On The Cooperation And Divergence Between China And America And Britain In The Battleground Of Burma In The Period Of Pacific War

Burma campaign is Britain after form the anti-fascist alliance of China and the United States first to operate with military action. But because the between Britain’s national interest of China and the United States, strategic objectives, Myanmar different stakes in the United States and Britain, the three allies in Burma there are serious differences. So Burma campaign is also divided during the Anti-Japanese War Allies in at most one of the most intense action. This article is mainly to make a detailed discussion of cooperation and differences of the three countries in Burma.The first part mainly tells about the cooperation and divergence between allied countries during the first Burma War. When Pacific War broken out, Japan invaded the Burma. Faced with Japan’s invasion, allied countries aroused serious divergence on the Burma’s defensive issue. First, Britain obstructed Chinese troops to enter Burma in order to maintain its interest in Burma. Eventually Britain agreed Chinese troop to fight in Burma after coordinating with all aspect. Then followed is about the problem of the military command of the Chinese Expeditionary Force. Finally are the strategy issues, facing the Japanese invasion, Britain adopted retreat strategy, and China adopted cautious strategy while Steve advocated attack. Because of the divergence of the allied countries, the first Burma War failed.The secondpart discussed the put forward and deadlock of the counter-offensive of Burma. After first failure of the Burma War, re-occupy the Burma has essential strategic significance. So counter-offensive of Burma became a major topic among allied countries. July and October of1942, Steve and Chinese government proposed a counterattack plan in succession. But taken colonial control into consideration, Britain was not so active towards this plan. Eventually this led counterattack Burma stranded.The third part of this paper analyzes1943allied countries discussed repeatedly about counterattack Burma. In1943, the Allied countries held several important conferences to discuss the counter-offensive in Burma but the British always looking for excuses to obstruct the plan carry out. The United States constantly compromised to Britain considered his strategy of Asia prior to Europe. Chiang Kai-shek (Jiangjieshi) attends the counter-offensive in the premise of amphibious warfare. But Chiang kai-shek refused to implement the plan because of the absence of cooperation in amphibious warfare.The fourth part of this paper is mainly about the cooperation and divergence of the allied countries during the implementation process of the North-Burma counter-offensive campaign. In1943October, the Chinese army in Indian launched North-Burma counter-offensive campaign, but the army in the Indian can’t resist the Japanese attack, Roosevelt made several phone calls to Chiang Kai-shek to let Yunnan army in Burma war. Finally, Chiang Kai-shek was forced to implement North-Burma counter-offensive campaign in full scale.