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Invasion of Burma

Name: Invasion of Burma – Great Britain factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

Great Britain · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

4Records

1942–1943Date range

3Named people

4Places

Chronological records

1942

William Slim19 March 1942

Prome · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Begins to defend the Prome-Toungoo Line

William SlimMay 1942

London · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Withdraws to India with his Burmese Corps

Harold Alexander Alexander, 1st1942

Maymyo · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Chiang Kai-Shek sends Stilwell to join up with Alexander at Maymyo

1943

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill24 November 1943

Cairo · Warfare / World War, 2nd

An attack on the Andaman Islands to coincide with a Chinese attack on Burma is agreed

Names involved

Harold Alexander Alexander, 1stWilliam SlimWinston Leonard Spencer Churchill

Provenance

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