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World War II Burma Campaign Lin Wang ( Chinese : 林旺 ; pinyin : Lín Wàng ; Zhuyin Fuhao : ㄌ一ㄣˊ ㄨㄤˋ ; 1917 – 26 February 2003) was an Asian elephant that served with the Chinese Expeditionary Force during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) and later relocated to Taiwan with the Kuomintang forces.
The Battle of Elephant Point was an airborne operation at the mouth of the Rangoon River conducted by a composite Gurkha airborne battalion that took place on 1 May 1945. In March 1945, plans were made for an assault on Rangoon , the capital of Burma , as a stepping-stone on the way to recapturing Malaya and Singapore .
James Howard Williams, also known as Elephant Bill (15 November 1897 – 30 July 1958), was a British soldier and elephant expert in Burma, known for his work with the Fourteenth Army during the Burma Campaign of World War II, and for his 1950 book Elephant Bill.
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 (mainly from the British Empire and the Republic of China, with support from the United States) against the invading forces of the Empire of Japan.
The Burma campaign in the South-East Asian Theatre of World War II was fought primarily by British Commonwealth, Chinese and United States forces [3] against the forces of Imperial Japan, who were assisted by the Burmese National Army, the Indian National Army, and to some degree by Thailand.
The elephant battery in Peshawar During World War I, elephants pulled heavy equipment. This one worked in a munitions yard in Sheffield. An elephant pulling a Supermarine Walrus aircraft, India, June 1944. With the advent of gunpowder warfare in the late 15th century, the balance of advantage for war elephants on the battlefield began to change.
The fighting in the Burma campaign in 1944 was among the most severe in the South-East Asian Theatre of World War II.It took place along the borders between Burma and India, and Burma and China, and involved the British Commonwealth, Chinese and United States forces, against the forces of Imperial Japan and the Indian National Army.
The flow of refugees began soon after the bombing of Rangoon in late December 1941 and increased to a "mass exodus" in February 1942 as the Indian (and Anglo-Indian and Anglo-Burmese) population of Burma fled to India, fearing both the Japanese and hostile Burmese. Middle-class Indians and mixed-race refugees could often afford to buy tickets ...