battle, interwar and Second World War
Battle of Pegu
Battle of Pegu was a battle fought on 7 March 1942 at Bago, in what is now Myanmar. It was part of the Japanese conquest of Burma, which ran from 1941 to 1942. The recorded result: Japanese victory; British retreat continued. Recorded strength: 1 armoured brigade against 2 divisions.
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Where it sits in the Japanese conquest of Burma
Record
| Date | 7 March 1942 | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Bago, Myanmar 17.096N, 96.216E | |
| Kind | Battle, interwar and Second World War | |
| Strength | 1 armoured brigade | 2 divisions |
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Nearest engagements
- Operation Dracula 1945, 28 km S
- Battle of Rangoon (1852) 1852, 34 km S
- Battle of Elephant Point 1945, 73 km S
- Battle of Sittang Bridge 1942, 77 km NE
- Battle of Bilin River 1942, 110 km E
In the same war
- Before: Battle of Sittang Bridge 23 February 1942
- After: Battle of Prome 30 March 1942
- All 4 engagements of Japanese conquest of Burma
Elsewhere in 1942
- Battle of Stalingrad Russia
- Battle of Midway United States
- Operation Torch Algeria
- Battle of the Coral Sea
- Second Battle of El Alamein Egypt
Battle of Pegu is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 39 in present-day Myanmar.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q2237206, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Pegu, revision 1370452985, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.