the Burma Road in the last months of the war. In the coastal province of Arakan, Allied amphibious landings secured vital offshore islands and inflicted...

south towards the Bay of Bengal along the line of the Naga Hills and the Arakan Yoma, continues around Indonesia, and follows the edge of the continental...

campaign and was conducted by the XV Indian Corps. Ramree Island, part of Arakan (now Rakhine State), has an area of 520 sq mi (1,350 km2) and is separated...

forces mounted two operations. The first was a disastrous offensive into the Arakan region in late 1942 that forced a retreat back to India by May 1943. The...

instrumental in destabilizing the British Indian Army in the early stages of the Arakan offensive. It was during this time that the British Military Intelligence...

an advance along the coast in Arakan Province. In February 1944, the Japanese mounted a local counter-attack in Arakan. After early Japanese success,...

executed. The target for this first mission was the Japanese military base in Arakan, after which IAF strike missions continued against the Japanese airbases...

of Oktwin Battle of Toungoo Battle of Yenangyaung Burma Campaign 1942–43 Arakan Campaign 1942–1943 Chindits Raid Burma Campaign 1944 Battle of the Admin...

temperatures the “dry zone” of central Myanmar in the rain shadow of the Arakan Mountains, where annual rainfall can be as low as 600 millimetres or 24...

of Burma. Minority groups were also armed by the Japanese, such as the Arakan Defense Army and the Chin Defense Army. Hong Kong was a British crown colony...

The formation of the British Fourteenth Army (The "Forgotten Army") The Arakan Campaign The Japanese attack on India The Allied counter offensives Road...

arrests of Muslim minorities in the village of Sakkipara and the surrounding Arakan state. Over the next three months, more than 200,000 Rohingya Muslims would...

really happened in an individual's history", as stated by geneticist David Reich, whereas previously studies were based only on mitochondrial DNA analysis...

Publications, 2004. ISBN 1902109406 Peart, Alan. "From North Africa to the Arakan". Grub Street Publishing, 2008. ISBN 190650203X Prien, Jochen & Rodeike...

regiments, was divided between U Go and the diversionary Ha-Go offensive in Arakan. One battalion reached as far as Mowdok in Chittagong after breaking through...

ending the campaign until the end of the monsoon rains. In the coastal Arakan Province, some of the Burma Independence Army reached Akyab Island before...

century. According to João de Barros, Bengal enjoyed military supremacy over Arakan and Tripura due to good artillery. Its forces possessed large guns and cannons...

North-West Europe 1940 '44–45, Madagascar, Middle East 1942, Donbaik, North Arakan, Kohima, Mandalay, Ava, Burma 1943–1945 The following members of the regiment...

University Press Narasimhan, Vagheesh M.; Anthony, David; Mallory, James; Reich, David (2018), The Genomic Formation of South and Central Asia (PDF), bioRxiv 10...

suzerainty from Manipur to the Cambodian marches and from the borders of Arakan to Yunnan" and was "probably the largest empire in the history of Southeast...

largely dealt in Abyssian slaves, known in India as Habshis or Sheedes. Arakan/Bengal, Malabar, and Coromandel remained the largest sources of forced labour...

Movement  Mozambique Democratic Movement of Mozambique RENAMO  Myanmar Arakan National Party Kokang Democracy and Unity Party National Development Party...

Massacres Alexandra Hospital massacre Akikaze massacre Arakan massacres in 1942 Balalae Island mass graves Balikpapan massacre Bangka Island massacre Changjiao...

offensive into the Arakan region of Burma. The Arakan is a coastal strip along the Bay of Bengal, crossed by numerous rivers. The First Arakan offensive largely...

"suzerainty from Manipur to the Cambodian marches and from the borders of Arakan to Yunnan". The empire included Mon and Shan states and annexed territories...

Empire) Konbaung dynasty (1752–1885, 3rd Empire) Shan States (1287–1557) Arakan (1287–1784) State of Burma (1943–1945) In Thailand: Langkasuka (2nd–15th...

Wavell ordered the Eastern Army in India to mount an offensive in the Arakan, starting in September 1942. After some initial success the Japanese counter-attacked...

the First Indian National Army which was dissolved in December 1942. The Arakan campaign, which began in December 1942, conducted by what at the time was...

Operation Nagamin, the forced expulsion of the minority Rohingya people in Arakan State (now Rakhine state) to Bangladesh ended as Burma and Bangladesh signed...

attack intended to isolate and destroy British Indian divisions in the Arakan Province of Burma. The Allies intended that transport aircraft (particularly...