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The Anti-Fascist Organisation (AFO) was a resistance movement against the Japanese occupation of Burma and independence of Burma during World War II. It was the forerunner of the Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League.
History
The AFO was formed at a meeting in
Burma National Army (BNA) led by General Aung San, and the People's Revolutionary Party (PRP), later renamed the Burma Socialist Party.[1][2]
Whilst in Insein prison in July 1941, CPB leaders
At a meeting held between 1 and 3 March 1945, the AFO was reorganised as a multi-party front named the Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League.[3]
References
- ^ a b Oliver Hensengerth (2005). The Burmese Communist Party and the State-to-State Relations between China and Burma (PDF). Leeds East Asia Papers. pp. 10–12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-05-28. Retrieved 2007-04-29.
- ^ a b Martin Smith (1991). Burma - Insurgency and the Politics of Ethnicity. London and New Jersey: Zed Books. pp. 60–61.
- ^ Haruhiro Fukui (1985) Political parties of Asia and the Pacific, Greenwood Press, pp108–109
External links
- Heroes and Villains The Irrawaddy, March 2007
- The Bloodstrewn Path:Burma's Early Journey to Independence Archived 2008-04-16 at the Wayback Machine BBC Burmese, 30 September 2005
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