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| 1898 |
| | | The Philippines declare independence from the colonial power, Spain, with whom they are at war | |
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| 1898 |
| | | The agreement ending the Spanish-American War includes Spain selling the Philippines to the USA for a payment of $20 million | |
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| 1927 |
| | | Achmed Sukarno becomes the first chairman of the new Indonesian Nationalist Party | |
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| 1938 |
| | | Jiang Jieshi (Chiang Kai-shek) builds the Burma Road as a supply route | |
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| 1941 May 19 |
| | | The Vietminh is founded as a guerrilla force to liberate Vietnam from the Japanese, and Ho Chi Minh soon emerges as the leader | |
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| 1941 July 26 |
| | | Roosevelt appoints Douglas MacArthur commander of US forces in the Far East | |
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| 1941 December 8 |
| | | Within hours of Pearl Harbor, Japanese aircraft attack the Philippines and destroy half the available US planes | |
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| 1941 December 10 |
| | | Japanese planes sink the British battleship Prince of Wales and the battle cruiser Repulse off the coast of Malaya | |
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| 1941 December 28 |
| | | Burmese politician Aung San raises a Burma Independence Army in Thailand to support the imminent Japanese invasion of his country | |
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| 1942 January |
| | | Aung San's Burma Independence Army enters Burma as part of the Japanese invasion | |
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