The storm Catastrophe also affected Influence Burma ( Myanmar ) , Indonesia , Malaysia , and Cambodia to a lesser degree .

Creating Creating an airlift presented Presence the AAF a considerable challenge in 1942 : it had no units trained Education_teaching or equipped Supply for moving Motion cargo , and no airfields existed Presence in the China Burma India Theater ( CBI ) for basing the large number of transports that would be needed .

The operation began Process_start in April 1942 , after the Japanese blocked Hiding_objects the Burma Road , and continued daily to August 1945 , when the effort began Process_start to scale Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale down .

The main events took place Process_start in Rangoon , Burma ( Myanmar ) on 7–8 July 1962 .

The reaction of the military regime disclosed for the first time its new tough stance against all regime opponents as part of implementing the new state ideology , the Burmese Way to Socialism , which included bringing `` almost all of Burma 's political , social , and economic life under strict military control '' .

Students had been in the vanguard of the Burmese anti-colonial nationalist struggle ever since the first student protests in Burma began Process_start in 1920 .

Broad institutional reforms Reforming_a_system introduced by the 1964 University Education Act , then , brought Burma 's universities under strict government control and profoundly hampered Hindering cohesive open student activism in subsequent decades .

Wavell had lost Earnings_and_losses his left Departing hand in Burma during World War II .

However , Kim dissipated Dispersal for good the next day while located inland over Burma .

The fighting Hostile_encounter in the Burma Campaign in 1944 was among the most severe in the South-East Asian Theatre of World War II .

It took place Process_start along the borders between Burma and India , and Burma and China , and involved Participation the British Commonwealth , Chinese and United States forces , against the forces of Imperial Japan and the Indian National Army .

It took place Process_start along the borders between Burma and India , and Burma and China , and involved Participation the British Commonwealth , Chinese and United States forces , against the forces of Imperial Japan and the Indian National Army .

The Allies had overcome Resolve_problem the logistic and organisational difficulties which had crippled Hindering their earlier efforts , and they were preparing GetReady to invade Attack Japanese-occupied Burma at several widely separated points .

By the end Process_end of the year , the Allies had achieved Achieve significant territorial gains Getting only in one sector , the extreme north-east of Burma , but the Japanese attack Attack on India had been defeated Earnings_and_losses with very heavy casualties .

This handicapped Hindering the Japanese attempts to defend Defending Burma against renewed Allied offensives in the following year .

The purpose Aiming of the Japanese offensive was not to hold Defending the city , but to maintain Preserving pressure Influence on the Chinese National Revolutionary Army to reduce Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale their combat ability in the region , and their ability to reinforce Cause_change_of_strength the Burma Campaign .

In the nineteenth century , the British conquered Conquering Burma and Sikkim , occupying Control the whole southern flank of Tibet .

The 1969 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games officially known as the 5th Southeast Asian Peninsular Games , was a Southeast Asian multi-sport event held in Rangoon , Burma from 6 to 13 December 1969 with 15 sports featured in the games .

After hosting Come_together the 5th edition , Burma declined Agree_or_refuse_to_act hosting succeeding games due to lack of financial capability .

This was Burma 's second time to host Come_together the games and its first time since 1961 .

The games was opened Openness and closed Self_motion by Ne Win , the President of Burma at the Bogyoke Aung San Stadium .

The final medal tally was led by host Burma , followed by Thailand and Singapore .

Malaysia is the third country to host Social_event the Southeast Asian Peninsular Games , which later known as the Southeast Asian Games after Thailand and Myanmar , then Burma .

The Burmese–Siamese War ( 1785–1786 ) , known as the Nine Armies ' Wars in Siamese history because the Burmese came in nine armies , was fought Hostile_encounter between the Konbaung dynasty of Burma and the Chakri dynasty of resurgent Siam ( Thailand ) .

The defeat Earnings_and_losses that the invasion turned out to be the last full-scale invasion of Siam by Burma .

The Karen conflict is an armed conflict Hostile_encounter in Kayin State , Myanmar ( formerly known as Karen State , Burma ) .

