Part 1 of the "Roadblock at Mithwephok" Campaign Game played on HASL map. . .On March 6, 1942, General Sir Harold Alexander decided to abandon the effort to hold Rangoon and gave the order to evacuate all Commonwealth civilians and military units ahead of the invading Japanese. The retreat headed north on the Prome Road. On March 7, lead forces of the retreating army encountered a small resistance force near Mile Post 27, near the village of Mithwephok. The lead forces hastily attempted to clear the road. As the Commonwealth forces engaged the Japanese, they realized that the Japanese forces were more substantial than initially believed. In fact, the Japanese had cut the Prome Road and the path of the retreating Commonwealth forces.
Attacker: Commonwealth (1st Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment)
Defender: Japanese (2nd Infantry Battalion, 214th Infantry Regiment)
