European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 16, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The and out of fought important Battles in Southwest Pacific War the australian army but it is Southwest f fought some in an attempt to Knock the entirely off Boi Gainville in the they close to Rabaul in new winning weak on new Guinea chasing thousands of enemy troops into the they bombed the Netherlands indie Sand units of the Boyal australian were Active to american and British Tea in the the Borneo operation was almost though under Overall command of Ger 1 except Fortt these campaigns lacked we sensational ont Tokyo aspects of the american offensive to the Philippines and on were important because Wal were Titi rating originally bypassed areas setting up communities and literally making themselves at Home with the the australians feared that unless by they would have settlements and the new race to contend with sir Thomas own  of Australia s Mil itary several times express resentment at reference to the campaigns As mopping up activities he said the Battles were As bitter As any fought around new casualty figures seemed to Bear him out australian losses War totalled an were lost in the euro Ptan the continents population is naval started in following world we lined with Britain against Ger particularly when German Serals came to help train China s under this Japan professing a desire signed a series of naval treaties with Britain and the United the arrangement coi in 193s with japans de Equality and the Nava 1 race got tinder u fifes avenged Burma Licking fall gave base for slash the fall of Singapore was a blow to Britain almost equivalent to the of Dunkirk in the european the huge naval base had been Safe from successful attack by but it was taken toy japanese who had moved Down through the Malayan Singapore gave the enemy an1 Ideal jump off spot for invasion of the East it enabled nip warships to Range across the Indian Ocean threatening communication lines Between India and and hampering Al lied efforts in Burma to keep sup ply lines open to Singapore had facilities Lor servicing the entire japanese he nearest comparable sea base held by the British was at Miles away and itself at that Ime under incessant bomb the largest at Pearl was the same distance As a result of Singapore the United nations fleets were thrown Back to perimeter bases in the Southwest Pacific and the struggle to reach a position for offensive action was japans War her first in centuries the first japanese War in Cen Turies was with China in when she seized the Russ japanese War of 190405 made her a great Power and mis Tress of the in 1910 she peacefully took Over to which China had earlier surrendered As her world War Japan secured mandates to the strategic Island the Carolines and excluding Violat ing her pledge she promptly began to fortify these by the associated arms one important key to Vic tory in the was a goo sized War in Burmas War was different Bur Mas climate and terrain a dallied ingenuity saw to that Early in 1942 the British left Rangoon to a and the Jap anese overran the country with relative in ims the British came Back into Rangoon so last that they actually ran Down a japanese traffic cop with scene in j942 but in picture the japanese were the Fields of Southeast Asia and springboard to Burma was also a mass covered North South lashed six months of the year by some of the worlds heaviest the japanese might make Junction with the germans in the Middle claim we took a hell of a beat said Joseph Stilwell As he walked out of the into India in those dark the Road Back would1 be Long and he but the Only thing to do was to go Back in and run the japanese in Stilwell trained equipped the chinese army which had retreated with he started Back from the Himalayan Hamlet of Back Down through the Leech  British for Mangnan the started working Back Down the a akan coast on the headed Back to Ward Burmas capital and chief Stilwell aimed at completing a Toad to China american engineers were Early in 1s44 to hts threatened Road began to worry the but they had no answer to Allied air which made its construction possible by destroying Jap anese Supply in the the tide turns the chinese fought Westward out of Yunnan and formed a function with Stilwell chinese 10 Complete the cutoff Supply named the Road in his the British fought southward eat of Manipur and Down cutoff landed to Tharakan storied Mandalay fell at tit spectacular armoured dash the the British then negotiated 4w Miles to tango of three their racing constantly supplied i War in Burma China the called by this Antei Borneo Riye unlatched of St of the Oik i by Assoc Voied press first toward of thereat Oil resources of the East indies was the Borneo on the largest of the tired the allies won Back what had been some of japans chief Petroleum airbases within reach of Sumatra and and an important naval Anchorage at in and ditto the successes Borneo further isolated japanese garrisons neighbouring and also Java to the Borneo was bombed repeatedly and the like the Bratelj and dutch owners before ablaze the islands vast Fields of pure despite constant air blows against so Miles South of the invasion May caught the enemy off in five the Little Island june across on Borneo Northwestern sir Leslie mors Heads ninth australians seized four Points on Brunei British North bomb flattened Brunei 18 Miles surrendered 16 Days and the aussies poured South into the British protectorate of a dash Down the coast was supported by a Landing at 80 Miles from the Tig refining port of South of Sandy East was july the seventh australians1 a handful of dutch creeping straight into was a fiery age of twisted Oil tanks act Ricks and gutted warehouse sin consecutive tons of had on the i the continuing to out along the made additional Landing along and soon had control of the approaches to v ashore fourth wave of prot Ewe his troops had dominated splitting the indies Feik