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	American-British-Dutch-Australian Command - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		ABDACOM was also known in British military circles as the "South West Pacific Command", although it should not be confused with the later South West Pacific Area command (see below).
		Although ABDACOM was only in existence for a few weeks, and it presided over one defeat after another, it did provide some useful lessons for combined Allied commands later in the war.
		The formation of ABDACOM meant that Wavell had nominal control of a huge, but thinly-spread force, covering an area from Burma in the west, to Dutch New Guinea and the Philippines in the east.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/ABDA (1209 words)

	East Indies
		ABDACOM boundaries enclosed an enormous expanse of land and water: Burma, Malaya, Okinawa, Formosa, the Philippines, the Netherlands East Indies, New Guinea, the Solomons, New Hebrides, Fiji, New Caledonia, New Zealand Tasmania, and the northern coast of Australia.
		ABDACOM gave the Allies a valuable experience in coalition warfare that would apply not only in the Pacific but to other theaters as well.
		In establishing ABDACOM, British and American political and military leaders presumed to speak for Australia, the Netherlands, and Nationalist China, although none of the three had attended planning sessions and the last was not expected to contribute forces.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/brochures/eindies/eindies.htm (5683 words)

	The Ultimate American-British-Dutch-Australian Command Dog Breeds Information Guide and Reference (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The formation of ABDACOM mean that Wavell had nominal control of a huge, but thinly-spread force, covering an area from Burma in the west, to Dutch New Guinea and the Philippines in the east.
		The inter-governmental Pacific War Council was established in Washington on April 1, but remained largely ineffectual due to the overwhelming predominance of US forces in Asia and the Pacific throughout the war.
		Although ABDACOM was only in existence for several weeks and it presided over one defeat after another, it did provide some useful lessons for more successful supreme Allied commands, such as SHAEF in Europe.
	www.dogluvers.com /dog_breeds/ABDACOM (1054 words)

	Untitled (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		ABDACom for the Southwest Pacific was set up during the meeting of British.
		It resulted partly from haste, in both Washington and ABDACom headquarters in the critical early days of the war and from dual responsibilities of American commanders in Australia to ABDACom and to other U. Army commands in the Pacific.
		On 12 December 1941 American troops aboard a convoy originally scheduled for the Philippines were constituted a task force, Task Force South Pacific, and placed under the command of General Barnes, senior officer in the convoy.
	www.army.mil /CMH-PG/books/wwii/WCP/enchApxB5.html (1893 words)

	SIXTY YEARS AGO: Reaction to the Attack on Pearl Harbor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Over the vast expanse of waters (Indian and Pacific Oceans) Japan was supreme, and we everywhere weak and naked.” The Japanese controlled the Celebes Sea between the Philippines and the Netherlands East Indies, and had ground troops fighting to take control of Burma, Malaya and the Philippines.
		Their goals were to try and stem the tide of Japanese aggression in the eastern Pacific.
		ABDACOM had its work cut out for it in 1942.
	www.american-partisan.com /cols/2002/ww2/qtr1/0111.htm (401 words)

	Burma Banshees
		General Wavell was called from India to command the ABDACOM, comprised of thinly spread Allied forces from Burma to Dutch New Guinea and the Philippines.
		When the Philippines was attacked, what was left of the FEAF covered the retreat to Australia and Brereton arrived in Darwin in late December 1941.
		This ABDACOM arrangement never had a chance of working, for at least two reasons.
	www.talkingproud.us /HistoryBansheesC.html (4916 words)

	Remembering 1942
		A signal sent to the Prime Minister of Australia from American-British-Dutch-Australian Command (ABDACOM) advising of the decision to surrender to the Japanese on Singapore Island.
		ABDACOM, commanded by General Sir Archibald Wavell, was established on 15 January 1942 to co-ordinate military resistance to Japan's advance in south-east Asia.
		It was the first full history of the Malaya-Singapore campaign to be written by a participant, though its significance has only become apparent on the sixtieth anniversary of the campaign.
	www.awm.gov.au /atwar/remembering1942/singapore/documents.htm (352 words)

