Myanmar / Japan / United Kingdom / China / India / Germany / Russia / United States / Singapore / /
Event
Person Travel / /
Facility
Oxford University / Rangoon University / Mingaladon airfield / University of Rangoon / Pearl Harbor / /
Holiday
Good Friday / Christmas / /
IndustryTerm
food / train services / freight car / /
NaturalFeature
Sittang River / Irrawaddy / Salween / /
Organization
Chinese army / National Central School in Rangoon / English army / British administration / Japanese army / Ministry of Home and Defense Affairs in Rangoon / Rangoon University / army / Department of Oriental Studies / Indian Civil Service / Burmese administration in India / Royal Army Service Corps / University of Rangoon / Oxford University / Aung San’s Burma Independence Army / St. Augustine’s Society for the Propagation of the Gospel / Christ Church / Maha Buddhaghosa School / /
Person
Pe Maung / Ludu U Hla / Gyan Singh / Aung San / Robert Mole / Webster / Sein Tin / Daw Khin / Maung Nyunt Maung / Kyaw / Pe Maung Tin / /
Position
head / district officer / chief / college tutor / elected prime minister / author / participation official / Professor / influential prose writer / additional district commissioner / assiduous letter writer / driver / subdivisional officer / chief commissioner / editor / government official / deputy commissioner / language teacher / regular district commissioner / astrologer / deputy secretary / additional deputy / senior official / commissioner / Sein Tin’s driver / member / /
Preface The Japanese attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor on December 7/8, 1941, made a single conflict, World War II, out of what had been two separate wars—Japan against China on the one hand, and Germany a