World War II: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Indian_Army" id="mwsw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="British Indian Army">British Indian Army</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Army" id="mwtA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Imperial Japanese Army">Imperial Japanese Army</a> begin a series of battles known as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Pokoku_and_Irrawaddy_River_operations" id="mwtQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Pokoku and Irrawaddy River operations">Battle of Pokoku and Irrawaddy River operations</a>.