The situation became so critical that General Harold Alexander, commanding the Burma Army, asked Lieutenant General Joseph Stilwell, the American commander of the China Burma India Theater and Chief of Staff to Chiang Kai-Shek, to move the Chinese 38th Division immediately into the Yenaungyaung area.
the Burma National Army, a pro-Japanese Second World War force, later pro-Allied
In 1939 he was promoted Brevet Colonel and Colonel in command of Administration, Burma Army, then in October 1940 Brigade Commander of the Landi Kotal Brigade.
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