Back الغزو الياباني لبورما Arabic Бирманска операция (1941 – 1942) Bulgarian জাপানের বার্মা বিজয় Bengali/Bangla Japanische Eroberung Burmas German Conquista japonesa de Birmania Spanish حمله ژاپن به برمه Persian Burman valtaus Finnish Conquête japonaise de la Birmanie French הפלישה היפנית לבורמה HE Burma japán megszállása Hungarian
| Japanese invasion of Burma | |||||||||
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| Part of the Burma campaign, the South-East Asian theatre of World War II, the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Pacific Theater of World War II | |||||||||
 View of the Yenangyaung oil field on 16 April 1942 after its destruction ahead of the Japanese advance | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 United States (air support only) |
 Thailand (from 10 May) | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
 95,000[1] ~45,000[2] |
 85,000[2] ~23,000[3][4] 35,000[5] | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| More than 10,000–50,000 civilians killed | |||||||||
The Japanese invasion of Burma was the opening phase of the Burma campaign in the South-East Asian theatre of World War II, which took place over four years from 1942 to 1945. During the first year of the campaign (December 1941 to mid-1942), the Japanese Army (with aid from Thai Phayap Army and Burmese insurgents) drove British Empire and Chinese forces out of Burma, then began the Japanese occupation of Burma and formed a nominally independent Burmese administrative government.
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