<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Akasimbiswa muchikamu chake che lieutenant general muna April 1945, mukupera kwaMay Stopfords XXXIII Indian Corps HQ yakasarudzwazve seHQ itsva yeBritish Twelfth Army. Mauto gumi namaviri zvino akatora mutoro wokupedzisa zvikamu zvekupedzisira zvehondo muBurma, zvichibvumira HQ Mauto gumi nemana kuti adzokere kuIndia, kuronga mashandiro emangwana, kunyanya kutorazve Malaya. Hondo yakatungamirirwa naStopford yaizozivikanwa seHondo yeSittang Bend. MaJapan akanga asara muIrrawaddy Valley, aiva nemasoja anenge 30 000, akaedza kuyambuka Makomo ePegu Yoma uye Rwizi rweSittang, achienda kunzvimbo yainzi yakachengeteka yeMakomo eKaren, kumuganhu weThailand. Tichifunga nezve IV Corps yaLieutenant General Messervy, aine zvikamu zvitatu pasi pehutungamiriri, mauto gumi nemaviri akakonzera kurasikirwa kwakanyanya kumauto eJapan, huwandu hukuru hwaitambura nenzara kana zvimwe zvirwere. Sezvazvakazoitika, uku kwaifanira kuva kurwisa kukuru kwokupedzisira kwevokuMadokero kweHondo Yenyika II sezvo, pakati paAugust,  <response>: MaJapan akakanda mapfumo pasi muTokyo. Stopford akarayira kuti mabasa ose okurwisa agume, uye nokukurumidza akatanga nhaurirano navaJapan, izvo zvakaguma nokuzvipira kwavo paRangoon pakati paSeptember. Mwedzi wakatevera, pane imwe mhemberero, General Heitarō Kimura, mutungamiri weJapan Burma Area Army, akapa Stopford munondo wake. 