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1944
 
    
A volunteer force, known as Merrill's Marauders, is commanded by Frank Merrill in US operations against the Japanese in Burma       
Max Hastings Nemesis: the Battle for Japan, 1944-45

1944
 
Narrative history in HistoryWorld      
William Slim secures the first Allied victories in the Burma campaign, at Imphal and Kohima in northeast India        
1944
 
   
Allied bombs destroy the strategic bridge in Thailand over the River Kwai, built by the Japanese using prisoners of war as slave labour      
1944
 
Narrative history in HistoryWorld      
Douglas MacArthur lands US troops on Leyte as the first step in recovering the Philippines        
1944
 
Narrative history in HistoryWorld    
Japanese pilots fly the first of World War II's suicide or kamikaze missions      
1944
 
   
Victory over Japan in a massive 2-day battle at Leyte Gulf assures US recovery of Philippines      
1944
 
Narrative history in HistoryWorld     
American B-29 bombers take off from the newly captured Saipan on the long trip to bomb Tokyo       
1945
 
Narrative history in HistoryWorld     
Douglas MacArthur returns to Manila, from which he was ejected in 1942 by the Japanese       
1945
 
Narrative history in HistoryWorld      
William Slim drives the Japanese from Mandalay and moves on south to take Rangoon        
1945
 
    
Aung San's army, now named the Burma National Army, changes sides in a surprise move and attacks the Japanese       
   


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