Battle of the Admin Box

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battle military engagement

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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Label	Occurrences
Battle of the Admin Box canonical	6

Statements (47)

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	Burma campaign ⓘ surface form: Arakan front
historicalEra	20th century ⓘ Pacific War ⓘ surface form: World War II in Asia
involves	Allied forces ⓘ Japanese forces ⓘ
location	Arakan ⓘ Myanmar ⓘ surface form: Burma 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 ⓘ World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War World War II ⓘ
precededBy	Burma campaign ⓘ surface form: First Arakan 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	South-East Asian theatre of World War II ⓘ surface form: Southeast Asian theatre of World War II
timePeriod	February 1944 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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 ⓘ