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The leader of the Japanese fleet that attacked Pearl Harbour
The name of the death march in Borneo
The islands south of japan where a major battle with the Americans took place
The leader of the Japanese war cabinet
The British general in charge of Singapore
The American Commander in Chief in charge of the South West Pacific Theatrein World War Two
During World War Two was in command of the Pacific ocean area and was also Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet
Liberated the Philippines from Japanese control
Commander in Chief of the United States Fleet and the U.S Pacific Fleet
Was the first major offensive and a decisive victory for the Allies against the Japanese in the Pacific theatre to recapture control of an air base
Famous battle that saw the American raise the U.S flag, captured in the iconic photo
Japanese emperor during World War two
The Peninsula from which the Japanese advanced in order to attack Singapore
Singapore was also known by another famous long-term English naval stronghold in the Mediterranean. The 'something' of the East
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill called it the worst disaster in British military
One of two ships sunk at Singapore by the Japanese
Lieutenant Colonel Vivian who, AO, MBE, ARRC, ED was an Australian Army nurse during the Second World War. She was the sole surviving nurse of the Bangka Island Massacre, when the Japanese killed 21 of her fellow nurses on Radji Beach, Bangka Island, in the Dutch East Indies on 16 February 1942.
Australian prime minister during World War Two
American President for most of World War Two
A defence (line) proposal supposedly formulated during World War II to concede the northern portion of the Australian continent in the event of an invasion by the Japanese.
Japan invaded this place in 1931
A massacre of 300 000 Chinese occurred here in late 1937
Chinese leader of the resistance against the Japanese invasion of China, who later fled to Taiwan

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