Battle of Prome (1942)

Battle of Prome
	Part of the Japanese conquest of Burma and Burma Campaign
Date	30 March – 2 April 1942
Location	Prome, Burma; (present-day Pyay, Myanmar)
Result	Japanese victory
Belligerents
British Empire British Burma; British Raj;	Empire of Japan

The Battle of Prome took place during the Japanese conquest of Burma. China's Generalissimo, Chiang Kai-shek, believed "As long as the British hold Prome, we hold Toungoo."^[1]

^ Sunderland, Romanus, Riley, Charles F. (1953). United States Army in World War II China-Burma-India Theater: Stillwell's Mission to China. Washington, D.C.: Office of the Chief of Military History, Dept. of the Army. p. 97. ISBN 124949687X.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)