Burma Timeline

  • Pearl Harbor

    The Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, in Hawaii.
  • Japan invades Burma

  • Japan invades Hong Kong

  • Japan invades Singapore

  • British surrender to Singapore

  • Japanese take central Burma.

  • Japanese complete the capture of Burma and reach India.

  • Japanese air raid on Calcutta

  • British offense Burma

  • British-Indian forces begin guerrilla operations against Japanese in Burma.

  • U.S. begins submarine warfare against Japanese shipping.

  • British and Indian troops recapture Maungdaw in Burma.

  • U.S. Air raids against Okinawa.

  • U.S. Troops invade Mindoro in the Philippines.

  • British occupy Akyab in Burma.

  • The Burma road is reopened.

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