	Burma Campaign - Free net encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Supreme Commander of ABDACOM General Wavell (who had transferred from CinC, India), moved his command to Java on January 15 1942.
		On February 25, 1942 Wavell resigned as supreme commander of ABDACOM, handing control of the ABDA Area to local commanders.
		On resigning from ABDACOM Wavell reassumed his previous position, as Commander-in-Chief, India.
	www.netipedia.com /index.php/Burma_Campaign (8805 words)

	SIXTY YEARS AGO: Dateline: Pacific Theater: Balikpapan, Island of Borneo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		As she advanced through the Pacific in a series of well-planned and well-executed attacks, she was careful to coordinate any action with air support.
		The hastily assembled ABDACOM forces had some differing objectives.
		ABDACOM, under the Supreme Command of British Field Marshal Sir Archibald Wavell (right), not surprisingly decided that the protection of Singapore should be foremost.
	www.american-partisan.com /cols/2002/ww2/qtr1/0201.htm (867 words)

	ABDACOM - Wikipedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		ABDACOM war die Kurzbezeichnung für ein US-Amerikanisch-, Britisch-, Niederländisch- (engl.
		Auch die amerikanisch/philippinischen Einheiten unter dem US-amerikanischen General Douglas MacArthur unterstanden theoretisch dem ABDACOM, konnten aber durch die schon im Dezember 1941 beginnende japanische Invasion der Philippinen nur noch autark agieren.
		Das Hauptquartier des ABDACOM befand sich anfangs in Singapur, wurde aber schon am 15.
	de.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/ABDACOM (444 words)

	HyperWar: U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II: East Indies
		In the field, on the ground, in the air, and at sea, similar arrangements created a welter of ad hoc multinational task forces at the tactical level.
		Their notable lack of success--due more perhaps to a lack of combat strength and planning time--militated against similar command arrangements in the future.
		In the end, ABDACOM could do no more than slow Japanese aggression in the early stages of the war.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USA/USA-C-EIndies/index.html (6134 words)

	Asean News Network: Battle of Singapore (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		ABDACOM AreaThe fortress of Singapore had been the lynchpin of the American-British-Dutch-Australian Command (ABDACOM), which was the first Allied joint command of World War II.
		Within weeks the Dutch East Indies fell and the area under ABDACOM was physically split in two by the rapid Japanese advances.
		While the Americans took over the command of forces in the South West Pacific and Australia, British India Command took over military command of the other territories assigned to ABDACOM and which bordered the Indian Ocean.
	www.aseannewsnetwork.com /2005/01/battle-of-singapore.html (587 words)

	Battle Of Guadal Canal
		The Allies mounted their first attempt to stop the Japanese at the Malay Barrier, a 3,500-mile-long line from the Malay Peninsula through the Netherlands East Indies and ending in the British Solomon Islands.
		As Japanese forces rolled on south and east toward Australia, it became obvious to the Allies and especially to the United States, the only nation still able to mount meaningful opposition in the Pacific, that more than token forces would have to be deployed to accomplish even the modest goal of containing the enemy.
		The collapse of ABDACOM did not stop dispatch of American forces to the South Pacific.
	www.worldwarii.org /BATTLEOFGUADALCANAL.COM (7889 words)

	Proposed Layout for US-British Collaboration (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Yio is personally responsible for its safe custody, and that its contents are disclosed to those individuals and to them only.
		"ABDACOM" An Official Account of Events in the South-West Pacific Command, January--February 1942.
		Any person other than the authorised holder upon ' obtaining possession of this document by finding or otherwise should forward it.
	www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu:8000 /psf/box1/t02d01.html (155 words)

