ASIAN MAINLAND-1943

Asian Mainland!

12/02/1943 Wingate’s first Chindit guerrilla campaign begins behind the Japanese lines in Burma. 19/02/1943 The first Chindit action against Japanese occurs. 22/02/1943 Allied commando raid on Myebon, South of Akyab in the Arakan, western Burma. 13/03/1943 A Chinese counter-attack throws the Japanese back across the Yangtze River. 17/03/1943 The Japanese attack British positions in Arakan, western Burma. 18/03/1943 Chindit forces cross the Irrawaddy in Burma. 29/03/1943 British and Indian troops begin to withdraw from Arakan in western Burma, under heavy Japanese pressure. 14/04/1943 Lieutenant General William J. Slim takes over command in Arakan. 08/05/1943 British forces withdraw from Buthidaung, just inside Burma. 11/05/1943 The British evacuate Maumgdaw before the monsoon arrives in the Arakan. All ground gained since September 1942 for the loss of 5,000 battle casualties is lost. 18/05/1943 The Japanese launch a new offensive along the Yangtze river, 250 miles north east of the Nationalist capital of Chunking. 20/05/1943 The Chinese launch a counter offensive on Yangtze River. 31/05/1943 Chiang Kai-Shek claims three Japanese divisions have been surrounded on Yangtze River. 02/06/1943 Japanese forces are reported to be in full retreat on the Yangtze. 18/06/1943 Field Marshal Wavell is to become the Viceroy of India, with General Auchinleck becoming the C in C of India. A new East Asia Command is to be established. 25/08/1943 Lord Mountbatten becomes the supreme allied commander in South East Asia Command. 26/08/1943 US bombers hit Hong Kong. 13/09/1943 The Chinese Parliament at Kuomingtang, elects General Chiang Kai-shek as President of Chinese Republic. 03/10/1943 Japanese forces launch the successful ‘rice’ offensive in Central China. 25/10/1943 The Japanese open the infamous Burma to Siam railway, which was built with forced British and commonwealth POW labour. 05/12/1943 The first Japanese daylight raid on Calcutta is mounted with many reported killed. 09/12/1943 The Chinese retake Changteh in Hunan. 20/12/1943 The British reach the Maungdaw plain in Arakan, Burma. 31/12/1943 The Battle for Razabil in the Arakan begins between British and Japanese forces.