Talk:Burma Campaign 1944-1945

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[edit] Burma National Army position

When I first created this page, I placed the Burma National Army as Allied combatants, and Aung San as an Allied commander. In the latest version, the BNA has been moved to the Japanese side, while Aung San remains an Allied commander, albeit under a British Commonwealth flag which I am sure he would have refused to acknowledge in his lifetime.

To the best of my knowledge and research, the BNA did not participate in any serious fighting on the Japanese side (being mainly stationed in Rangoon and Southern Burma), and defected en masse in March, 1945. Their contribution to the Allied effort may have been minor, but spared the Allies the necessity of suppressing a pro-Independence guerrilla movement during the remainder of the war.

Hopefully, concensus can be reached on this matter. HLGallon (talk) 05:52, 23 March 2008 (UTC)