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Burma Campaign 1944–45

Burma Campaign 1944–1945
Part of the Burma Campaign during World War II
British soldiers patrol Burmese town Bahe.jpg
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

Medical Support:

 Belgian Congo

Axis:
Empire of Japan Empire of Japan

Commanders and leaders
Casualties and losses
  • 22,262 (British Commonwealth)
  • 31,119

 British Empire

Medical Support:

Axis:
Empire of Japan Empire of 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 the Empire of 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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