Burma campaign
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The Burma campaign was a series of battles fought in the British colony of Burma as part of the South-East Asian theatre of World War II. It primarily involved forces of the Allies against the invadin
Sikh soldiers of the 7th Indian Infantry Division at an observation post in the Ngakyedauk Pass, February 1944
Indian troops move ammunition in very muddy conditions whilst on the road to Tamu, 1943.
Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander, seen during his tour of the Arakan Front in February 1944
Lieutenant General Kawabe, commander of the Japanese Burma Area Army
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
Burma campaign
…Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere". These led to a Japanese-sponsored revolution during the initial invasion and the establishment of the State of Burma, whose Burma Independence Army had spearheaded the initial attacks against the country. The Provisional Government of Free India, with its Indian National Army, fought under Imperial…
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