Battle of the Admin Box

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The Battle of the Admin Box was a pivotal 1944 engagement in the Burma campaign of World War II, where Allied forces successfully withstood and repelled a major Japanese offensive in the Arakan region, marking a turning point in the fighting in Southeast Asia.

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Generate an image of the Battle of the Admin Box (The Battle of the Admin Box was a pivotal 1944 engagement in the Burma campaign of World War II, where Allied forces successfully withstood and repelled a major Japanese offensive in the Arakan region, marking a turning point in the fighting in Southeast Asia.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Ngakyedauk Pass ⓘ
belligerent British Empire ⓘ
British Indian Army ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
combatType jungle warfare ⓘ
land battle ⓘ
conflict Burma campaign ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved India ⓘ
endDate 1944-02-23 ⓘ
followedBy subsequent Allied advances in Arakan ⓘ
front Arakan front ⓘ
linked to: Burma campaign
historicalEra 20th century ⓘ
World War II in Asia ⓘ
linked to: Pacific War
involves Allied forces ⓘ
Japanese forces ⓘ
location Arakan ⓘ
Burma ⓘ
linked to: Myanmar

Myanmar ⓘ
notableFeature Allied forces held defensive box position instead of retreating ⓘ
Japanese forces attempted infiltration and encirclement tactics ⓘ
reliance on air supply by Allied forces ⓘ
outcome Japanese offensive repelled ⓘ
partOf Burma campaign ⓘ
Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II

World War II ⓘ
precededBy First Arakan campaign ⓘ
linked to: Burma campaign
region South Asia ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ
result Allied victory ⓘ
significance first major defeat of Japanese tactics in the Arakan by Allied forces ⓘ
turning point in the Burma campaign ⓘ
startDate 1944-02-05 ⓘ
strategicEffect boosted Allied morale in Burma ⓘ
undermined Japanese reputation for invincibility in jungle warfare ⓘ
tacticsUsedByAllies air resupply ⓘ
close air support ⓘ
static defence in fortified administrative box ⓘ
tacticsUsedByJapan cutting supply lines ⓘ
encirclement ⓘ
infiltration ⓘ
theatre Southeast Asian theatre of World War II ⓘ
timePeriod February 1944 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Burma campaign → hasPart → Battle of the Admin Box ⓘ
Burma Theater → notableBattle → Battle of the Admin Box ⓘ
Battle of Ngakyedauk Pass → alsoKnownAs → Battle of the Admin Box ⓘ
XV Corps (British India) → engagement → Battle of the Admin Box ⓘ
Indian 7th Infantry Division → engagedIn → Battle of the Admin Box ⓘ
Japanese 18th Division → notableEngagement → Battle of the Admin Box ⓘ
7th Indian Division → notableBattle → Battle of the Admin Box ⓘ