Puerto VICTOR I GEBU Camau Mindanao and Sulu Archipelago (VICTOR IV) Princessa BOHOL 28 Feb. 26 Apr. 23 June ISLANDS during the time period 10 March - 20 June. xx SURIAGO STRAIGHT Dapitan 10 May Butuan 24 Cagayan PALAU ISLAND AUSTRALIAN OBOE OPERATIONS IRVING Misemi 23 May 16 Apr. Guer. Guer. KOROR 3 Singora SULU SEA 3 While Australian troops contained and OBOE II 17 Apr. Cotabate PELELIU Patani BAZABAR STRAIT 3 May MINDANAO mopped up by-passed Japanese in the 10 Mar. Davao ANGUAR Kota Bharu Kudat Zamboanga Aldr Star Solomons, on New Britain, and near Aitape, General Morshead’s I Australian 10 June 13-14 July VICTOR V Buyan Jelo9 Apr. Grik Corps executed OBOE I, II & VI. Jesselton Sandakan BRITISH 22 Apr. Kuala Kangsar UNDER JAPANESE Victoria VICTOR IV xx OCCUPATION BRUNEI NORTH 2 Apr. Telok Anson 31 MALAYA Miri Seria 20 June BORNEO MARTIN Kuantan xx xxxxx AUST. 9 (-) Kuala Lampur TENTH AREA SARARAK OBOE I xxx S T FLEET CELEBES SEA R Bintuli A x AUST. I MORSHEAD I T Malacca AUST. 26 O TARAKAN ISLAND F Mesring M 1 May A MOROTAI L xx A C C AUST. 7 A Johore Kuching Menado Natal Singapore HALMAHERA Permangkat Only small scattered Japanese Katamobagu forces occupied key ports and Tomini 4 military centers on Borneo. 4 Pantianak SOUTHEAST ASIA, 1941 Samarinda Padang MOLUCCA SEA FINAL ALLIED OFFENSIVES IN GASPAR STRAIT Dongala SUMATRA DUTCH Balikpapen 1 July Luwak THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA, 29 February - 1 July 1945

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