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. Dari Mei hingga Desember 1942, kampanye yang paling aktif berhenti ketika hujan muson menyebabkan gerakan taktis hampir mustahil di perbatasan berhutan dan bergunung-gunung antara India dan Burma, dan baik Sekutu dan Jepang menghadapi kendala logistik yang berat.
| Kampanye Burma (1942–1943) | |||||||
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| Bagian dari Perang Pasifik selama Perang Dunia II | |||||||
 Pasukan Jepang di Buddha Shwethalyaung di Pegu | |||||||
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| Pihak terlibat | |||||||
 Thailand | |||||||
| Tokoh dan pemimpin | |||||||
| Korban | |||||||
 ~6,500 casualties[b] |
 1,800+ casualties[c] | ||||||
Catatan
- ^ Empire forces also included units from Australia, Canada and New Zealand
- ^ Includes 916 killed and 4,141 wounded/missing during the Arakan Campaign 1942–43,[1] and 818 killed/captured and 600 wounded to the point of being unfit for service in the Chindit raids.[2]
- ^ 611 killed, 1,165 wounded (estimated), per official Japanese figures.[3] Only the Arakan campaign is included.
Referensi
- ^ Allen 1984.
- ^ Brayley 2002.
- ^ Allen 1984, hlm. 113.
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)