He fondly remembers the names of his British commanders. "We kept our loyalty," he says. But Britain did very little to repay this loyalty. Sally McLean grew up steeped in stories of Burma.

The British colonized Burma in a series of three wars beginning in 1824. During their rule, the Arakan problem declined as the British allowed for a relative degree of local autonomy. From 1824 to ...

Some still recalled the day in 1885 when Burma’s last king, brash Thibaw, sailed into exile and the British took over. Now, British rule was at an end. Atop gloomy Government House, where the ...

Under the British the "frontier areas" had been administered separately from Burma proper, and there was real doubt whether these frontier peoples would go along with the Burmans in demanding ...

The Indians, our neighbors to the west, have been trading and settling in Burma for centuries, attracted by the opportunities of our fertile, uncrowded country. The British used cheap Indian labor ...

When Britain conquered Burma, the last king's most treasured possession - an enormous, priceless ruby - disappeared. Who took it, where did it go, and where is it now? CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ...

Track the progress of the Burma Campaign - from the rapid Japanese ... the Japanese government finally surrendered on 14 August 1945. The longest British and Commonwealth Campaign of World War ...