Japanese invasion of Burma
The Japanese invasion of Burma was the opening phase of the Burma campaign in the South-East Asian theatre of World War II, which took place over four years from 1942 to 1945. During the first year of the campaign, the Japanese Army drove British Empire and Chinese forces out of Burma, then began the Japanese occupation of Burma and formed a nominally independent Burmese administrative government.
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
Phayap Army was the Thai force that invaded the Siamese Shan States of Burma on 10 May 1942 during the Burma Campaign of World War II.
Thai Phayap army soldiers wearing Adrian helmet, carrying artillery in Burma, 1943.
Thai Phayap army fighting in Burma Campaign, 1943.