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Time Line

Dates indicated by bold typeface donate the Royal Berkshire Regiments involvement.

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1941 1942 1943 1944 1945
1941
December 8th
	Japanese enter Malaya.
December 14th
	Japanese take Victoria Point, Burma.
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1942
January 15th
	Japanese 15th Army enter Burma via Siam.
January 31st
	Japanese capture Moulmein.
January 15th
	Singapore falls.
February 23rd
	Sittang Bridge destroyed.
March 7th
	Japanese take Rangoon. The start of the British retreat back to India.
March 6th-7th
	Battle of Pegu.
March 29th-31st
	Battle of Shwedaung.
April 17th-19th
	Oil fields destroyed and the battle of Yenangyaung.
April 29th
	Japanese cut the Burma Road taking central Burma.
April 30th
	British retreat beyond the Irrawaddy River.
May 1st
	Mandalay falls into Japanese hands.
May 10th
	Battle for Shwegyin see the British withdraw across the Chindwin River to India.
May 20th
	Japanese capture of Burma complete and go on to reach India.
December
	The British offensive at Arakan.
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1943
February 8th
	British Indian forces start guerrilla actions against Japanese in Burma.
February 14th
	The Chindit's cross The River Chindwin into Burma.
March 17th
	Japanese counterattack on Arakan front.
March 18th
	Chindit's cross Irrawaddy River.
May 11th
	The British offensive at Arakan proves a disaster after they were outflanked by greater numbers of Japanese troops. Leading to a withdrawal from Maungdaw.
November 30th
	Start of the second Arakan offensive.
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1944
January 9th
	British take Maungdaw in the Arakan
January 9th
	Japanese offensive of Arakan begins.
February 5th
	Chindit's second expedition starts with their long march towards Indaw from Ledo Road.
February 7th
	Japanese overrun an Advance Field Hospital guarded of West Yorkshires killing 31 patients, nine orderlies, four doctors, brutally put to death.
February 13th-25th
	Famous battle of the Admin Box in the Arakan see the British clear the Ngakyedauk Pass.
March 1st 16th
	Brigade cross the Chindwin River.
March 5th
	77 Brigade fly into Broadway airstrip.
March 15th
	Japanese advance on Imphal & Kohima.
March 29th
	Imphal siege begins.
April 4th
	Japanese begin their assault on Kohima.
April 14th
	British 2nd Division including 1st Battalion The Royal Berkshire Regiment break through to relieve the defenders at Kohima.
May 3rd 15th
	Corp take key ground overlooking Maungdaw-Buthidaung road in the Arakan.
May 16th
	Japanese pushed back and cleared from Kohima Ridge.
June 22nd
	Kohima to Imphal road opened.
June 26th
	77 Brigade capture Mogaung.
August 27th
	Last Chindits flow out of Burma.
December 13th
	'B' Company, 2nd Battalion Royal Berkshires cross the River Chindwin as part of the 19th Indian Division.
December 2nd
	14th Army advance from Imphal to take Kalewa on the River Chindwin and continue across
December 19th
	14th Army advance to the Irrawaddy.
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1945
January 3rd
	15 Corp take Akyab in the Arakan.
January 10th
	14th Army take Shwebo.
January 12th
	15 Corp attack Myebon in Arakan.
January 22nd
	Landings at Kangaw.
January 28th
	Burma road is reopened.
January 31st
	Kabwet Hill 15R secured by the 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment.
February 12th
	14th Army start the Irrawaddy crossings.
February 13th
	2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment start their Irrawaddy crossings.
February 20th
	14th Army advance on Mandalay.
March 4th
	14th Army take Meitila.
March 8th - 9th
	14th Army (2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment) enter Mandalay.
March 15th
	Japanese try to counterattack at Meiktila.
March 21st
	Mandalay cleared by the 14th Army.
April 26th
	Toungoo falls.
May 2nd
	Assault on Rangoon from the sea.
May 2nd
	14th Army reach Pegu.
July - August
	Retreating Japanese make several break out operations in their struggle to reach Thailand.
August 14th
	Japanese surrender.
September 13th
	Japanese in Burma surrender.
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