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First Arakan offensive
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For the British non-governmental organisation, see Burma Campaign UK.
Not to be confused with Anglo-Burmese Wars.

Burma campaign
Part of the South-East Asian theatre of World War II, the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Pacific Theater of World War II

Sikh soldiers of the 7th Indian Infantry Division at an observation post in the Ngakyedauk Pass, February 1944
Date14 December 1941 – 13 September 1945
(3 years, 11 months, 4 weeks and 1 day)
Location
Burma and India
Result Allied victory
Territorial
changes		 Britain reoccupied Burma
Belligerents

Allies:
 United Kingdom

(See also Gurkha)

Medical support:

Belgian Congo Belgian Congo[2]

Axis:
 Japan

Thailand
Commanders and leaders
Strength
1942–1943
Republic of China (1912–1949) 95,000[ii]
United KingdomBritish Raj 42,000–47,000[3]
1944–1945
United KingdomBritish Raj 1,000,000[iii][4]
Republic of China (1912–1949) 250,000[iv][5][6][7]
United States 12,000[8][v]
15,000[i][9]		 1942–1943
~300,000[10]
Thailand 35,000[11]
23,000 (1942)[12]
1944–1945
316,700 (1944)[13]
43,000 (1945)
Casualties and losses

~107,391 including sick

~86,600 excluding sick[18][19]

  • 28,878 killed and missing
  • 44,731 wounded
  • ~12,700 died of disease

3,253 total casualties[20][21][vi]

Total Allied: ~207,244

200,000 overall

  • 144,000[22] – 164,500[23] total dead including disease
  • 40,000 killed in action[24]
  • 56,000 wounded[25]

~5,600[26][27]
2,615 dead or missing

Total Axis: ~210,000
250,000[28] to 1,000,000[18] Burmese civilians killed[vii]
  1. ^ a b The Burma National Army after it revolted against the Japanese and joined the allies as the Patriotic Burmese Forces.
  2. ^ Chinese Expeditionary Force in Burma.
  3. ^ They were drawn primarily from British India. Most of them stayed and defended in India, and did not participate in the counter-offensives in Burma.
  4. ^ The X Force (About 75,000 troops) and Y Force (175,000 troops)
  5. ^ 3,000 were frontline combat troops (Merrill's Marauders); the rest were engineering and air force personnel.
  6. ^ Merrill's Marauders losses accounted for 2,394 of this figure, including 424 combat casualties and 1,970 deaths or evacuations due to disease.
  7. ^ Total excludes the approximately 3 million civilians who died in the Bengal famine.