✦ History

Burma campaign

December 14, 1941 – September 13, 1945

Result Allied victory

Campaign for Burma between British Commonwealth, Chinese and US forces and the Japanese army. Japan conquered Burma in 1942; Allied forces under William Slim retook it in 1944 and 1945 after victories at Imphal and Kohima.

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Battles 15

December 14, 1941 – May 1942
Japanese invasion of Burma Japanese victory Archibald Wavell, Harold Alexander, Hisaichi Terauchi
June 1942 – September 1943
Burma campaign (1942–1943) Axis victory Plaek Phibunsongkhram, Subhas Chandra Bose, Archibald Wavell
December 1942 – May 1943
Arakan campaign (1942–1943) Japanese victory Rakhine State William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim
October 1943 – March 1945
Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan Allied victory Yunnan Heitarō Kimura, Wei Lihuang, Masakazu Kawabe
February 5–23, 1944
Battle of the Admin Box Allied victory Rakhine State
March 1944 – June 1944
Operation U-Go British victory William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, Hideki Tojo, Subhas Chandra Bose
March 8 – July 3, 1944
Battle of Imphal British victory Imphal William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, Subhas Chandra Bose, Masakazu Kawabe
April 4 – June 22, 1944
Battle of Kohima Allied victory Montagu Stopford, Kōtoku Satō
May 17 – August 3, 1944
Siege of Myitkyina Allied victory Joseph Stilwell, Wei Lihuang
November 1944 – August 7, 1945
Burma campaign (1944–1945) Allied victory Heitarō Kimura, William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, Subhas Chandra Bose
November 1944
Burma campaign (1944) Allied victory State of Burma William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, Subhas Chandra Bose, Lord Mountbatten
January 1 – March 29, 1945
Battle of Meiktila and Mandalay Allied victory Heitarō Kimura, William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim
January 14 – February 22, 1945
Battle of Ramree Island British victory Ramree Island
January 22–31, 1945
Battle of Hill 170 British victory Rakhine State
July 2 – August 7, 1945
Battle of the Sittang Bend British victory Pegu Range Heitarō Kimura, Montagu Stopford, Frank Messervy

Key commanders

Axis 10

Heitarō Kimura military commander Subhas Chandra Bose military commander Masakazu Kawabe military commander Renya Mutaguchi military commander Shōjirō Iida military commander Kōtoku Satō military commander Hisaichi Terauchi military commander Keiji Suzuki military commander Hideki Tojo military commander Plaek Phibunsongkhram military commander

Allies 12

William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim military commander Lord Mountbatten military commander Archibald Wavell military commander Du Yuming military commander Joseph Stilwell military commander Wei Lihuang military commander George Giffard military commander Geoffrey Scoones military commander Montagu Stopford military commander Harold Alexander military commander Thomas Jacomb Hutton military commander Frank Messervy military commander