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However, at the end of the day, Burma’s future independence hero and martyr realized that Burma’s independence could only be achieved through tough negotiation and constitutional means.Aung San, who was then leading an underground resistance movement in Burma, finally took up arms and sought the support of the Japanese. He himself went to Japan with a select group of Burmese nationalists known as the “Thirty Comrades” to be trained on Hainan Island. Without the support of Japanese forces and the intensifying battles in Asia and the Pacific during World War II.

Aung San and his legendary comrades would never have been able to reach Rangoon to fly the liberation flag.Aung San had no illusions about his country and his goal. He was never seen as pro-fascist or as a pro-Japanese leader. He immediately saw that the Japanese “liberation” of Burma was merely gold-plated, and not the real thing. He saw the changing landscape in the international arena and the direction of World War II, and was pragmatic enough to exploit the situation and drive out the Japanese alongside British and Allied Forces. Why did he betray his Japanese “allies” to join the British enemy? Because he knew that ultimately this was the only way for Burma to achieve independence.In 1945, just five years after he started forming his thoughts and strategy on armed struggle against British imperialism, Aung San found himself in the role of a national leader, despite his awareness of his poor communication skills with his comrades and the public.


He was the one who led the negotiating team that went to London to discuss the terms of Burmese independence with the British.Burma regained its independence in 1948, but the people of Burma lost their independence leader on July 19, 1947, when Aung San and members of his cabinet were gunned down by a political rival.Fast forward 64 years, and Burma remains in a state of leaderless limbo. The country's military dictators have installed a new quasi-civilian regime following last year's sham election, and Aung San's daughter, Nobel Peace Prize Winner Aung San Suu Kyi, continues her fight to restore the country’s dignity, democracy and freedom, but neither side has shown any capacity to move the country forward.a

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