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Battle of the Admin Box
Part of the Burma campaign in the South-East Asian theatre of World War II

Sikh troops of the 7th Indian Infantry Division man an observation post in the Ngakyedauk Pass area of the Arakan, Burma, February 1944
Date5–23 February 1944
Location
Arakan, Burma
20°55′55″N 92°26′58″E / 20.932080°N 92.449349°E / 20.932080; 92.449349
Result Allied victory
Belligerents

Battle of the Admin Box United Kingdom

  • India British Raj

Empire of Japan Japan

  • Battle of the Admin Box Azad Hind
Commanders and leaders
United Kingdom Philip Christison Empire of Japan Tokutaro Sakurai
Strength
At start:
2 infantry divisions
1 armoured regiment
Reinforcements:
2 infantry divisions
1 infantry division
Casualties and losses
3,506 total[1]
3 Fighter aircraft[2]
3,106 killed
2,229 wounded[3]
65 Fighter aircraft[2]
Sinzweya is located in Myanmar
Sinzweya
Sinzweya
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Sinzweya, Myanmar

The Battle of the Admin Box (sometimes referred to as the Battle of Ngakyedauk or the Battle of Sinzweya) took place on the southern front of the Burma campaign from 5 to 23 February 1944, in the South-East Asian Theatre of World War II.

Japanese forces attempted a local counter-attack against an Allied offensive with the aim of drawing Allied reserves from the Central Front in Assam, where the Japanese were preparing their own major offensive. After initial setbacks, the Allies recovered to thwart the Japanese attack, pioneering the methods which would lead to further Allied victories over the following year.

The battle takes its name from the "administration area" of the Indian Army's 7th Division, which became a makeshift, rectangular defensive position for Major-General Frank Messervy and his staff after their divisional headquarters was overrun on 7 February.[4]

  1. ^ Moreman, p.122
  2. ^ a b Allen, p.178
  3. ^ Allen, p.638
  4. ^ Alan Jeffreys, 2005, The British Army in the Far East 1941–45, Oxford, Osprey Publishing, p33.

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