a Burmese partner. Technically, an alien may qualify for Burmese citizenship if he had five years’ continuous residence in Burma prior to World War II, and many Indians have applied, but ...

Track the progress of the Burma Campaign - from the rapid Japanese ... The longest British and Commonwealth Campaign of World War Two was over.

During World War II, about 1,000 Japanese soldiers were reportedly massacred by saltwater crocodiles on Ramree Island, Burma. Historians and experts doubt the veracity of the crocodile attack ...

The Japanese are advancing in China, and in Burma the Allied drive for Rangoon continues. The Battle for the German capital rages on all week, as the Soviets get ever closer to the Reich ...

Burma is a long-forgotten battleground for religious freedom and human rights in Asia, and its turmoil is part of a broader struggle in the region.

After leaving Burma, Garza served time in China and Kolkata — formerly Calcutta — before returning to the United States. Garza, who also had two brothers fighting in World War II, was awarded ...

Battle of the Java Se in Indonesia: Japan destroys Dutch-American naval force. March: Japan takes Indonesia and the Dutch East Indies; Rangoon, Burma falls. Japan invades New Guinea. MacArthur ...