The Japanese were decisively beaten, but they shifted the focus of their attack to central Burma.

Since March 2013, riots has flared up in various cities in central and eastern Burma.

Mandalay is the major trading and communications center for northern and central Burma.

In the dry season, central Burma is largely an open plain with sandy soil.

Though the army was driven back, it left no doubt as to who held the real power in central Burma.

They began east of the Irrawaddy, a river in central Burma.

Even in central Burma, Kyawswa controlled only around the capital.

He spent the rest of his reign consolidating his rule in all of central Burma.

The group entered combat early in 1943 and operated chiefly against enemy transportation in central Burma until 1944.

After the fall of Rangoon, the Allies tried to make a stand in central Burma.