Talk:South West Pacific theatre of World War II

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[edit] Explanation

By way of explanation, I created this article (like the parallel Pacific Ocean Theater of World War II) because the South West Pacific Area (command) article deals with a Allied formation/organisation. That arrangement was inadequate for the many links pointing to it, beacuse it didn't deal with the the Japanese/Axis side of the story. This article is intended to deal with the various campaigns and battles, including the Axis side of them. Grant65 | Talk 08:27, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Germany

The Kriegsmarine saw some action in the region. Of note is the tale of U-862, as well as the German auxiliary cruiser Komet and other vessels. Notwithstanding that they were almost certainly resupplied by Japan, it would be interesting to learn if any actual joint operations did occur. knoodelhed 21:38, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Needed: Japanese occupation of the Philippines (1941-1945)

Hi. The Military history of the Philippines during World War II article is very sketchy and on its page there is a red link for an article about the Japanese occupation of the Philippines (1941-1945) a very important subject that is still needed as there are already articles about: the Japanese occupation of Burma; Japanese occupation of Hong Kong; Japanese occupation of Indonesia; Japanese occupation of Malaya, North Borneo and Sarawak and Japanese occupation of Singapore, so this gap is glaring. Anyone with and interest or expertise in this topic is welcome to start writing it. Thank you, IZAK (talk) 11:48, 28 December 2007 (UTC)