Capture of Meiktila

The attack of Meiktila was conducted by the 17th Indian Infantry Division under the command of Major General Cowan. He ordered the 63th Brigade to attack the city from the west, while the 48th Brigade engaged from the north and …

1945-03-01

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The attack of Meiktila was conducted by the 17th Indian Infantry Division under the command of Major General Cowan. He ordered the 63th Brigade to attack the city from the west, while the 48th Brigade engaged from the north and the 255th Tank Brigade made a flanking advance to attack from the east. The Japanese garrison was composed of disparate troops (logistics, administrative and air defense units) but was reinforced just before the battle by 1st battalion, 168th Infantry Regiment of the 49th Division. The battle lasted three days because Japanese defenders had converted each house into a defensive bunker and the Indian infantrymen had to destroy them one by one, exposed to the fire of machine-guns and snipers. Finally, on the evening of March 3rd, Meiktila was cleared of Japanese. The stage is set, the battle lines are drawn and you are in command.

Meiktila, Burma

The Burma campaign was a series of battles fought in the British colony of Burma. It was part of the South-East Asian theatre of World War II and primarily involved forces of the Allies; the British Empire and the Republic of China, with support from the United States. They faced against the invading forces of Imperial Japan, who were supported by the Thai Phayap Army, as well as two collaborationist independence movements and armies, the first being the Burma Independence Army, which spearheaded the initial attacks against the country. Puppet states were established in the conquered areas and territories were annexed, while the international Allied force in British India launched several failed offensives. During the later 1944 offensive into India and subsequent Allied recapture of Burma the Indian National Army, led by revolutionary Subhas C. Bose and his "Free India", were also fighting together with Japan. British Empire forces peaked at around 1,000,000 land and air forces, and were drawn primarily from British India, with British Army forces, 100,000 East and West African colonial troops, and smaller numbers of land and air forces from several other Dominions and Colonies.

Wikipedia: Burma campaign

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