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valign="top" width=".5" rowspan="3"><pre> </pre> <td valign="top" colspan="3"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top"><td width="100%"><div align="center"><img src="/ajrp/AJRP2.nsf/2f6fb32db4414a0eca256b6f00026e78/$Body/0.12D2?OpenElement&FieldElemFormat=gif" width="606" height="85"></div></td></tr> <tr valign="top"><td width="100%"><center><a href=/AJRP/AJRP2.nsf/Web-Pages/HomePage?OpenDocument>Home</a> | <a href=/AJRP/AJRP2.nsf/Web-Pages/AboutPage?OpenDocument&ExpandView>About</a> | <a href=/AJRP/AJRP2.nsf/Web-Pages/RecordsPage?OpenDocument>Database</a> | <a href=/AJRP/AJRP2.nsf/Web-Pages/Research?OpenDocument>Research</a> | <a href=/AJRP/AJRP2.nsf/Web-DocMaps/Region?OpenDocument>Maps</a> | <a href=/AJRP/AJRP2.nsf/Web-Pages/Sitemap?OpenDocument>Sitemap</a> | <a href=/AJRP/AJRP2.nsf/Web-Pages/SearchPage?OpenDocument>Search</a> | <a href=/AJRP/AJRP2.nsf/Web-Pages/LinkURLs?OpenDocument>Links</a> | <a 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The attacks on 8 December 1941 against Malaya, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Wake Island, and Guam, were simultaneous with the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. (The attack on Pearl Harbor was on 7 December local time, owing to the time zone difference.) The scale of the damage inflicted on the US Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor was perhaps less than anticipated. Nevertheless, it enabled Japanese forces to move against American, Dutch, British, and Australian colonies and forces in the region without fear of immediate air or sea support moving against them.</font><br> <br> <font size="2" color="#000080" face="Arial">By March 1943, just 3 months after the start of the first stage of operations, key locations in the region had been occupied. While pockets of Allied resistance remained in the Philippines, and parts of the Netherlands East Indies, the Japanese had realised their objective and secured areas rich in natural resources, such as oil, rubber, and tin.</font> <p><font size="2" color="#008080" face="Arial">The animation takes approximately 1–2 minutes, and will repeat after it finishes. For more detail on each individual campaign, follow the links to the right. </font> <p><img src="/ajrp/AJRP2.nsf/530e35f7e2ae7707ca2571e3001a112d/9464e079acea8b35ca25720a007e6988/Content_1/0.624?OpenElement&FieldElemFormat=gif" width="900" height="605"><br> <br> <p><font size="1" face="Arial"><a href="/ajrp/AJRP2.nsf/Web-Printer/9464E079ACEA8B35CA25720A007E6988?OpenDocument "target="_blank" alt="Open a print version of this page in a new window">Printer version</a></font> </td> <td valign="top" width=".5" bgcolor="#9c0031"> </td> <td WIDTH=150 valign="top"><br> <font size="2" face="Arial"><br></font><b><font size="2" color="#008080" face="Arial">Reference links</font></b><br> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"> <tr><th colspan="2"></th><th></th></tr> <tr valign="top"><td><a href="/ajrp/AJRP2.nsf/530e35f7e2ae7707ca2571e3001a112d/9464e079acea8b35ca25720a007e6988?OpenDocument&Start=1&Count=30&Expand=1" target="_self"><img src="/icons/expand.gif" border="0" height="16" width="16" alt="Show details for Dispositions–Deaths"></a></td><td><font size="1" face="Arial"><a href="/ajrp/AJRP2.nsf/530e35f7e2ae7707ca2571e3001a112d/e7daa03b9084ad56ca257209000a85f7?OpenDocument">Dispositions–Deaths</a></font></td><td></td></tr> <tr valign="top"><td><a href="/ajrp/AJRP2.nsf/530e35f7e2ae7707ca2571e3001a112d/9464e079acea8b35ca25720a007e6988?OpenDocument&Start=1&Count=30&Expand=2" target="_self"><img src="/icons/expand.gif" border="0" height="16" width="16" alt="Show details for Campaigns"></a></td><td><font size="1" face="Arial"><a href="/ajrp/AJRP2.nsf/530e35f7e2ae7707ca2571e3001a112d/9464e079acea8b35ca25720a007e6988?OpenDocument">Campaigns</a></font></td><td></td></tr> <tr valign="top"><td></td><td><font size="1" face="Arial"><a href="/ajrp/AJRP2.nsf/530e35f7e2ae7707ca2571e3001a112d/2e0b5dc37577c797ca2572da00838b80?OpenDocument">Sources</a></font></td><td><img src="/icons/ecblank.gif" border="0" height="16" width="1" alt=""></td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" colspan="3"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top"><td width="100%"><div align="center"><font size="2" color="#008080" face="Arial"><br></font><font size="2" face="Arial"><hr></hr></font><br> <font size="2" color="#008080" face="Arial">The AJRP has wound up its activities at the Memorial for the moment.</font><br> <font size="2" color="#008080" face="Arial">Please </font><a href="http://www.awm.gov.au/contact/"><font size="2" face="Arial">contact </font></a><font size="2" color="#008080" face="Arial">the relevant officer of the Australian War Memorial for assistance.</font><br> <font size="2" color="#008080" face="Arial">Internet implementation by</font><font size="2" color="#000080" face="Arial"> </font><a href="http://www.fulton.com.au"><font size="2" face="Arial">Fulton Technology</font></a><font size="2" color="#000080" face="Arial"> </font><font size="2" color="#008080" face="Arial">and AJRP staff</font><font size="2" face="Arial"> .</font><br> <font size="2" color="#008080" face="Arial">Visit the </font><a href="http://www.awm.gov.au"><font size="2" face="Arial">Australian War Memorial</font></a><font size="2" face="Arial"> </font><font size="2" color="#008080" face="Arial">home page.</font><font size="2" face="Arial"> </font><br> <a href="http://www.awm.gov.au"><img src="/ajrp/AJRP2.nsf/daaff0fe2709c3094a2568c500121707/$Body/0.FD6?OpenElement&FieldElemFormat=gif" width="200" height="66" alt="Visit the award-winning web-site of the Australian War Memorial" border="0"></a></div></td></tr> </table> <script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript"> _uacct = "UA-400084-8"; urchinTracker(); </script></td> </tr> </table><br> <br> <br> <br> </body> </html>