WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The British sent in their own force to meet the Burmese in Cachar, resulting in the first clashes between the two. The war formally broke out on 5 March 1824, following border clashes in Arakan.

Detailed explanation-2: -Burma was annexed by the British on January 1, 1886, by the proclamation of the Viceroy and Governor-General of India, Lord Dufferin.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Anglo-Burmese Wars were a clash between two expanding empires, the British Empire and the Konbaung Dynasty, that became British India’s most expensive and longest war, costing 5–13 million pounds sterling (£400 million – £1.1 billion as of 2019) and spanning over 60 years.

Detailed explanation-4: -1824: The British declared war on Burma officially and sent naval forces into the Burmese mainland through Yangon (Rangoon) harbor (Battle of Yangon).

Detailed explanation-5: -In January 1942, the Japanese Army invaded Burma (now called Myanmar). The Japanese faced weak opposition from the Allied forces defending the vast Burmese frontier. Allied troops endured over three years of brutal fighting, often in extreme terrain and menaced by severe weather and the threat of disease.