A cikin 1942 Japan ta mamaye Burma kuma a zahiri ta ayyana mulkin mallaka a matsayin jihar Burma a ranar 1 ga Agusta 1943. An kafa gwamnatin marigayi da Ba Maw ya jagoranta. Koyaya, yawancin Burmese sun fara gaskanta cewa Jafananci ba su da niyyar ba su 'yanci na gaske. Aung San, mahaifin shugaban adawa na gaba da Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, da sauran shugabannin kasa sun kafa Kungiyar Anti-Fascist wacce a watan Agusta 1944, Burtaniya ta nemi kafa kawance tare da sauran fararen hula da suka yi yaƙi da Biritaniya (Tatmadaw). A watan Afrilu 1945, sojojin Jafananci sun kori sojojin Jafananci daga Biritaniya.
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