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| 12/02/1943 |
Wingate’s first Chindit guerrilla
campaign begins behind the Japanese lines in Burma. |
| 19/02/1943 |
The first Chindit action against Japanese
occurs. |
| 22/02/1943 |
Allied commando raid on
Myebon, South of Akyab in the Arakan, western Burma. |
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| 13/03/1943 |
A Chinese counter-attack
throws the Japanese back across the Yangtze River. |
| 17/03/1943 |
The Japanese attack British positions
in Arakan, western Burma. |
| 18/03/1943 |
Chindit forces cross the Irrawaddy
in Burma. |
| 29/03/1943 |
British and Indian troops begin to
withdraw from Arakan in western Burma, under heavy Japanese
pressure. |
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| 14/04/1943 |
Lieutenant General William
J. Slim takes over command in Arakan. |
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| 08/05/1943 |
British forces withdraw
from Buthidaung, just inside Burma. |
| 11/05/1943 |
The British evacuate Maumgdaw before
the monsoon arrives in the Arakan. All ground gained since
September 1942 for the loss of 5,000 battle casualties is lost. |
| 18/05/1943 |
The Japanese launch a new offensive
along the Yangtze river, 250 miles north east of the Nationalist
capital of Chunking. |
| 20/05/1943 |
The Chinese launch a counter offensive
on Yangtze River. |
| 31/05/1943 |
Chiang Kai-Shek claims three Japanese
divisions have been surrounded on Yangtze River. |
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| 02/06/1943 |
Japanese forces are reported
to be in full retreat on the Yangtze. |
| 18/06/1943 |
Field Marshal Wavell is
to become the Viceroy of India, with General Auchinleck becoming
the C in C of India. A new East Asia Command is to be established. |
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| 25/08/1943 |
Lord Mountbatten becomes
the supreme allied commander in South East Asia Command. |
| 26/08/1943 |
US bombers hit Hong Kong. |
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| 13/09/1943 |
The Chinese Parliament
at Kuomingtang, elects General Chiang Kai-shek as President
of Chinese Republic. |
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| 03/10/1943 |
Japanese forces launch
the successful ‘rice’ offensive in Central China. |
| 25/10/1943 |
The Japanese open the infamous Burma
to Siam railway, which was built with forced British and commonwealth
POW labour. |
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| 05/12/1943 |
The first Japanese daylight
raid on Calcutta is mounted with many reported killed. |
| 09/12/1943 |
The Chinese retake Changteh in Hunan. |
| 20/12/1943 |
The British reach the Maungdaw plain
in Arakan, Burma. |
| 31/12/1943 |
The Battle for Razabil
in the Arakan begins between British and Japanese forces. |
