Kampanye Burma (1942–1943)

Kampanye Burma di Palagan Asia Tenggara dalam Perang Dunia II berlangsung selama empat tahun sejak 1942 hingga 1945. Selama tahun pertama kampanye, Angkatan Darat Kekaisaran Jepang dengan bantuan dari para pemberontak Burma telah mengenyahkan pasukan Britania dan pasukan Tiongkok keluar dari Burma, dan menduduki sebagian besar negera tersebut. From May to December 1942, most active campaigning ceased as the monsoon rains made tactical movement almost impossible in the forested and mountainous border between India and Burma, and both the Allies and Japanese faced severe logistical constraints.

Kampanye Burma (1942–1943)
Bagian dari Perang Pasifik selama Perang Dunia II
Pasukan Jepang di Buddha Shwethalyaung di Pegu
Tanggal Juni 1942 – September 1943 Lokasi Burma Hasil Kemenangan Blok Poros
Pihak terlibat
Allies: British Empire United Kingdom British India British Burma United States	Axis: Japan State of Burma Thailand
Tokoh dan pemimpin
Archibald Wavell Noel Irwin George Giffard	Shojiro Iida Masakazu Kawabe Ba Maw
Korban
~6,500 casualties	1,800+ casualties

Bibliografi

• Allen, Louis (1984). Burma: The Longest War 1941–1945. J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. ISBN 978-0460024747. 

• Bayly, Christopher; Harper, Tim (2004). Forgotten Armies: Britain's Asian Empire & the War with Japan. Penguin History. ISBN 978-0140293319. 

• Brayley, Martin (2002). "The British Army 1939-45". Men at Arms. (3): The Far East. Osprey Publishing. hlm. 19. ISBN 978-1841762388. 

• Masters, John (2002) [1961]. The Road past Mandalay. Cassell. hlm. 126. ISBN 978-0304361571. 

• Slim, William (1956). Defeat Into Victory. London: Cassell. ASIN B0017YSRWG. 

Further reading

• Calvert, Mike (1964). Fighting Mad (edisi ke-1st). ASIN B0000CM2VR. 

• Drea, Edward J. (1998). "An Allied Interpretation of the Pacific War". In the Service of the Emperor: Essays on the Imperial Japanese Army. University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 978-0803217089. 

• Fergusson, Bernard (1945). Beyond the Chindwin: An Account Of The Adventures Of Number Five Column Of The Wingate Expedition Into Burma, Rangoon 1943. Collins. 

• Latimer, Jon (2004). Burma: The Forgotten War. John Murray. ISBN 978-0719565755. 

• Newell, Clayton R. Burma, 1942. World War II Campaign Brochures. Washington D.C.: United States Army Center of Military History. CMH Pub 72-21. 
• Ochi, Harumi. Struggle in Burma. 

Sumber utama

• "No. 38274". The London Gazette. 27 April 1948. hlm. 2651–2684.  "Operations in the Indo-Burma Theatre Based on India from 21 June 1943 to 15 November 1943" official despatch by Field Marshal Sir Claude E. Auchinleck, War Office. (or see this html version)