In the early days of World War II, the Japanese army invaded Burma (now Myanmar) and forced an end to British colonial rule there. Occupying Burma required troops and massive amounts of materiel ...

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 ...

Mountaineer Joe Simpson travels to Myanmar to retrace the steps of his father, who fought behind Japanese lines in WWII, facing conditions which made this one of the toughest campaigns of the war.

An Australian man, whose grandfathers were held captive by the now-defunct Imperial Japanese military during World War Two, ...

Engage with civil society actors inside and outside Burma, including those outside the UN system, who can help monitor the situation and who can provide advice on ways forward. Immediately ...

While World War II was highly mechanized ... four-legged transport rather than wheeled. “In fact, in Burma (which is obviously not the theatre referred to in the show), it was absolutely ...

R Madavan Pillai, one of the last surviving INA veterans, will honor national heroes at the National War Memorial. Pillai, who turns 100 this year, joined the Azad Hind Fauj in 1943 and was imprisoned ...