SECOND ARAKAN 1943-44
Shattering the Myth of Japanese Invincibility in Burma
The hard-fought Second Arakan campaign of 1943-44 was a renewed attempt by Allied arms to advance down the coast of Arakan in western Burma, following a failed effort the year before. The battles fought in the area shattered the myth of Japanese invincibility that had crippled the Allied war effort for over two years.
Military historian Tim Moreman examines the operations that made up the fighting in Arakan, from XV Indian Corps' initial push towards Akyab Island to the key events of the major Japanese HA-GO offensive launched by the 28th Army. These include the Battle of the Admin Box near Sinzweya, where the surrounded 7th Indian Division inflicted a serious defeat on the Japanese 55th Division in February 1944, and the seizure of Razabil, the Tunnels and Point 551 between March and May 1944.
Packed with detailed maps, diagrams, battlescene artworks and period photographs, this book delves into this complex campaign and explains how the British and Commonwealth armies achieved a decisive victory over the previously unstoppable Imperial Japanese Army.
OSPREY PUBLISHING
Bloomsbury Publishing Pic
First published in Great Britain in 2025
ISBN: PB 9781472859662
Maps by Bounford
3D BEVs by Paul Kime
Index by Fionbar Lyons
Typeset by PDQ Digital Media Solutions, Bungay, UK
Printed by Repro India Ltd.
96 pages