Battle of Yenangyaung

Battle of Yenangyaung
	Part of the Burma Campaign
	; The Japanese conquest of Burma (the left red arrow represents Japanese movements to Yenangyaung)
Date	16–19 April 1942; (3 days)
Location	Yenangyaung, Burma
Result	Allied victory
Belligerents
China; United Kingdom India;	Japan
Commanders and leaders
Sun Li Jen; Liu Fangwu; James Scott; John Anstice	Shozo Sakurai
Units involved
Chinese Expeditionary Force; 38th Division 113th Regiment; ; 1st Burma Division; 7th Armoured Brigade	33rd Division
Strength
: 1,121; : 7,000	10,000
Casualties and losses
204 killed; 318 wounded; 20 missing	700 killed

The Battle of Yenangyaung (Chinese: 仁安羌大捷; pinyin: Rén'ānqiāng Dàjié; lit. 'Great Victory at Yenangyaung') was fought in Burma (now Myanmar) from 16 to 19 April 1942. As part of the Burma Campaign of World War II, the battle was fought between Chinese and British allied forces on one side and Japanese forces on the other. The battle took place in the vicinity of Yenangyaung and its oil fields.

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