Japanese occupation of Burma
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The Japanese occupation of Burma was the period between 1942 and 1945 during World War II, when Burma was occupied by the Empire of Japan. The Japanese had assisted formation of the Burma Independence
Japanese troops at Shwethalyaung Buddha, 1942
The destruction of Rangoon in the aftermath of World War II.
General Ichida Jiro formally surrenders to Brigadier E.P.E. Armstrong at Government House, Rangoon.
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
Japanese occupation of Burma
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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