The volume  The Arakan Operations 194245 describes the operations in the coastal belt of Arakan in Burma from 194245. After the reverses suffered by the Indian forces in Burma the issue confronting India was to stem the tide of Japanese advance and retrieve the situation in Burma. At this stage Indian Army chose Arakan and Chindwin for conducting operations. The 1944 winter operations in Arakan were aimed at the capture of its coastline to facilitate fourteenth Army`s advance into Central Burma. It is notable that in these campaigns Indian. British and African troops fought side by side.