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Title
Taukkyan Roadblock
Description
Gen Harold Alexander ordered Rangoon evacuated, but to escape, the Japanese had to be convinced Rangoon would be heavily defended. The British 7th Armoured Brigade was therefore ordered to attack the Japanese at Pegu, which did convince the Japanese that …
Subject
Publisher
Date
1942-03-06
Scenario#
19391
Scenario Description
Gen Harold Alexander ordered Rangoon evacuated, but to escape, the Japanese had to be convinced Rangoon would be heavily defended. The British 7th Armoured Brigade was therefore ordered to attack the Japanese at Pegu, which did convince the Japanese that the Allies would attempt to hold Rangoon. The Japanese then laid out a plan to simultaneously assault Rangoon from both the east and west. To get into position west of Rangoon, the Japanese established a roadblock at Taukkyan just north of the city. For the British that were attempting to withdraw, this road was the only route of evacuation. Therefore, on March 6th and 7th, the British made a number of desperate assaults on the roadblock but could not push aside the tenacious Japanese defense. On the morning of the 8th, one last attack was organized, but when the attack was launched, the Japanese were gone. history shows that the Japanese roadblock was never meant to encircle Rangoon or prevent the British from escaping. The regimental commander's mission was only to protect the flank and rear of the Japanese columns as they made their way to their attack positions west of the city.
Location
Rangoon, Burma
Battle Name
Battle Narrative
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.
Narrative Source
Wikipedia: Burma campaign
Combatants
Japanese
British
Additional Information
Game Type: Standard
Board Type: Countryside
Website Access: Unavailable

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