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Today in Military History

May 3 in Military HistoryToday

British and Indian troops entering Rangoon after its liberation, May 3, 1945

Defining Moment · 81 years ago today

British Recapture of Rangoon: The Burma Campaign Ends

British and Commonwealth forces recaptured Rangoon in Operation Dracula, effectively ending the Burma Campaign. Indian troops of the 26th Division made an amphibious landing while General Slim's Fourteenth Army advanced overland from the north. The liberation crowned a remarkable campaign in which Slim's "Forgotten Army" destroyed the Japanese Burma Area Army.

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