 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - MuBurma, maBritish, pasi pekumanikidzwa kwakasimba, akaita kudzokera shure kunorwa kubva kuRangoon kuenda kumuganhu weIndo-Burmese. Ikoku kwakagura Mugwagwa weBurma, uyo wakanga uri mutsara wokugovera weVabatanidzwa vokumadokero kuvaChinese Nationalists. Muna March 1942, Chinese Expeditionary Force yakatanga kurwisa mauto eJapan kuchamhembe kweBurma. Musi wa 16 Kubvumbi, varwi veBritain zviuru zvinomwe vakakomberedzwa neJapan 33rd Division panguva yeHondo yeYenangyaung uye vakanunurwa neChina 38th Division, inotungamirwa naSun Li-jen. Kubatira pamwe pakati pevaChinese Nationalists nemaCommunist kwakanga kwaderera kubva pakukwirira kwazvo paHondo yeWuhan, uye ukama pakati pevaviri hwakanga hwava kushata sezvo vose vakaedza kuwedzera nzvimbo dzavo dzokushanda munzvimbo dzakagarwa. VaJapan vakashandisa kushayikwa kwokubatana uku kuti vapfuurire mukurwisa kwavo. 