	Battle of Singapore - SgWiki
		Japanese air superiority also enabled the destruction of the supposed Allied trump card: the battleships HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse.
		Japanese forces advanced steadily down the Malayan peninsula toward the supposedly "impregnable fortress" of Singapore Island, a lynchpin of the American-British-Dutch-Australian Command (ABDACOM), the first Allied joint command of World War II.
		On January 31, the last Allied forces had left Malaya, and Allied engineers blew a hole, 70 feet (20 metres) wide, in the causeway linking Johore and Singapore.
	www.sgwiki.com /wiki/Battle_of_Singapore (6793 words)

	Major Beryl Stevenson, WAAC, Secretary to General George Brett and then General George C. Kenney in Australia during WW2
		Beryl escaped on the S.S. Anking, one of the the last boats out of Singapore with the General Headquarters' records and some GHQ staff.
		She then moved to Lembang overlooking Bandoeng at the headquarters of the American British Dutch and Australian Command (ABDACOM).
		Before she left Lembang, Beryl was also given a letter of introduction to General Sturdee, CGS, by General Lavarack, the Australian Commander at ABDACOM.
	home.st.net.au /~pdunn/usaaf/berylstevenson.htm (1289 words)

	: 1942 Campaign for Malaya, review at WorldSSP.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Remembering 194215 February 1942, The fall of SingaporeCapitulation telegram A signal sent to the Prime Minister of Australia from American-British-Dutch-Australian Command (ABDACOM) advising of the decision to surrender to the Japanese on Singapore Island.
		From AWM54, 553/4/2 (200Kb PDF file), [Campaign in Malaya and Singapore - Capitulation:] Copy of a signal to the Prime Minister of Australia, from ABDACOM [American-British-Dutch-Australian Command], advising decision to capitulate to the Japanese on Singapore Island 1943 Invitation Invitation issued b...
		Remembering 1942The fall of Singapore, 15 February 1942Presented by Dr Chris Coulthard-Clark from the Memorial's Military History Section, on Friday 15 February 2002 beside the Roll of Honour at the Memorial.
	www.worldssp.net /webinfo_m.asp?proid=15643 (466 words)

	PARAMETERS, US Army War College Quarterly - Spring 1997
		The difficulties of agreeing on the terms of reference and authority of the commander in chief of ABDACOM were profound.
		But these same leaders are willing participants in the coalition, seeking a common objective and prepared, if necessary, to sacrifice the lives of their service men and women.
		The examples from World War II show that coalition unity of command can be very constrained; General Marshall's comments on General Wavell related to command of ABDACOM illustrate a pragmatic approach to responding to national constraints on a coalition commander.
	carlisle-www.army.mil /usawc/parameters/97spring/rice.htm (6157 words)

	Chronology 1942
		The declaration affirmed the principles of the Atlantic Charter, pledged the full employment of their military and economic resources against the Axis powers, and promised not to make a separate armistice or peace with their common enemies.
		Allied leaders announced the creation of the Supreme Command for American, British, Dutch, and Australian Forces in the Far East (ABDACOM) after a conference in Washington.
		British General Sir Archibald P. Wavell served as the commander of ABDACOM, with Major General George Brett as the deputy commander.
	www.indiana.edu /~league/1942.htm (3339 words)

	February 1942 - WWII Pacific Chronology
		Ground echelon of the 22d is at Jogjakarta, Java; ground echelon of 88th is enroute from Australia to India.
		SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA (SWPA, 5th Air Force): Major General George H Brett, Deputy Commanding General American-British-Dutch-Australian Forces Command (ABDACOM) informs the War Department of his decision to evacuate the 5th Air Force and other US troops from Java, NEI.
		Until September 3, 1942, units of the 5th Air Force will be initially under control of ABDACOM and then Allied Air Force (SWPA).
	www.pacificwrecks.com /60th/today/1942/2-42.html (1765 words)

	North Borneo Battlefield (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		They were determined to control all natural resources in these areas; the world's largest supply of tin and rubber.
		ABDACOM was under the Supreme Command of British Field Marshal Sir Archibald WavelL Admiral Hart was appointed Commander of ABDACOM's naval flotilla, which included the U.S. Asiatic Fleet Australian, British and Dutch Naval Forces.
		Hart had divided his fleet into four task forces, Striking Force, based at Surabaya; Patrol Aircraft; Submarines and the Service Force based at Darwin, Australia.
	www.northborneo-battlefield.com /index.php (1020 words)

