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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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31/12/1943 |
The Battle for Razabil in the Arakan begins between British and Japanese forces. |
