Payagyi Burma

The British army was falling back in front o f the Japanese assault in Burma, when reinforcements arrived from North Africa. The 7th Armoured Brigade was rushed forward to check the Japanese and the forces met in the broken ground …

1942-03-06

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The British army was falling back in front o f the Japanese assault in Burma, when reinforcements arrived from North Africa. The 7th Armoured Brigade was rushed forward to check the Japanese and the forces met in the broken ground and jungle near the village of Palagi. Gilbert, commander of, the 7th Hussars, arrived near the village and found it already occupied by the Japanese. After a brief infantry engagement attempting to take the village and bridge, the American-made Stuart light tanks (nicknamed “Honeys”) crossed the steam and were attacked by a number of Japanese Type 95 Ha-Go tanks. A confused battle ensued involving both tanks and infantry, which ended with the Japanese pulling back.

Payagyi, 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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