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| 03/01/1945 |
British troops take Akyab in western Burma, unopposed. |
| 13/01/1945 |
The British make further gains in central Burma and are now only 30 miles from Mandalay. |
| 14/01/1945 |
The British 19th Indian Division crosses the river Irrawaddy, to the North of Mandalay. |
| 21/01/1945 |
British forces enter Monywa, 60 miles to the West of Mandalay. |
| 22/01/1945 |
The land route from India to China through Burma is declared free of Japanese and now open to convoys. |
| 28/01/1945 |
The first convoy for three years reaches China through Burma. |
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31/01/1945 |
U.S. planes sink the Japanese floating dock at Singapore. |
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The British 20th Indian Division crosses the river Irrawaddy Southwest of Mandalay. |
| 14/02/1945 |
The British Indian 4th Corps begins to cross Irrawaddy and strike into the Japanese rear. The first use of napalm is made in Burma. |
| 21/02/1945 |
The British 2nd Division establishes another Irrawaddy bridgehead, while the British 36th Division breaks through at Myitson, in northern Burma. Meanwhile further British forces cross the Irrawaddy in central Burma. |
| 28/02/1945 |
The British Indian 4th Corps take Meiktila airfield in central Burma after an eight-day push from the Irrawaddy. |
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03/03/1945
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Japanese resistance ends in Meiktila. |
| 06/03/1945 |
The new Chinese First Army takes Lashio in north-eastern Burma. |
| 13/03/1945 |
A surprise armoured thrust by the British in central Burma, cuts off 3,000 Japanese in Mandalay. |
| 19/03/1945 |
The Japanese evacuate Mandalay. |
| 20/03/1945 |
The British 19th Indian Division completes the capture of Mandalay. |
| 24/03/1945 |
Chinese forces link up on the Burma Road. |
| 31/03/1945 |
British 26th Division reaches the Burma Road, which ends eight months of fighting. |
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| 13/04/1945 |
The Chinese launch a new offensive in Honan and Hupeh provinces of Central China. |
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14/04/1945 |
Yamethin falls to the British 4th Corps in the ‘Race for Rangoon’. |
| 16/04/1945 |
The British take Taungup in Southwest Burma, thereby depriving the Japanese of their last coastal supply base. |
| 18/04/1945 |
The British Fourteenth Army in central Burma captures the Chaulk oil centre on the Irrawaddy. |
| 24/04/1945 |
The Japanese Burma Area Army C-in-C leaves Rangoon. The British Fourteenth Army takes Pyinmana in central Burma. |
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| 01/05/1945 |
Indian paratroops land to the South of Rangoon, as the Fourteenth Army captures Pegu. |
| 03/05/1945 |
SEAC announces the liberation of Rangoon in Burma. |
| 04/05/1945 |
SEAC announces that Rangoon was taken so quickly that the Japanese had no time to destroy the installations there. |
| 10/05/1945 |
The Fourteenth Army moves South in central Burma and links up with troops from Arakan in the west, trapping all Japanese to the west of the river Irrawaddy. |
| 27/05/1945 |
Chinese troops are now 25 miles North of Foochow and take Loyaun. |
| 28/05/1945 |
The British Twelfth Army HQ is set up in Rangoon. |
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31/05/1945 |
Chiang Kai-Shek resigns the Chinese Premiership but remains as President and Generalissimo, with Dr. Soong succeeding him as premier. |
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| 11/06/1945 |
SEAC estimate that 108,240 Japanese have been killed in Burma since February 1944. |
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30/06/1945 |
The Chinese take Liuchow and capture towns on the Indo-Chinese border. |
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| 02/07/1945 |
The British capture secret documents concerning a planned breakout of Honda’s 33rd Army in Burma. |
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18/07/1945 |
Honda’s attempt to break out in Burma begins in earnest. |
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08/08/1945 |
The Russians declare war on Japan. |
| 09/08/1945 |
Soviet Army massed at the Manchurian border sweeps into northern China and northern Korea overwhelming the Japanese defences. |
| 13/08/1945 |
The Mongolian People’s Republic declares a Holy War against the Japanese. |
| 14/08/1945 |
Chiang Kai-shek’s representatives sign a treaty of alliance with the Russians. |
| 17/08/1945 |
Three of the Emperor’s family are dispatched to China to carry the news of cease-fire to Japanese troops still fighting there. |
| 19/08/1945 |
The Japanese forces in South China surrender to the Chinese 1st Army in Canton. The Russian Far Eastern Army captures Harbin and Mukden in Manchuria. |
| 21/08/1945 |
As the Red Army now hold much of Manchuria, the Japanese Kwantung Army surrenders formally to Major General Shelakor at Harbin. |
| 23/08/1945 |
The Japanese in Burma say they are now ready to surrender having ‘clarified the position’. |
| 25/08/1945 |
Chinese troops are reported to have entered the Republican capital of Nanking. |
| 28/08/1945 |
The Japanese sign the surrender agreement in Rangoon. |
| 29/08/1945 |
The Russians announce the capture of 513,000 prisoners in the Manchurian campaign. |
| 30/08/1945 |
A Royal Naval force takes Hong Kong as marine's clash with Japanese suicide detachments. |
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21/09/1945 |
Ghandi, Nehru, and the all-India Congress Party demands that all Southeast Asia should be free of imperialist domination. |
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13/10/1945 |
French troops are fighting in Vietnam. |
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