Burma Timeline By jfowler37 Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor The Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, in Hawaii. Dec 11, 1941 Japan invades Burma Dec 18, 1941 Japan invades Hong Kong Feb 8, 1942 Japan invades Singapore Feb 14, 1942 British surrender to Singapore Apr 29, 1942 Japanese take central Burma. May 20, 1942 Japanese complete the capture of Burma and reach India. Dec 20, 1942 Japanese air raid on Calcutta Dec 27, 1942 British offense Burma Feb 8, 1943 British-Indian forces begin guerrilla operations against Japanese in Burma. Jun 1, 1943 U.S. begins submarine warfare against Japanese shipping. Jan 9, 1944 British and Indian troops recapture Maungdaw in Burma. Oct 11, 1944 U.S. Air raids against Okinawa. Dec 15, 1944 U.S. Troops invade Mindoro in the Philippines. Jan 4, 1945 British occupy Akyab in Burma. Jan 28, 1945 The Burma road is reopened.