Arakan massacres in 1942
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arakan-massacres-in-1942-188-12543102
title:
Arakan massacres in 1942
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During World War II, Japanese forces invaded Burma, which was then under British colonial rule. The British forces retreated and, in the power vacuum left behind, considerable violence erupted between pro-Japanese Buddhist Rakhine and pro-British Muslim villagers. As part of the 'stay-behind' strategy to impede the Japanese advance, the Commander-in-Chief of forces in Delhi, Wavell, established "V-Force", which armed Rohingya locals in northern Arakan to create a buffer zone from Japanese invasi
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Part of the Japanese invasion of Burma during World War II
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arakan_massacres_in_1942
date created:
2005-06-03T19:57:29Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T23:30:30Z
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