PART 1 OPERATIONS IN S．E．A．C．(MAY-AUGUST 1945) 1
CHAPTER Ⅰ．PLANNING FOR THE LIBERATION OF MALAYA (February-May 1945) 1
CHAPTER Ⅱ．THE BATTLE OF SITTAGN:The Isolation of the Japanese 28th Army (May 1945) 11
CHAPTER Ⅲ．S．EA．C．REORGANIZES IN PREPARATION ROF THE INVASION OF MALAYA (May 1945) 27
CHAPTER Ⅳ．THE BATTLE OF SITTANG:The Break-Out (June-August 1945) 35
CHAPTER Ⅴ．MILITARY ADMINISRATION IN BURMA (April-August 1945) 49
CHAPTER Ⅵ．NAVAL OPERATIONS IN THE BAY OF BENGAL (May-July 1945),and THE OCCUPATION AND BUILD-UP OF THE COCOS ISLANDS AS AN ADVANCED AIR BASE 57
CHAPTER Ⅶ．PLANNING FOR THE INVASION AND DEFENCE OF MALAYA (May-July 1945) 63
CHAPTER Ⅷ．THE MOUNTING OF ＇ZIPPER＇ FROM INDIA BASE (July-August 1945) 77
CHAPTER Ⅸ．POLITICAL FACTORS AFFECT THE PLAN FOR THE INVASION OF MALAYA (June-August 1945) 83
PART 2 THE PACIFIC THEATRE (MARCH-AUGUST 1945) AND THE CONCLUSION OF HOSTILITIES 93
CHAPTER Ⅹ．JAPAN＇S MILITARY AND ECONOMIC SITUATION (March 1945) 95
CHAPTER Ⅺ．THE STRATEGIC BOMBING OF JAPAN PRELIMINARY TO THE OKINAWA CAMPAIGN (March 1945) 101
CHAPTER Ⅻ．THE BATTLE FOR OKINAWA (March-June 1945) 107
CHAPTER ⅩⅢ．OPERATIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES,AUSTRALIAN MANDATED TERRITORIES AND BORNEO (December 1944-August 1945) 125
CHAPTER ⅩⅣ．OPERATIONS IN CHINA (December 1944-August 1945) 139
CHAPTER ⅩⅤ．PLANS FOR THE INVASION AND DEFFNCE OF JAPAN (April-August 1945) 147
CHAPTER ⅩⅥ．THE BOMBING AND BLOCKADE OF JAPAN (April-August 1945) 161
CHAPTER ⅩⅦ．JAPAN＇S ROAD TOWARDS SURRENDER (1941-45) 171
CHAPTER ⅩⅧ．ALLIED EFFORTS TO END THE WAR:The Terminal Conference (May-July 1945) 181
CHAPTER ⅩⅨ．RUSSIA INVADES MANCHURIA,SOUTH SAKHALIN AND THE KURILES (August 1945) 193
CHAPTER ⅩⅩ．JAPAN SURRENDERS (August 1945) 205
PART 3 S．E．A．C．IN THE POST-WAR PERIOD (AUGUST 1945-NOVEMBER 1946) 221
CHAPTER ⅩⅪ．HIGH-LEVEL EVENTS AFFECTING S．E．A．C．(July-August 1945) 223
CHAPTER ⅩⅫ．THE REGROUPING OF A．L．F．S．E．S．FOR THE OCCUPATION OF JAPANESE-HELD TERRITORIES (August 1945) 233
CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅢ．THE RECOVERY OF ALLIED PRISONERS-OF-WAR AND INTERNEES (August-September 1945) 243
CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅣ．THE JAPANESE SURRENDER AND RESTORANTION OF CIVIL POWER IN BURMA (September 1945-April 1946) 251
CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅤ．THE REOCCUPATION OF MALAYA (September 1945-April 1946) 265
CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅥ．THE REOCCUPATION OF HONG KONG (August 1945-1946) 283
CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅦ．THE OCCUPATION OF SIAM AND FRENCH INDO-CHINA (September 1945-May 1946) 289
CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅧ．THE NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES:Java (September-October 1945) 307
CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅨ．THE NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES:Java (November 1945-November 1946) 327
CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅩ．THE NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES:The Outer Islands and Sumatra (September 1945-November 1946) 353
CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅪ．POST-WAR REORGANIZATION IN SOUTH-EAST ASIA and THE END OF S．E．A．C．(November 1945-November 1946) 365
PART 4 THE WAR AGAINST JAPAN IN RETROSPECT (1941-45) 377
CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅫ．THE CAUSES OF THE WAR AND THE OPENING PHASE 377
CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅩⅢ．THE WAR IN THE PACIFIC (1942-45) 393
CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅩⅣ．THE WAR IN SOUTH-EAST ASIA (1945-45) 407
CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅩⅤ．EPILOGUE 427
INDEX 549
APPENDICES 439
APPENDIX 1．Outline Order of Battle of Air Command,South-East Asia,30th June 1945 439
APPENDIX 2．Skeleton Order of Battle of the Japanese 28th Army,June 1945 442
APPENDIX 3．28th Army and IV Corps Casualties,May-August 1945 443
APPENDIX 4．Outline Order of Battle for the Invasion of Malaya (Operation ＇Zipper＇) 444
APPENDIX 5．Proposed Build-up for the First Phase of ＇Zipper＇ 446
APPENDIX 6．Timetable for Mounting ＇Zipper＇ (first three convoys only) 447
APPENDIX 7．The Planned Build-up in Malaya for the First Phase of ＇Zipper＇ 451
APPENDIX 8．The Strength and Disposition of the Japanese Army and Naval Air Forces to be Available by the End of March 1945 for the Defence of Japan and the Approaches to It 458
APPENDIX 9．Strength of Army Air Units Allotted to the Defence of Japan on the 31st March 1945 460
APPENDIX 10．The Distribution of the Japanese Army,Mid-June 1945 461
APPENDIX 11．The Japanese Economy,1937-1945 465
APPENDIX 12．Skeleton Order of Battle of the Japanese China Expeditionary Force,April 1945 482
APPENDIX 13．Tonnages Delivered to China Theatre from India,August 1944-October 1945 482
APPENDIX 14．Incendiary Attacks on Japanese Secondary Cities and Towns,June-August 1945 484
APPENDIX 15．The Potsdam Declaration,26th July 1945 486
APPENDIX 16．The Instrument of Surrender Signed at Tokyo on the 2nd September 1945 488
APPENDIX 17．The Imperial Rescript issued by the Japanese Emperor after the Signature of the Instrument of Surrender 490
APPENDIX 18．General Order No．1 to General D．MacArthur,15th August 1945 491
APPENDIX 19．Proposed Deployment of A．L．F．S．E．A．,September1945 495
APPENDIX 20．The Instrument of Surrender of Japanese Forces under the Command or Control of the Supreme Commander Japanese Expeditionary Forces,Southern Region,within the Operational Theatre of the Supreme Allied Commander,South-East Asia,signed at Singapore on the 12th September 1945 496
APPENDIX 21．Outline Order of Battle,R．A．F．Malaya,1st October 1945 498
APPENDIX 22．Chain of Command Imposed by the British in Malaya,1946 499
APPENDIX 23．Outline Order of Battle,R．A．F．Netherlands East Indies,31st December 1945 500
APPENDIX 24．Text of H．M．Queen Wilhelmina＇s Proclamation of the 6th December 1942,outlining Plans for the Creation of a Commonwealth of the Netherlands,Indonesia,Surinam and Caracao 501
APPENDIX 25．Location of Formations and Moves Ordered by A．L．F．S．E．A．on the 8th and 9th December 1945 to Implement S．E．A．C．Policy for Occupation Areas 502
APPENDIX 26．Skeleton Order of Battle,Dutch Troops in the Netherlands East Indies,July 1946 503
APPENDIX 27．The Repatriation of Japanese Surrendered Personnel in South-East Asia 504
APPENDIX 28．Chronological Table,1940-1945 507
APPENDIX 29．Outline Order of Battle,12th Army,15th August 1945 524
APPENDIX 30．Prisoners-of-War in Japanese Hands 532
APPENDIX 31．Battle Casualties,British and Commonwealth Land Forces,South-East Asia,December 1941-November 1946 542
APPENDIX 32．Code Names Used in the Text 545