Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ekwenyesiri ya ike na ọkwa ya nke lieutenant general na Eprel 1945, na ngwụcha May, a gbanwere isi ụlọ ọrụ nke ndị agha India nke XXXIII nke Stopford ka ọ bụrụ isi ụlọ ọrụ ọhụrụ nke British Twelfth Army. Ndị agha nke iri na abụọ weghaara ọrụ maka imecha usoro ikpeazụ nke mkpọsa na Burma, na-ekwe ka HQ nke iri na anọ laghachi India, ịhazi atụmatụ maka ọrụ ndị ga-eme n'ọdịnihu, ọkachasị iweghachite Malaya. Agha ahụ n'okpuru iwu Stopford ga-abụ nke a maara dị ka Agha nke Sittang Bend. Ndị Japan fọdụrụ na ndagwurugwu Irrawaddy, na-agụta ihe dị ka ndị agha 30,000, gbalịrị ịgafe ugwu Pegu Yoma na Osimiri Sittang, n'ime nchekwa nke Karen Hills, na-agafe Thailand. N'iburu na Lieutenant General Messervy's IV Corps, nwere ngalaba atọ n'okpuru iwu, ndị agha nke iri na abụọ merụrụ ndị agha Japan, ọtụtụ n'ime ha na-ata ahụhụ site na agụụ ma ọ bụ ọrịa. Dịka o siri pụta, nke a ga-abụ nnukwu ọgụ ikpeazụ nke ndị Western Allies lụrụ n'oge Agha Worldwa nke Abụọ dịka, n'etiti ọnwa Ọgọstụ,
Ndị Japan chịliri aka elu na Tokyo. Stopford nyere iwu ka a kwụsị ọrụ agha niile, ma n'oge na-adịghị anya, ya na ndị Japan bidoro mkparịta ụka, nke rụpụtara na ha nyefere onwe ha na Rangoon n'etiti ọnwa Septemba. N'ọnwa na-eso ya, n'emume ọzọ, Ọchịagha Heitarō Kimura, onye isi ndị agha Japan nke Burma, nyefere Stopford mma agha ya.