 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kupinda kweJapan muBurmamuHondo Yenyika II yakatangwa kubva kuMalaya muna December 1941. Izvi zvakatungamirira kukundwa kwemauto eBritish neIndia uye kutonga kweJapan, asi mugore ra1942 vatongi vatsva vakaita zvivimbiso zvekupa Burma kuzvimiririra mushure mehondo, vachitenda kuti izvi zvaizopa vaBurma chikamu mukukunda kweAxis, kugadzira kuramba kuzotongwazve nemasimba ekumadokero, uye kutungamira kune rutsigiro rukuru rwemauto nehupfumi kubva kuBurma kuhondo yeJapan. Musi wa 8 Chivabvu 1943, komiti yekugadzirira kuzvimiririra kweBurma yakaumbwa pasi pehutungamiriri hwaBa Maw, uye musi wa 1 Nyamavhuvhu 1943 Nyika yakazvimiririra yeBurma yakaziviswa, naBa Maw sa Naingandaw Adipadi mutungamiriri wenyika pamwe nemutungamiriri wehurumende. 