The 2nd Burma Infantry Brigade was an Infantry formation of the Burma Army during

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

. It was formed in July 1941. The Brigade was then disbanded in June 1942, and reformed in October 1942, to command battalions of the newly formed

Burma Regiment Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has ...

. It was disbanded once again in November 1943. During this time it served with the

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July 1941 to January 1942, the

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January to March 1942. It then returned to 1st Burma Division.

Formation

These units served with the brigade. *2nd Battalion,

Burma Rifles The Burma Rifles were a British colonial regiment raised in British Burma. Founded in 1917 as a regiment of the British Indian Army, the regiment re-used the name of an unrelated earlier unit, the 10th Regiment (1st Burma Rifles) Madras Infantry, ...

*4th Battalion, Burma Rifles *6th Battalion, Burma Rifles *8th Battalion, Burma Rifles * Tenasserim Battalion, Burma Auxiliary Force *1st Battalion,

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*4th Battalion,

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*3rd Battalion, Burma Rifles *7th Battalion, Burma Rifles *7th Battalion,

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*5th Battalion,

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*3rd Battalion,

*4th Battalion, Burma Regiment *6th Battalion, Burma Regiment

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Formation

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