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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:historical_region
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gptkbp:affects
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gptkb:Indian_independence_movement
gptkb:World_War_II
ethnic tensions
British colonial policies
Japanese occupation policies
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gptkbp:borderedBy
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gptkb:China
gptkb:India
gptkb:Thailand
gptkb:British_Malaya
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gptkbp:capital
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gptkb:Rangoon
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gptkbp:colonizedBy
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gptkb:United_Kingdom
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gptkbp:currency
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gptkb:Burmese_rupee
Japanese invasion money
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gptkbp:dateOfJapaneseInvasion
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1942
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gptkbp:dateOfJapaneseWithdrawal
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1945
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Burma (during WWII)
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gptkbp:invaded
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gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Army
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gptkbp:language
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Burmese
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gptkbp:ledTo
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Burmese independence (1948)
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gptkbp:locatedIn
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gptkb:Southeast_Asia
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gptkbp:majorBattle
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gptkb:Battle_of_Mandalay
gptkb:Battle_of_Meiktila_and_Mandalay
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Admin_Box
gptkb:Battle_of_Rangoon
gptkb:Battle_of_Imphal
gptkb:Battle_of_Kohima
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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gptkb:military
civilian resistance
construction of the Burma Railway
Japanese surrender in Burma
Allied recapture of Rangoon
Allied air supply operations
Japanese puppet government
forced labor on the Death Railway
formation of the State of Burma (1943)
mass exodus of Indian population
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gptkbp:notableGroup
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gptkb:Burma_Independence_Army
gptkb:Indian_National_Army
gptkb:Chindits
Karen guerrillas
Kachin Rangers
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gptkbp:notableLeader
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gptkb:General_William_Slim
gptkb:Aung_San
gptkb:Orde_Wingate
gptkb:Ba_Maw
gptkb:Lord_Louis_Mountbatten
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:British_Empire
gptkb:British_Raj
Allied Powers (after 1945)
Japanese Empire (1942-1945)
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gptkbp:population
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approximately 16 million (1941)
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gptkbp:presentDay
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gptkb:Myanmar
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gptkbp:strategicImportance
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gptkb:Burma_Road
supply route to China
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gptkbp:suffersFrom
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gptkb:dam
civilian casualties
forced labor
displacement
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gptkbp:wasOccupiedBy
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gptkb:Burma_Independence_Army
gptkb:Japan
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:Indian_National_Army
gptkb:British_Indian_Army
gptkb:Allied_Forces
Chinese Nationalist Forces
United States Forces
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gptkbp:wasTheaterOf
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gptkb:Burma_Campaign
gptkb:Southeast_Asian_Theatre
gptkb:China-Burma-India_Theater
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Dai_Nippon_Teikoku
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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