Back الغزو الياباني لبورما Arabic Бирманска операция (1941 – 1942) Bulgarian জাপানের বার্মা বিজয় Bengali/Bangla Japanische Eroberung Burmas German Conquista japonesa de Birmania Spanish حمله ژاپن به برمه Persian Burman valtaus Finnish Conquête japonaise de la Birmanie French הפלישה היפנית לבורמה HE Burma japán megszállása Hungarian

Japanese invasion of Burma

Japanese invasion of Burma
Part of the South-East Asian theatre of World War II

View of the Yenangyaung oil field on 16 April 1942 after its destruction ahead of the Japanese advance
Date14 December 1941 – 28 May 1942
(5 months, 1 week and 3 days)
Location
Burma
Result Axis victory
Territorial
changes		 Japanese occupation of Burma
Thai occupation of Shan State
Belligerents

 United Kingdom

Republic of China (1912–1949) China

United States United States (air support only)

 Empire of Japan

 Thailand (from 10 May)
Commanders and leaders
Strength
Republic of China (1912–1949)
Western Claim : 95,000[1]
Chinese Claim : 103,000[2]
British Empire ~45,000[3]		 Empire of Japan 85,000[3]
Myanmar ~23,000[4][5]
Thailand 35,000[6]
Casualties and losses
  • Republic of China (1912–1949)
    Western Claim : 40,000 casualties[7][1][8]
    Chinese Claim : 56,480[2] or 61,000[9] losses (most dead during the retreat).
  • British Empire
    30,000 casualties 116 aircraft destroyed, damaged and captured (RAF)[7]
    ~100 tanks destroyed, damaged or captured[13]
    United States
    95 aircraft destroyed, damaged and captured (AVG)[14]
  • Empire of Japan
    2,431 deaths from all causes[15]

    Unknown tanks destroyed or damaged[7]

    117 aircraft destroyed and damaged[16]
More than 10,000–50,000 civilians killed

The Japanese invasion of Burma was the opening phase of the Burma campaign in the South-East Asian theatre of World War II, which took place over four years from 1942 to 1945. During the first year of the campaign (December 1941 to mid-1942), the Japanese Army (with aid from Thai Phayap Army and Burmese insurgents) drove British Empire and Chinese forces out of Burma, then began the Japanese occupation of Burma and formed a nominally independent Burmese administrative government.

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  2. ^ a b 紀念七七抗戰六十週年學術硏討會論文集. 國史館. 1998. p. 240.
  3. ^ a b Facts on File: World War II in the China-Burma-India theater Retrieved 20 March 2016
  4. ^ Bayly and Harper, p. 170
  5. ^ Donald M. Seekins, Historical Dictionary of Burma (Myanmar) (Scarecrow Press, 2006), pp. 123–126, 354.
  6. ^ Reynolds, Bruce E. (1994). Thailand and Japan's Southern Advance, 1940–1945. Palgrave Macmillan US. p. 116. ISBN 978-0-312-10402-3.
  7. ^ a b c Japanese conquest of Burma, December 1941 – May 1942 Retrieved 20 March 2016
  8. ^ McLynn, The Burma Campaign: Disaster into Triumph, 1942–1945, p. 67.
  9. ^ Jifeng, Li (2008). 从沉沦到荣光. 远方出版社. p. 388.
  10. ^ a b Allen (1984), p. 638
  11. ^ Beevor, Antony (2012). "16". The Second World War. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. 309. ISBN 978-0-316-08407-9.
  12. ^ Tucker, Spencer C. (2003). The Second World War. Macmillan. p. 122. ISBN 978-0-230-62966-0.[permanent dead link‍] (includes 15,000 missing)
  13. ^ Zaloga, Steven. "M3 and M5 Stuart Light Tank 1940–45". Osprey Publishing, 18 Nov 1999. p. 14. According to Zaloga, all but one tank of the two regiments of the 7th Armoured Brigade had been lost.
  14. ^ Air Force Sixtieth Anniversary Commemorative Edition: The Flying Tigers p. 33 Retrieved 20 March 2016
  15. ^ Grant, Ian L.; Tamayama, Kazumo (1999). Burma 1942: The Japanese Invasion. Zampi Press. p. 380.
  16. ^ Black, Jeremy (2016). Air Power: A Global History. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 108. ISBN 9781442250970.
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