Burma Independence Army
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The Burma Independence Army was a pro-Japanese and revolutionary army that fought for the end of British rule in Burma by assisting the Japanese in their conquest of the country in 1942 during World W
Major General Aung San as Minister of Defence, 1943
Keiji Suzuki as Major General
The Burma Independence Army enter Rangoon in early 1942
Burmese people and soldiers of the BIA with their flag
Japanese invasion of Burma
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The Japanese invasion of Burma, referred to by the BIA in 1941 as the fourth Anglo-Burmese war or the war of Burmese Independence, was a series of battles fought in the British colony of Burma as part
Burma Independence Army
…Burma Independence Army (BIA) was a pro-Japanese and revolutionary army that fought for the end of British rule in Burma by assisting the Japanese in their conquest of the country in 1942 during World War II. It was the first post-colonial army in Burmese history. The BIA was formed from a group known as the Thirty Comrades under…
View of the Yenangyaung oil field on 16 April 1942 after its destruction ahead of the Japanese advance
View of bomb damage in Rangoon after the Japanese aerial attack in December 1941
Electrical equipment and oil installations at Yenanguang being destroyed as part of the "scorched earth" policy, in the face of the Japanese advance
Japanese advance and Allied retreat