Regional1942

Battle of Moulmein

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Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Moulmein (1942), part of World War II: the Japanese capture of Moulmein at the opening of the Burma campaign. Japan defeated United Kingdom.

Belligerents2

Japan
United Kingdom

ON THE MAPEmpire of Japan (peak, 1942)British Empire (1939)

Conflict graph

PART OFWorld War II

Sources

HCED — Miller & Bakar (2023), Historical Conflict Event Dataset, J. Conflict Resolution 67(2-3)
Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges (HCED primary source)

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Cite as: Battle of Moulmein (1942). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/battle-of-moulmein · Sources & methodology