Russia had demonstrated an expansionist policy in the Siberian Far East from the reign of Ivan the Terrible in the 16th century .

The British provided Supply most of the defensive Defending effort , although Malaysian forces Military_operation steadily increased Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale their contributions , and there were periodic contributions from Australian and New Zealand forces Military_operation within the combined Cause_to_amalgamate Far East Strategic Reserve stationed Placing then in West Malaysia and Singapore .

High rains also affected Influence North Korea and Primorsky Krai in the Russian Far East .

The conflict pitted a range of forces , including the French Union 's French Far East Expeditionary Corps , led by France and supported Supporting by Bảo Đại 's Vietnamese National Army against the Việt Minh , led by Hồ Chí Minh and the People 's Army of Vietnam led by Võ Nguyên Giáp .

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Beginning Process_start in 1602 , the conflict Hostile_encounter primarily involved Cause_to_be_included the Dutch companies invading Attack Portuguese colonies in the Americas , Africa , India and the Far East .

English ambitions also greatly benefited Earnings_and_losses from the long-standing war Hostile_encounter between its two main rivals in the Far East .

Operation Camargue was one of the largest operations Military_operation by the French Far East Expeditionary Corps and Vietnamese National Army in the First Indochina War .

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The Games Competition was the successor of the Far Eastern Games and the revival of the Western Asiatic Games .

Other naval theatres saw U-boats operating in both the Far East and South East Asia , the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean and North Seas .

French privateers rapidly spread Dispersal along the British trade routes in the Far East , becoming concentrated around the narrow Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Dutch East Indies .

Far from strengthening Cause_change_of_strength Russian army morale , this offensive proved Coming_to_believe that Russian army morale no longer existed Presence .

The remaining Japanese occupation forces ( excluding Manchuria ) formally surrendered Surrendering on September 9 , 1945 , with the following International Military Tribunal for the Far East convened Come_together on April 29 , 1946 .