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Title
To the Pain
Description
Japanese reconnaissance parties had reached as far as the colonial office in Danyingon, replacing the Union jack with a Nisshoki – the Imperial flag. After several attempts to push the constantly reinforcing Japanese out of Danyingon, a decision was made to contain them on the west and south sides …
Publisher
Date
1942-02-17
Scenario#
AP089
Scenario Description
Japanese reconnaissance parties had reached as far as the colonial office in Danyingon, replacing the Union jack with a Nisshoki – the Imperial flag. After several attempts to push the constantly reinforcing Japanese out of Danyingon, a decision was made to contain them on the west and south sides of the town. Orders soon came to clear the town, and the reserves were thrown at the Japanese on the morning of the 17th. These troops had made a grueling cross-country march from Duyinzeik, only arriving in the early morning hours of the day of the attack.
Location
Danyingon, Burma
Battle Narrative
The Burma campaign in the South-East Asian Theatre of World War II took place over four years from 1942 to 1945. During the first year of the campaign, the Imperial Japanese Army with aid from Burmese insurgents had driven British forces and Chinese forces out of Burma, and occupied most of the country. From May to December 1942, most active campaigning ceased as the monsoon rains made tactical movement almost impossible in the forested and mountainous border between India and Burma, and both the Allies and Japanese faced severe logistical constraints. When the rains ceased, the Allies launched two offensives. One, an attack in the coastal Arakan Province, failed, with severe effects on Allied morale. This was restored partly by improvements to administration and training, and partly by the much-publicised results of a raid by troops under Brigadier Orde Wingate. This raid may also have goaded Japanese commanders into launching major offensives the following year, which failed disastrously.
Narrative Source
Combatants
British
Japanese
Additional Information
Scenario Type = Standard
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