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| 03/01/1945 |
British troops take Akyab in western
Burma, unopposed. |
| 13/01/1945 |
The British make further gains in
central Burma and are now only 30 miles from Mandalay. |
| 14/01/1945 |
The British 19th Indian Division crosses
the river Irrawaddy, to the North of Mandalay. |
| 21/01/1945 |
British forces enter Monywa, 60 miles
to the West of Mandalay. |
| 22/01/1945 |
The land route from India to China
through Burma is declared free of Japanese and now open to
convoys. |
| 28/01/1945 |
The first convoy for three years reaches
China through Burma. |
| 31/01/1945 |
U.S. planes sink the Japanese
floating dock at Singapore. |
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12/02/1945
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The British 20th Indian
Division crosses the river Irrawaddy Southwest of Mandalay. |
| 14/02/1945 |
The British Indian 4th Corps begins
to cross Irrawaddy and strike into the Japanese rear. The first
use of napalm is made in Burma. |
| 21/02/1945 |
The British 2nd Division establishes
another Irrawaddy bridgehead, while the British 36th Division
breaks through at Myitson, in northern Burma. Meanwhile further
British forces cross the Irrawaddy in central Burma. |
| 28/02/1945 |
The British Indian 4th Corps take
Meiktila airfield in central Burma after an eight-day push
from the Irrawaddy. |
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03/03/1945
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Japanese resistance ends
in Meiktila. |
| 06/03/1945 |
The new Chinese First Army takes Lashio
in north-eastern Burma. |
| 13/03/1945 |
A surprise armoured thrust by the
British in central Burma, cuts off 3,000 Japanese in Mandalay. |
| 19/03/1945 |
The Japanese evacuate Mandalay. |
| 20/03/1945 |
The British 19th Indian Division completes
the capture of Mandalay. |
| 24/03/1945 |
Chinese forces link up on the Burma
Road. |
| 31/03/1945 |
British 26th Division reaches the
Burma Road, which ends eight months of fighting. |
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| 13/04/1945 |
The Chinese launch a new offensive
in Honan and Hupeh provinces of Central China. |
| 14/04/1945 |
Yamethin falls to the
British 4th Corps in the ‘Race for Rangoon’. |
| 16/04/1945 |
The British take Taungup in Southwest
Burma, thereby depriving the Japanese of their last coastal
supply base. |
| 18/04/1945 |
The British Fourteenth Army in central
Burma captures the Chaulk oil centre on the Irrawaddy. |
| 24/04/1945 |
The Japanese Burma Area Army C-in-C
leaves Rangoon. The British Fourteenth Army takes Pyinmana
in central Burma. |
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| 01/05/1945 |
Indian paratroops land to the South
of Rangoon, as the Fourteenth Army captures Pegu. |
| 03/05/1945 |
SEAC announces the liberation of Rangoon
in Burma. |
| 04/05/1945 |
SEAC announces that Rangoon was taken
so quickly that the Japanese had no time to destroy the installations
there. |
| 10/05/1945 |
The Fourteenth Army moves South in
central Burma and links up with troops from Arakan in the west,
trapping all Japanese to the west of the river Irrawaddy. |
| 27/05/1945 |
Chinese troops are now 25 miles North
of Foochow and take Loyaun. |
| 28/05/1945 |
The British Twelfth Army HQ is set
up in Rangoon. |
| 31/05/1945 |
Chiang Kai-Shek resigns
the Chinese Premiership but remains as President and Generalissimo,
with Dr. Soong succeeding him as premier. |
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| 11/06/1945 |
SEAC estimate that 108,240 Japanese
have been killed in Burma since February 1944. |
| 30/06/1945 |
The Chinese take Liuchow
and capture towns on the Indo-Chinese border. |
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| 02/07/1945 |
The British capture secret documents
concerning a planned breakout of Honda’s 33rd Army in
Burma. |
| 18/07/1945 |
Honda’s attempt
to break out in Burma begins in earnest. |
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| 08/08/1945 |
The Russians declare war
on Japan. |
| 09/08/1945 |
Soviet Army massed at the Manchurian
border sweeps into northern China and northern Korea overwhelming
the Japanese defences. |
| 13/08/1945 |
The Mongolian People’s Republic
declares a Holy War against the Japanese. |
| 14/08/1945 |
Chiang Kai-shek’s representatives
sign a treaty of alliance with the Russians. |
| 17/08/1945 |
Three of the Emperor’s family
are dispatched to China to carry the news of cease-fire to
Japanese troops still fighting there. |
| 19/08/1945 |
The Japanese forces in South China
surrender to the Chinese 1st Army in Canton. The Russian Far
Eastern Army captures Harbin and Mukden in Manchuria. |
| 21/08/1945 |
As the Red Army now hold much of
Manchuria, the Japanese Kwantung Army surrenders formally to
Major General Shelakor at Harbin. |
| 23/08/1945 |
The Japanese in Burma say they are
now ready to surrender having ‘clarified the position’. |
| 25/08/1945 |
Chinese troops are reported to have
entered the Republican capital of Nanking. |
| 28/08/1945 |
The Japanese sign the surrender agreement
in Rangoon. |
| 29/08/1945 |
The Russians announce the capture
of 513,000 prisoners in the Manchurian campaign. |
| 30/08/1945 |
A Royal Naval force takes Hong Kong
as marine's clash with Japanese suicide detachments. |
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| 21/09/1945 |
Ghandi, Nehru, and the
all-India Congress Party demands that all Southeast Asia should
be free of imperialist domination. |
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| 13/10/1945 |
French troops are fighting
in Vietnam. |
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