What advances did japan make in asia and the pacific in late 1941 and 1942?

Japanese struck Pearl Harbor and Clark Field to try to gain military control of the Western Pacific. Even the oil from the Dutch East Indies and Rubber from British Malaya would give Japan the economic independence it needed.`

most of the knowledge we have of the conflict comes from roman-jewish scholar titus flavius josephus, who first fought in the revolt against the romans, but was then kept by future emperor vespasian as a slave and interpreter.

soviet influence spread across eastern europe sharply during and after wwii. the soviet armies liberated the countries in eastern europe and occupied them from the germans as they were forced to retreat towards germany.