Admin Box, Battle of the

In World War II, the first major victory over the Japanese for British and Indian troops at Sinzewa, Burma (now Myanmar), in February 1944.

The ‘Admin[istration] Box’ was the administrative and base area of 7th Indian Division, which was besieged by the Japanese 55th Division 5–23 in February 1944. The siege was lifted when the Japanese were attacked by the 5th Indian Division advancing over the Ngakyedauk Pass.