It was during the dark days of the Japanese occupation in Burma. We had been married only two years and we were beginning to settle down. Ko Latt had a nice job, but our dreams of a bright and ...

Beginning with their attack on Pearl Harbor in December, the Japanese unleashed an assault on other Pacific lands, including Malaya, the Phillippines, Thailand and Burma. Then, in June 1942 ...

Track the progress of the Burma Campaign - from the rapid Japanese victories of 1941, to the desperate battles for the Indian towns of Kohima and Imphal. Then follow the course of the Allies as ...

Online commentators noted that the schoolboy's killing had happened on a politically sensitive date - 18 September, the anniversary of an incident that led to the Japanese occupation of Manchuria ...

January: Japan invades Burma. Malaya and the Solomon ... American naval forces destroy three Japanese aircraft carriers and 450 aircraft during the invasion of Saipan. July: Americans take Saipan ...