American-British-Dutch-Australian Command
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The first ABDACOM conference.
Seated around the table, from left: Admirals Layton, Helfrich, and Hart, General ter Poorten, Colonel Kengen （at head of table）, and Generals Wavell, Brett, and Brereton ABDACOM Area The American-British-Dutch-Australian （ABDA） Command, or ABDACOM,
was a short-lived, supreme command for all Allied forces in South East Asia in early 1942, during the Pacific War in World War II. The command consists of the forces of Australia, the Netherlands, United Kingdom and the United States.
The main objective of the command, led by General Sir Archibald Wavell, was to maintain control of the "Malay Barrier" （or "East Indies
Barrier"）, a notional line running down the Malayan Peninsula, through Singapore and the southernmost islands of Dutch East Indies.
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 presided over one defeat after another, it did provide some useful lessons for combined Allied commands later in the war.
Efforts to organise the ABDA Command began soon after war between the Allies and Japan commenced, on 7 December 1941.
It was finalized at the Arcadia Conference in Washington.
On December 29, Winston Churchill said that it had been agreed Wavell would be supreme commander.
Wavell then held the position of British Commander-in-Chief, India.
Churchill added: It is intended that General Wavell should have a staff in the south Pacific accessible as Foch's High Control Staff was to t...