Allied forces recapture Rangoon from the Japanese 80 years ago this hour (May 3 1945)


Video: 'Manila And Rangoon - Japanese Surrender (1945)' (Rangoon surrender at 0:51)

(Sunday, May 3, 1945, 4:00 p.m. Burma Standard Time; part of the Pacific Theatre of World War II) — Allied forces recaptured Rangoon (Yangon) in Burma from the Japanese today.

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