Burma, 1941
On 30 March 1941 a new flag was adopted in which the emblem was placed on a blue field, with the Union Jack removed, reflecting the growing anti-British sentiments of the people, who were hoping for independence in view of an imminent invasion by Japanese troops later that year; in their wake followed the Burmese National Army, the armed wing of the Burmese Independence Party that was formed in Japan in 1940.