Ramree Island
The Battle of Ramree Island (also Operation Matador) 14 January – 22 February 1945, in the Second World War, was part of the XV Indian Corps offensive on the Southern Front in the Burma campaign. Ramree Island (Yangbye Kywan) lies off the Burma coast, south of Akyab (now Sittwe). The island had been captured by the Imperial Japanese Army in early 1942, during the invasion of Burma.