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15 May 1945
Relationship Between Lt. General Slim and General Aung San
General Aung San crossed the Irrawaddy at Allanmyo on 15 May 1945 and then flew to Meiktila on 16 May to meet for the first time with Lt. General William Slim, commander of the British Fourteenth Army. With nearly one million men, the Fourteenth Army was the largest Commonwealth army anywhere during World War Two - a giant force of Indians, Africans, British, Gurkhas, Burmese, Canadians, Australians and others. By 16 May, the Fourteenth Army had already retaken Rangoon and...
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