Tavoy Airfield*
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Date: January 19, 1942*
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Battle Location: Tavoy, Tenssarim Region, Burma*
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Battle Type: Japan assault vs Great Britain defend.*
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Description: The British garrison of Tavoy was made up of the ill-equipped 6th Burma Rifles. Their missions
was to deny the use of the nearby airfield to the Japanese moving into Burma as long as possible. When faced
with the 3rd Battalion of the Japanese 112th Regiment the British colonial forces were unable to hold on for
long.*
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Source: Allen, Louis; Burma-The Longest War 1941-45*
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Design by:  Ulf Lundstrom.**


