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South East Asia Command - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (881 words) |
 | South East Asia Command (SEAC) was the body set up to be in overall charge of Allied operations in the South-East Asian Theatre during World War II. |
| At sea, command was relatively simple, since the Royal Navy was providing almost all of the firepower in the area. |
| British Commonwealth troops were landed in the East Indies and Indochina to facilitate the return of forces from the pre-war colonial powers. |
| Southeast Asia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2884 words) |
| Southeast Asia has experienced great economic growth since the 1980s; Singapore was one of the four original "East Asian Tigers" and in recent years Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand have often been considered a new brood of "tigers." Tiger refers to the rapid growth of these economies. |
| The peoples of Southeast Asia were trained to carry burdens on their heads; it was a common sight to see a child balancing a small object like a bowl on her head, in distinction to her mother or aunt balancing a much larger load. |
| The peoples of the South East have been seafarers for thousands of years, some reaching the island of Madagascar where their descendants live to this day. |
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