 During March, as part of the decisive Battle of Central Burma, the division was involved in several battles at Myingyan and Yenangyaung.During April, the division once again came under command of XXXIII Corps and advanced down the west bank of the Irrawaddy.After Rangoon, the capital, was captured in early May, the division was directly commanded by the new headquarters of Twelfth Army and resisted Japanese diversionary attacks across the Sittang River during the monsoon.