Warfare in April

Arakan 1944–1945 World War II (Burma-India)

On a final offensive in southwestern Burma, General Alexander Christison launched a fresh advance down the Arakan coast towards strategic Akyab Island. Supported by amphibious landings on the mainland and on nearby Ramree and Chedube Islands, Christison slowly forced General Shozo Sakurai to withdraw. Rangoon itself then fell without resistance (12 December 1944–April 1945).

Note: if you still want to see these please click like. This is the last one barring two already done for August. If I see enough interest I will continue to create these from my set of resources. It is a very time consuming effort to find battles for the week of and related web content to post weekly.