The Arakan campaign of 1942–1943 was the first tentative Allied attack into Burma, following the Japanese invasion of Burma earlier in 1942, during the...
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mounted two operations during the 1942–1943 dry season. The first was a small scale offensive into the coastal Arakan region of Burma. The Indian Eastern...
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Allies mounted two operations during the 1942–1943 dry season. The first was a small offensive into the coastal Arakan Province of Burma. The Indian Eastern...
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Arakan Campaign may refer to: Arakan campaign (February–April 1825), in the First Anglo-Burmese War Second World War: Arakan Campaign 1942–43 Arakan Campaign...
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nationalists. Tensions boiling in Arakan before the war erupted during the Japanese invasion of Southeast Asia, and Arakan became the frontline in the conflict...
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Rakhine State (redirect from Arakan State)
health care system in the state. List of Arakan Kings Arakan Campaign 1942-1943 (for the World War II campaign) Rakhine State Cultural Museum Census Report...
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Thakin Soe, who was leading a Communist insurgency in southern Arakan, as early as 1943. They formed the Anti-Fascist Organisation and intended turning...
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Arakan fell to the Japanese occupation of Burma in 1942. The Burma Campaign involved several Arakanese campaigns, including the Arakan Campaign 1942-1943...
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of Toungoo Battle of Yenangyaung Burma Campaign 1942–43 Arakan Campaign 1942–1943 Chindits Raid Burma Campaign 1944 Battle of the Admin Box Siege of Myitkyina...
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regiment's 1st Battalion. During late 1942, the battalion was deployed to the Arakan Province during the Burma campaign, where they fought against the Japanese...
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Battle of Arakan may refer to: Arakan Campaign 1825, a British offensive in the First Anglo-Burmese War Arakan Campaign 1942–43, or the First Arakan Offensive...
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Division on formation. Then from February to March 1943, during the Arakan Campaign 1942–1943, it was with the 14th Indian Infantry Division and was part of...
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Fourteenth Army (United Kingdom) (category Military units and formations established in 1943)
for the Arakan campaign (1942–1943). After the failure of this offensive, Irwin was replaced by General George Giffard in May 1943. In late 1943, South...
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Rohingya people (redirect from The rohingya muslim of arakan)
The community claims it is descended from people in precolonial Arakan and colonial Arakan; historically, the region was an independent kingdom between Southeast...
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Battle of the Admin Box (category Burma campaign (1943–1944))
early 1942, the Japanese army had driven Allied troops (British, Indian and Chinese) from Burma. During 1943, the Allies had fought the Arakan Campaign 1942–1943...
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Arakan Province of Burma, and a questionable success in the first Chindit long-range raid into Burma (codenamed Operation Longcloth). In August 1943 the...
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Japanese invasion of Burma (redirect from Burma Campaign 1941-1942)
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 (December...
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division of the Indian Army during World War II. It fought in the Arakan Campaign 1942–43, and was subsequently converted into a Training Division, providing...
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(Liverpool) and 22nd Royal Fusiliers. In 1942, it was shipped to India and fought in the Arakan Campaign 1942-1943 as part of 7th Indian Infantry Division...
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Japanese occupation of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (redirect from Invasion to Andaman islands,March 1942)
impossible to defend, and on March 10 the Gurkhas were withdrawn to the Arakan peninsula. The Japanese, seeking to secure their seaward flank, dispatched...
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Battle of Ramree Island (category Burma campaign (1944–1945))
on the Southern Front in the Burma campaign and was conducted by the XV Indian Corps. Ramree Island, part of Arakan (now Rakhine State), has an area of...
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they publicly acknowledge the Holocaust. December 20 – WWII: First Arakan Campaign: Allied forces begin a counter-offensive into Burma. During the offensive...
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Malayan campaign or surrendered at Singapore were led by Mohan Singh as the First Indian National Army which was dissolved in December 1942. The Arakan campaign...
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Alamein. By late 1943, the 5th Division had been shipped to India and took part in the campaign in Burma, initially deployed to the Arakan front. After the...
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Pacific War (redirect from Japanese expansion (1941–1942))
Repeated assaults, from January to March 1943, failed to overcome these positions. A Japanese division moved to Arakan from Central Burma and attacked the...
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the end of 1943, the force had been reorganised into two main zones: Assam Zone, including Imphal and all the frontier north of it, and Arakan Zone to the...
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occupied Europe and Indian Army prisoners of war. With German reversals in 1942 and 1943, Bose and the Legion's officers were transported by U boat to Japanese...
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May 1942 Battle of Hsipaw-Mogok Highway – 23 May 1942 Burma Campaign 1942–1943 – June 1942–December 1943 Arakan Campaign 1942–1943 – December 1942–May...
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formation of the British Fourteenth Army (The "Forgotten Army") The Arakan Campaign The Japanese attack on India The Allied counter offensives Road to...
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World War II (category Conflicts in 1943)
first was a disastrous offensive into the Arakan region in late 1942 that forced a retreat back to India by May 1943. The second was the insertion of irregular...
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