On December 12, 1941, during the Japanese invasion of Southeast Asia, the control was given back to the commander-in-chief in India since the British were now fighting the European theater with the Nazis. In November 1940, as the British were busy with the European theater of war, the control of the operations was given to the Far East Command in Singapore while the administrative control was split between the War Office and the Burmese government. Then from 1937 until September 1939, the Burmese government was in charge, and from September 1939, The Chiefs-of-staff in London decided to take control in operations while the Burmese government retained administration and financial control.
The defense of Burma had been the responsibility of the Indian government until 1937. The command structure of Burma was confusing and was changing rapidly during the time. As World War II raged on, it would bring numerous bloody battles to the cities and jungles of Burma.īurma, present-day Myanmar, was a British colony located in the Pacific during WWII. As the Japanese occupied Southeast Asia after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Burma became an important theater for the Pacific Asia War. Meanwhile, the Chinese Nationalist (KMT) leader, Chiang Kai Shek looked to Burma Road for supply for the war through the Lend-Lease policy with the United States. As the United States entered the war after Pearl Harbor, it looked to China as a source of manpower as well as a base for bombers and a way to eventually invade Japan. China-Burma-India is one of the most forgotten theaters of World War 2.
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