Burma
At the same time the 9th Division was sent to reinforce Malaya, in the spring of 1941, an infantry brigade was sent to reinforce Burma followed by a second brigade later in the year. On 8 December the Japanese Army invaded Burma from Siam. Withdrawing to India the last British and Indian escaped from Burma in July 1942.
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