Burma

Burma attained independence in 1948. It is now known as Myanmar. 

 
 
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JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR AT PENWEGON (30/7/1945) (1945)

Prisoners, captured during a recent breakout operation by the Japanese 28th Army, are seen arriving at 17th Indian ...

 

JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR AT PENWEGON (30/7/1945) (1945)

Prisoners, captured during a recent breakout operation by the Japanese 28th Army, are seen arriving at 17th Indian ...

 

JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR RECEIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT... (1945)

Japanese prisoners are seen receiving medical treatment at 13 Indian Casualty Clearing Station at Pegu, Burma.

Rows of sick ...

 

JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR RECEIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT... (1945)

Japanese prisoners of war (POWs) are shaved at 13 Indian Casualty Clearing Station. Two POWs prepare food; one stirs a ...

 

JIMMY NATHU - RAF SQUADRON MASCOT IN BURMA (31/1/1945) (1945)

A young Gurkha boy, Jimmy Nathu, at work and play with an RAF squadron at Tabingaung, Burma.

Shot of ...

 

LANDING NEAR RU-YWA (16/2/1945) (1945)

Men of 5th Maratha (Mahratta) Regiment reinforce landing sites around Setkhaw, Burma, which were taken during the night ...

 

LANDING ON AKYAB (5/1/1945) (1945)

British troops of 3rd Special Service Brigade land unopposed on a beach on Akyab Island (Sittwe), in the ...

 

LAYING A SIGNAL LINE ACROSS THE SHWELI RIVER (13/1/1945) (1945)

Signallers of the 9th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment lay a line across the Shweli River, Burma from Battalion ...

 

LCM (LANDING CRAFT MECHANISED) TAKE TANKS OF 19TH LANCERS... (1945)

Tanks are needed north of Tamandu, Burma, so the Royal Indian Navy transports them along the nearest river ...

 

LIBERATION OF YENANGYAUNG (1945) enhanced entry

Indian troops of 4th Battalion, 15th Punjab Regiment (33rd Brigade, 7th Indian Division) reoccupy the oil town of ...

 

LIEUTENANT GENERAL M.B. BURROWS GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING... (1945)

While visiting XV Corps area Lieutenant-General M B Burrows flies in to inspect 82nd West African Division on ...

 

LIEUTENANT GENERAL SIR ARCHIBALD NYE VISITS WEST AFRICAN... (1945)

Lieutenant-General Sir Archibald Nye (Vice Chief Imperial General Staff) pays a short visit to 82nd West African Division ...

 

LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR OLIVER LEESE VISITS MEIKTILA... (1945)

Lieutenant-General Leese and several other officers visit 17th Indian Division at Meiktila, tour the positions of the Royal ...

 

LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR OLIVER LEESE VISITS MEN OF THE... (1945)

Sir Oliver Leese, Commander-in-Chief of Allied Land Forces South East Asia (ALFSEA) visits the gunners of XV Indian ...

 

LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SLIM LAUNCHES TWO WARSHIPS ON THE... (1945)

The commander of 14th Army, Lieutenant-General Sir William Slim, launches two warships on the River Chindwin at Kalewa, ...

 

LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SLIM VISITS MEIKTILA (2/4/1945) (1945)

Lieutenant-General William Slim, commander of 14th Army, arrives at Meiktila, Burma, and holds a conference with other senior ...

 

LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SLIM VISITS MEIKTILA (2/4/1945) (1945)

Lieutenant-General William Slim, commander of 14th Army, arrives at Meiktila, Burma, and holds a conference with other senior ...

LIFE IN AIR COMMAND SOUTH EAST ASIA

LIFE IN AIR COMMAND SOUTH EAST ASIA (1945)has video enhanced entry

Reel 1: Model of India, filmed at low angle with crawl of text; RAF Film Production Unit presents Life in ...

 

LIFE WITH AUSTRALIAN AIRMEN ON AN RAF CAMP (1945) (1945)

Domestic scenes of life on an RAF camp in a forward area in Burma

A thatched wooden building fiercely ...

 

LIFE WITH AUSTRALIAN AIRMEN ON AN RAF CAMP IN BURMA... (1945)

Domestic scenes of life on an RAF camp in Burma.

A thatched wooden building fiercely ablaze. An airman does ...

 

LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN VISITS AN AIRSTRIP NEAR MANDALAY,... (1945)

Lord Mountbatten visits a forward airstrip near Mandalay, with scenes of Hawker Hurricane operations and the RAF Regiment.

Hawker ...

 

MAJOR-GENERAL FESTING AT 36TH DIVISION (1/1945) (1945)

Major-General Francis Festing, commander of 36th Division, seen attending a briefing.

High shot looking down as two officers, one ...

 

MANDALAY (21/3/1945) (1945)

Lord Mountbatten inspects tanks left behind by the retreating Japanese forces and then climbs the steps and walks through the ...

