South East Asia Command

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Allied military command World War II military formation

South East Asia Command was the Allied military command responsible for coordinating operations against Japanese forces in the Southeast Asian theater during World War II.

Aliases (5)

Statements (67)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Allied military command → World War II military formation →
commanderInChief	Admiral Lord Mountbatten → Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma →
conflict	World War II →
coordinatedOperation	Burma Campaign → Imphal–Kohima operations → Liberation of Burma → Liberation of Malaya → Operation Dracula → Operation Zipper → Operations in French Indochina →
country	Allied powers →
dateFounded	1943-08-15 →
deputyCommander	Joseph Stilwell → Noel Irwin →
dissolved	November 1946 →
establishedBy	Combined Chiefs of Staff →
firstCommander	Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma →
flag	Flag of South East Asia Command →
garrison	Ceylon → Kandy →
headquarters	Ceylon → India → Kandy → New Delhi →
inception	August 1943 →
memberOf	Allied forces →
notableCommander	Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma →
notableEvent	Japanese surrender in Southeast Asia →
opponent	Empire of Japan →
participatingCountry	Australia → British Burma → British Malaya → China → Free French Forces → India → Netherlands → New Zealand → United Kingdom NERFINISHED → United States →
partOf	Combined Chiefs of Staff structure →
purpose	coordinate Allied operations against Japanese forces in Southeast Asia →
regionServed	Bay of Bengal → Burma → Ceylon → Indochina → Malaya → Sumatra → Thailand →
replaced	ABDA Command in its area → India Command →
shortName	SEAC →
subordinateFormation	14th Army → Allied Air Forces South East Asia → Allied Land Forces South East Asia → Allied Naval Forces Eastern Fleet → British Fourteenth Army → Eastern Air Command → Eastern Fleet → Northern Combat Area Command → Royal Indian Navy units → Third Tactical Air Force → XV Corps (British Indian Army) → XVII Corps (British Indian Army) → XXXIII Corps (British Indian Army) →
theater	Southeast Asian theater of World War II →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
United Kingdom →	commandStructure
British India Command →	coordinatedWith
Pacific Ocean Areas ("Southeast Asia Command") →	excludes
Chindits →	operatedUnder
Tomoyuki Yamashita ("Allied forces in Southeast Asia") →	opponent
Operation Dracula ("Allied South East Asia Command") →	plannedBy
China Burma India Theater →	relatedTheater
South East Asia Command ("SEAC") →	shortName
South East Asia Command ("Allied Air Forces South East Asia") →	subordinateFormation
Special Force →	subordinateTo
Pacific theater commands →	subordinateUnit
ABDA Command →	successor
Merrill's Marauders ("Allied South East Asia Command") →	underCommandOf