Burma Campaign 1944–1945

Burma Campaign 1944–1945
Part of the Burma Campaign during World War II
Two British soldiers patrol the ruins of Bahe, in Central Burma
Date November 1944 – July 1945 Location Burma Result Allied victory Territorial changes Burma returned to British control
Belligerents
British Empire  United Kingdom British India British Burma Canada Gambia  Gold Coast Kenya Colony Nigeria  Northern Rhodesia  Nyasaland  Southern Rhodesia Uganda Protectorate China  United States Medical Support:  Belgian Congo	Axis: Japan State of Burma Azad Hind
Commanders and leaders
Louis Mountbatten William Slim Wei Lihuang Aung San	Heitarō Kimura Ba Maw Subhas Chandra Bose
Casualties and losses
22,262 (British Commonwealth)	31,119

 British Empire

Medical Support:

Axis:
Japan

The Burma Campaign in the South-East Asian Theatre of World War II was fought primarily by British Commonwealth, Chinese and United States forces against the forces of Imperial Japan, who were assisted to some degree by Thailand, the Burmese Independence Army and the Indian National Army. The British Commonwealth land forces were drawn primarily from the United Kingdom, British India and Africa.

Partly because monsoon rains made effective campaigning possible only for about half of the year, the Burma campaign was almost the longest campaign of the war. During the campaigning season of 1942, the Japanese had conquered Burma, driving British, Indian and Chinese forces from the country and forcing the British administration to flee into India. After scoring some defensive successes during 1943, they then attempted to forestall Allied offensives in 1944 by launching an invasion of India (Operation U-Go). This had failed with disastrous losses.

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