	Pacific War - Article from FactBug.org - the fast Wikipedia mirror site
		This gave Wavell nominal control of a huge, but thinly-spread force, covering an area from Burma to the Dutch East Indies and the Philippines.
		January saw the invasions of Burma, the Dutch East Indies, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and the capture of Manila, Kuala Lumpur and Rabaul.
		Wavell resigned from ABDACOM on February 25, handing control of the ABDA Area to local commanders and returing to the post of Commander-in-Chief, India.
	www.factbug.org /cgi-bin/a.cgi?a=342641 (3408 words)

	Biographies : BRIGADIER GENERAL WILLIAM G. HIPPS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		General Hipps was first assigned as a pilot with the Third Attack Group at Barksdale Field, La., and in September 1940 was assigned as commander of the 16th Dive Bomb Squadron, 27th Bomb Group, at Hunter Field, Ga., which later moved to the Philippine Islands.
		He remained in the Pacific until January 1943, serving as operations officer, Far East Air Forces, in the Philippine Islands; in Netherlands East Indies, as U.S. Planning Staff Officer with ABDACOM; in Australia as United States operations officer with Australian-U.S. Joint Command; and in New Guinea as operations officer, advanced echelon, Fifth Air Force.
		General Hipps was then assigned to the Strategic Air Command, at Bolling and Andrews Field, Washington, D.C., as plans officer.
	www.af.mil /library/biographies/bio.asp?bioID=5809 (393 words)

	abdacom - OneLook Dictionary Search (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		abdacom - OneLook Dictionary Search (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu)
		We found 2 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word abdacom:
		Tip: Click on the first link on a line below to go directly to a page where "abdacom" is defined.
	onelook.com.cob-web.org:8888 /?w=abdacom (76 words)

	WW2DB: Archibald Wavell
		The Japanese attack on the Allied powers in Dec 1941 quickly turned India into the frontlines.
		As the commander of American, British, Dutch, and Australian (ABDACOM) forces in the region, he was unsuccessful in stopping the initial Japanese advances, losing Malaya, Singapore, Burma, and Java.
		Very quickly, ABDA disintegrated under Japanese pressure, and he resigned his post in Feb 1942 in shame.
	ww2db.com /person_bio.php?person_id=113 (513 words)

	Wings of Valor II- The Doolittle Tokyo Raid
		In order to defend the Pacific a unified central command structure called ABDACOM (American, British, Dutch and Australian Command) was established.
		In accordance with ABC-1 however, ABDACOM's mission was primarily defensive, one of stemming the advance of the Japanese forces in the Pacific.
		Meanwhile, Allied planners turned the majority of their attention towards planning for an invasion of the European continent to strike a death-blow against Berlin.
	www.homeofheroes.com /wings/part2/01_doolittle.html (14197 words)

	World War II Air Force History - 28 Volumes
		It is the story of defeat during the early months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
		Unable to replace the loss of planes suffered in the Japanese attack, the AAF fought on "with what they had" in the Philippines and the Dutch Indies, subsequently becoming part of the American British Dutch Australian Command (ABDACOM) under British General Sir Archibald P. Wavell, with AAF Major General George H. Brett.
		Relying on interviews and diaries, the author reconstructs a holding action gaining time, as the badly outmanned and outgunned AAF modified planes and made innovations in fighter and bomber tactics that subsequently became standard practice in the Southwest Pacific.
	www.paperlessarchives.com /wwii_usaf_hist.html (2346 words)

	corum watches (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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		He later moved to Oetiker, Abdacom where he barefooted in politics as Bistro Eminem chair for Ocean-to-ocean 147.
		It occures the clearance of rail-road India south of the Vindhya range and has an goalline which estmates from 1,500 to 2 DRAWSTRING feet (450 to 750 evolutio).
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