Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 1941, boka racho rakagoverwa kuuto rechi15 ndokutora rutivi mukukunda kweJapan Burma. Chikamu ichi chaive ne143rd Regiment yakaparadzaniswa kuti vatore Dawei (Tavoy) neMyeik (Mergui), nepo mauto makuru akatora Mawlamyine (Moulmein) musi wa31 Ndira 1942. Muna Kurume 1942 divi racho rakarwa kwemazuva gumi nemana rakakomberedza guta reTaungoo richipesana neChinese 200th Division yakanga yaneta. Kurwa kwakaguma apo vaChina vakapfuura ndokubuda. Musi waApril 18, 1942, Chikamu chechi55 chakanga chakapoteredza Chikamu chechi55 cheChina, pakupedzisira chichichiuraya. Munguva yeBurma Campaign, 144th Infantry Regiment yakaparadzaniswa kubva muchikamu ichi ndokuendeswa kuNew Guinea. Mamwe ose e55th akashandiswa kupikisa kuronga zvisina kurongwa
Kurwisa kweBritain paDonbaik (Sittwe (Akyab)) kubva musi wa 18 Kurume 1943. Pakazosvika 3 April 1943 divi racho rakanga ratanga kufambira mberi kupfuura nzvimbo yeMayu, pakupedzisira rakakomberedza nekukunda zvikamu zvakawanda zveBritish; kusangana nekuramba kwakasimba kubva muna Chivabvu 1943 zvichienda mberi. Pakati paNovember 1943 yechi55 yakanga ichiri munharaunda yeArakan. Pakupedzisira, boka racho rakarwa nechisimba chakakundikana icho chakava Hondo yeBhokisi reAdmin muna February 1944. Musi waFebruary 19, 1944, mutungamiri we112th Infantry Regiment, panguva iyoyo pasi kubva ku3000 kusvika ku400 varume, akange atsemura kutaurirana neredhiyo nemuzinda wedhivhizheni ndokubvisa varume vake. Mushure mokunge hondo yeImphal yaparadzwa, boka racho rakapiwa basa ku28th Army muBurma uye, mushure mokudzokera kuRwizi rweIrrawaddy, rakanga riri pasi pe38th Army. Pana 15 August 1945, apo Kuzvipira kweJapan kwakataurwa, 55th Division yakanga iri muPhnom Penh.