Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whakawhitihia te "waahanga 33" ki te ope taua 15 i te 6 o Noema 1941, ka uru ki te whakaekenga o British Burma, i raro i te Lieutenant General Shozo Sakurai. I te tīmatanga, ka tae mai te "33rd division" ki Bangkok i te marama o Hanuere 1942 ka haere ki roto. I ngaro tetahi roopu i te Pakanga o Yenangyaung, engari i oti te wikitoria o Burma i te Mei 1942 ahakoa. I muri mai i te marama o Tihema 1942, ko te "waahanga 33rd" te mea nui ki te patu i nga ope o te Allied i roto i te
Te pakanga o Arakan 1942-1943.