The final Process_end medal tally was led by Thailand , followed by host Come_together Singapore , Burma and Malaysia .

The Third Anglo-Burmese War Hostile_encounter , also known as the Third Burma War , was a conflict that took place Process_start during 7–29 November 1885 , with sporadic resistance and insurgency continuing into 1887 .

The war saw the loss Earnings_and_losses of sovereignty of an independent Burma under the Konbaung dynasty , whose rule had already been reduced Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale to the territory known as Upper Burma , the region of Lower Burma having been annexed by the British in 1853 , as a result of the Second Anglo-Burmese War .

The war saw the loss Earnings_and_losses of sovereignty of an independent Burma under the Konbaung dynasty , whose rule had already been reduced Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale to the territory known as Upper Burma , the region of Lower Burma having been annexed by the British in 1853 , as a result of the Second Anglo-Burmese War .

The war saw the loss Earnings_and_losses of sovereignty of an independent Burma under the Konbaung dynasty , whose rule had already been reduced Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale to the territory known as Upper Burma , the region of Lower Burma having been annexed by the British in 1853 , as a result of the Second Anglo-Burmese War .

Following the war , Burma came under the rule of the British Raj as a province of India .

In 1937 , the British governed Control Burma as a separate colony .

After World War II , Burma achieved Achieve independence as a republic in 1948 .

The first Mongol invasions of Burma ( present-day Myanmar ) ( ) were a series of military conflicts Hostile_encounter between Kublai Khan 's Yuan dynasty , division of the Mongol Empire , and the Pagan Empire that took place Process_start between 1277 and 1287 .

The invasions toppled Change_of_leadership the 250-year-old Pagan Empire , and the Mongol army seized Pagan territories in present-day Dehong , Yunnan and northern Burma to Tagaung .

The invasions ushered in 250 years of political fragmentation in Burma and the rise Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale of ethnic Tai-Shan states throughout mainland Southeast Asia .

When the Burmese king again refused Agree_or_refuse_to_act , the emperor ordered Arranging an invasion Attack of northern Burma .

Two dry season campaigns ( 1283–85 ) later , the Mongols had occupied Control down to Tagaung and Hanlin , forcing the Burmese king to flee Escaping to Lower Burma .

The Mongols organized Arranging northern Burma as the province of Zhengmian .

The Burmese embassy , received Receiving by the emperor in Beijing in January 1287 , agreed Agree_or_refuse_to_act to a treaty that acknowledged Statement the suzerainty of the Yuan dynasty or the Mongol Empire over the Pagan Empire and annual payments in taxes to the Yunnan government in exchange Exchange for the evacuation of Mongol troops from northern Burma .

The Mongol command Control at Yunnan now deemed Coming_to_believe the imperial order Arranging to withdraw void , and ordered Arranging an invasion of central Burma .

After the Japanese attack Attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 , the war merged Cause_to_amalgamate with other conflicts of World War II as a major sector known as the China Burma India Theater .

The United States began Process_start to aid China by airlifting Bringing material over the Himalayas after the Allied defeat Conquering in Burma that closed the Burma Road .

The United States began Process_start to aid China by airlifting Bringing material over the Himalayas after the Allied defeat Conquering in Burma that closed the Burma Road .

In 1945 , the Chinese Expeditionary Force resumed Recovering its advance in Burma and completed Process_end the Ledo Road linking India to China .

Philippines is the sixth nation to host Social_event the Southeast Asian Games after Thailand , Burma , Malaysia , Singapore and Indonesia .

The 8888 Nationwide Popular Pro-Democracy Protests Protest ( MLCTS : `` hrac le : lum : '' ) , also known as the 8-8-88 Uprisings Violence , or the People Power Uprising Violence , the People 's Democracy Movement and the 1988 Uprising Violence , were a series of nationwide protests , marches and civil unrest Violence in Burma ( Myanmar ) that peaked in August 1988 .

Under the government agenda , called Request the Burmese Way to Socialism , which involved Participation economic isolation and strengthening Cause_change_of_strength the military , Burma became Becoming one of the world 's most impoverished countries .