First Arakan offensive

Burma Campaign

Part of the Pacific War during World War II

IND 003714 Battlefield on Scraggy Hill at Shenam.jpg

The scene on Scraggy Hill, captured by the 10th Gurkhas during the Battle of Imphal

Date	January 1942 – July 1945
Location	British Burma
Result	Decisive Allied victory

Belligerents

Allies:
British Empire

Medical Support:
Belgian Congo

Commanders and leaders

Archibald Wavell
Louis Mountbatten
William Slim
Du Yuming
Wei Lihuang
Luo Zhuoying
Joseph Stilwell
Aung San (1944–1945)

Strength

42,000–47,000 (1942)
- ~1,000,000 (1945)

95,000 (1942);
250,000 (1944) 12,000

316,700 (1944)
75,000
43,000 (1945)

Casualties and losses

~117,391 including sick

50,000 casualties during the Japanese conquest of Burma in 1942
31,443 dead by all causes (1943–1945)
35,948 wounded (1943–1945)

~86,600 excluding sick

28,878 killed and missing
44,731 wounded
~12,700 died of disease

3,253 total casualties

Total Allied: ~207,244

~200,000 overall

144,000 – 164,500 total dead including disease
40,000 killed in action
56,000 wounded

~5,000 or more
2,615 dead or missing

Total Axis: ~210,000

250,000 to 1,000,000 Burmese civilians killed

Allies:
British Empire

Medical Support:
Belgian Congo

95,000 (1942);
250,000 (1944) 12,000

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