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The Burma Campaign in the South-East Asian Theatre of World War II took place over four years from 1942 to 1945. During the first year of the campaign, the Imperial Japanese Army (with aid from Thai forces and Burmese insurgents) had driven British forces and Chinese forces out of Burma, and occupied the country. From May to December 1942, active campaigning ceased, as the monsoon rains made tactical movement almost impossible in the forested and mountainous border between India and Burma, and both the Allies and Japanese faced severe logistical constraints.

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  • Burma Campaign 1942–43
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  • The Burma Campaign in the South-East Asian Theatre of World War II took place over four years from 1942 to 1945. During the first year of the campaign, the Imperial Japanese Army (with aid from Thai forces and Burmese insurgents) had driven British forces and Chinese forces out of Burma, and occupied the country. From May to December 1942, active campaigning ceased, as the monsoon rains made tactical movement almost impossible in the forested and mountainous border between India and Burma, and both the Allies and Japanese faced severe logistical constraints.
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accessdate
  • 2007-11-19(xsd:date)
Partof
  • the Pacific War during World War II
Date
  • 1948-04-27(xsd:date)
  • June 1942 – September 1943
Commander
  • Archibald Wavell
  • Ba Maw
  • Masakazu Kawabe
  • Shojiro Iida
  • George Giffard
  • Noel Irwin
Caption
  • Japanese troops in Burma
Issue
  • 38274(xsd:integer)
startpage
  • 2651(xsd:integer)
Casualties
  • ca. 1,300
  • ca. 6,250
Result
  • Axis victory
combatant
  • Allies
  • United Kingdom
  • Axis
  • * British India Republic of China
  • * State of Burma Thailand
Place
  • Burma
Conflict
  • Burma Campaign 1942–1943
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  • 2684(xsd:integer)
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  • The Burma Campaign in the South-East Asian Theatre of World War II took place over four years from 1942 to 1945. During the first year of the campaign, the Imperial Japanese Army (with aid from Thai forces and Burmese insurgents) had driven British forces and Chinese forces out of Burma, and occupied the country. From May to December 1942, active campaigning ceased, as the monsoon rains made tactical movement almost impossible in the forested and mountainous border between India and Burma, and both the Allies and Japanese faced severe logistical constraints. When the rains ceased, the Allies launched two offensives. One, an attack in the coastal Arakan Province, failed, with severe effects on Allied morale. This was restored partly by improvements to administration and training, and partly by the much-publicised results of a raid by troops under Brigadier Orde Wingate. This raid may also have goaded Japanese commanders into launching major offensives the following year, which failed disastrously.
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