Legyi is a large village in Myinmu Township

Myinmu Township

Myinmu Township is a township in the southeast of the Sagaing Division in Burma , west of Mandalay. The principal town is Myinmu which lies on the northern bank of the Irrawaddy River...

 in the southeast of the Sagaing Division

Sagaing Division

Sagaing Region is an administrative region of Burma , located in the north-western part of the country between latitude 21° 30' north and longitude 94° 97' east...

 in Burma. It is located southeast of Paukka

Paukka

Paukka may refer to several places in Burma:* Paukka, Myinmu, Sagaing Region*Paukka, Homalin, Sagaing Region...

 and not far from the banks of the Irrawaddy River which the villagers rely on for their paddy fields which lie to the west of the village.

The village was occupied by the 2nd Infantry Regiment of the British Indian Army

British Indian Army

The British Indian Army, officially simply the Indian Army, was the principal army of the British Raj in India before the partition of India in 1947...

 during World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

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