Event Allied reoccupation of Burma

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Was an Allied offensive in Burma against the Japanese occupation, during World War II.

Chronology

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  • May 1945: The 26th Indian Division started to land as the monsoon began and took over Rangoon, which had seen an orgy of looting and lawlessness since the Japanese had left.
  • March 1945: British forces assault Meiktila.
  • February 1945: Battle of Ramree Island: it lasted for six weeks after the initial landings on 21 January by the 26th Indian Division before the survivors of the small but tenacious Japanese garrison withdrew from the island.
  • December 1944: Bhamo was liberated on 15 December.
  • April 1945: The British Fourteenth Armyseized Pyinmana. The town and bridge were captured before the Japanese forces could mount a defense.
  • January 1945: British forces cleared the Myebon Peninsula.
  • March 1945: British forces reached Lashio, which was captured on 7 March.
  • March 1945: The Sikhs occupied Pagan without resistance.
  • February 1945: During January, the Indian 19th Division and British 2nd Division cleared Shwebo.
  • March 1945: At Mandalay, British forces enter Fort Dufferin, finding that Japanese forces had withdrawn.
  • March 1945: At Mandalay, British forces enter Fort Dufferin, finding that Japanese forces had withdrawn.
  • April 1945: The British Fourteenth Armyseized Pyinmana. The town and bridge were captured before the Japanese forces could mount a defense.
  • January 1945: The Japanese evacuated Akyab Island on 31 December 1944.
  • March 1945: Myingyan was captured by British forces after four days' fighting from 18 to 22 March.
  • April 1945: British Indian Division reached the town of Toungoo.
  • March 1945: The Sikhs occupied Pagan without resistance.
  • January 1945: Two British African divisions converged on Myohaung near the mouth of the Kaladan River, cutting the supply lines of the Japanese troops in the Mayu Peninsula.
  • February 1945: British forces reached Taungtha, halfway to Meiktila, by 24 February.
  • January 1945: Two British African divisions converged on Myohaung near the mouth of the Kaladan River, cutting the supply lines of the Japanese troops in the Mayu Peninsula.
  • March 1945: British forces assault Meiktila.
  • February 1945: The Indian 20th Division had a hard battle to take Monywa.
  • April 1945: British Indian Division reached the town of Toungoo.
  • February 1945: The Indian 20th Division had a hard battle to take Monywa.
  • February 1945: British forces reached Taungtha, halfway to Meiktila, by 24 February.

Selected Sources

  • Williams, M.H. (1989): United States army in World War II - Special Studies - Chronology 1941-1945, p. 446
  • Williams, M.H. (1989): United States army in World War II - Special Studies - Chronology 1941-1945, p. 511
  • Williams, M.H. (1989): United States army in World War II - Special Studies - Chronology 1941-1945, p.354
  • Williams, M.H. (1989): United States army in World War II - Special Studies - Chronology 1941-1945, p.417