Only in 1937, by a decree of the British viceroy, was Burma finally separated from British India. But the Japanese invasion five years later subjugated Burma and its people to colonial rule once again, with the conquering sweep of the Imperial Japanese Army checked only at Imphal, in India’s Manipur state.
直到1937年，在英国总督的判令之下缅甸最终得以从英属印度中独立出来。但5年之后的日本入侵又把缅甸及其人民压制在殖民统治之下，而日军的扫荡也最终被遏制在当今印度曼尼普尔区首府英帕尔一线。