Japanese soldiers from the 3rd Battalion , the 215th Regiment and the OC Moulmein Kempeitai of the Imperial Japanese Army entered the village of Kalagong on 7 July 1945 and rounded up all the inhabitants for questioning . These soldiers were then ordered by Major General Seiei Yamamoto , chief of staff of the 33rd Army , to massacre an estimated 600 Burmese villagers
massacre
Kalagong massacre
Japanese occupation of Burma