In the early days of World War II, the Japanese army invaded Burma (now Myanmar) and forced an end to British colonial rule there. Occupying Burma required troops and massive amounts of materiel ...

a Burmese partner. Technically, an alien may qualify for Burmese citizenship if he had five years’ continuous residence in Burma prior to World War II, and many Indians have applied, but ...

Twice a battleground in World War II, Burma emerged with its oil refineries in ruins, its rice and teak exports paralyzed. Burma’s celebrators last week had a sharp reminder of their continuing ...

Track the progress of the Burma Campaign - from the rapid Japanese victories of 1941, to the desperate battles for the Indian towns of Kohima and Imphal. Then follow the course of the Allies as ...

The Rohingya were once counted as a part of the Mrauk-U (Mrohaung) kingdom in Arakan which stood independent of both the Burman kingdoms in the Irrawaddy delta and central Burma as well as Bengal ...

During World War II, four brothers-Edward ... Edward was captured by the Japanese and brought to a prisoner camp in Burma.

The Death Railway in Thailand, also known as the Burma Railway, was built during World War II by the Japanese. It stands as a ...