 

MANDALAY - 15TH PUNJAB REGIMENT ADVANCES (1/3/1945) (1945)

Soldiers of 1st Battalion 15th Punjab Regiment march along a rough road past traditional huts in the suburbs ...

 

MANDALAY - AIR RESUPPLY AND SHELLING (16/3/1945) (1945)

As the British Army make their way into Mandalay, Burma, they are re-supplied by air drops from Douglas ...

 

MANDALAY - ARTILLERY FIRE, AIRSTRIKES AND ANGLO-INDIAN... (1945)

Soldiers of 2nd Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment move through ruined streets in Mandalay, Burma, whilst mortar batteries concentrate ...

 

MANDALAY - ENTRY BY TANKS AND TROOPS OF 19TH INDIAN... (1945)

British troops of 19th Indian Division begin to fight their way into the northern part of the city ...

 

MANDALAY - FINAL ASSAULT ON FORT DUFFERIN AND CIVILIAN... (1945)

The final assault on Fort Dufferin, Mandalay, Burma, from the air takes place and British troops of 19th ...

 

MANDALAY - FLAGRAISING AT FORT DUFFERIN BY LIEUTENANT-GENERAL... (1945)

After the capture of Fort Dufferin, Mandalay, Burma, British troops enter the fort complex to witness a flag ...

 

MANDALAY - GURKHAS CLEAR ENEMY FROM MONASTERY TUNNELS... (1945)

Troops of 19th Indian Division have cleared the Japanese from positions at the top of Monastery Hill, Burma, ...

 

MANDALAY - HURRICANE AIRSTRIKES AND 6TH GURKHAS ON... (1945)

Airstrikes by RAF Hurribombers (Hurricane fighter-bombers) on Fort Dufferin and troops of 6th Gurkha Rifles marching towards Mandalay, ...

 

MANDALAY - MORTAR FIRE AND AIRSTRIKES (18/3/1945) (1945)

Troops of 19th Indian Division enter Mandalay, Burma, but the Japanese defending Fort Dufferin still hold out despite ...

 

MANDALAY - MORTAR FIRE, ANGLO-INDIAN CIVILIANS, AIR... (1945)

Mortars are fired to cover the activities of 1st Battalion 6th Gurkha Rifles who are clearing the south west corner ...

 

MANDALAY - SHELLING FORT DUFFERIN AT POINT BLANK RANGE... (1945)

A Royal Artillery unit use an Ordnance BL 6-inch howitzer to blast holes in the walls of Fort ...

 

MANDALAY - SHELLING OF FORT DUFFERIN (9/3/1945) (1945)

The north corner of Fort Dufferin in Mandalay, Burma, which is being used as a supply depot by the Japanese, ...

 

MANDALAY - SHELLING OF MANDALAY HILL (10/3/1945) (1945)

British troops from 19th Indian Division advance into the north of Mandalay, Burma, and aid the attack on ...

 

MANDALAY - SHELLING OF MANDALAY HILL AND FORT DUFFERIN... (1945)

British troops watch as Monastery Hill, a known Japanese Observation Post overlooking Mandalay, Burma, and Fort Dufferin are ...

 

MANDALAY - SHELLING, SNIPERS AND AIRSTRIKES SEEN FROM... (1945)

Views from Mandalay Hill, Burma, of Ordnance QF 25-pounder field guns and BL 5.5-inch medium guns shelling Japanese ...

 

MANDALAY AFTER THE ACTION (24/3/1945) (1945)

Mandalay, Burma's second city, has been left deserted but for a few hardy local people and some military ...

 

MANDALAY AND SUPREMO'S VISIT (22/3/1945) (1945)

Scenes of the devastation in Mandalay, Burma, are revealed as the Supreme Allied Commander Lord Louis Mountbatten visits ...

 

MANDALAY HILL (13/3/1945) (1945)

Mandalay Hill (Mandalay, Burma), now clear of Japanese soldiers, is held by the British Army but fighting is ...

 

MARCH PAST IN RANGOON AFTER SERVICE OF THANKSGIVING... (1945)

After a service of thanksgiving in Rangoon to mark the end of the war in Europe the troops ...

 

MEDICAL ATTENTION AND FOOD DISTRIBUTION TO BURMESE... (1945)

Field Security Section attached to the 100th Brigade attend to the medical needs of local Burmese from the ...

 

MEDICAL TREATMENT IN THE FIELD BY 82ND WEST AFRICAN... (1945) enhanced entry

In the jungle around the town of Tamandu, Burma, a field hospital has been set up to look ...

 

MEETING ABOARD HMS CUMBERLAND BETWEEN SIR REGINALD... (1945)

Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith, the recently returned Governor of Burma, entertains a range of Burmese dignitaries aboard the Royal ...

 

MEETING ABOARD HMS CUMBERLAND BETWEEN SIR REGINALD... (1945)

Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith, the recently returned Governor of Burma, entertains a range of Burmese dignitaries aboard the Royal ...

 

MEETING OF GENERAL MANSERGH, GENERAL COWAN AND MAJOR... (1945)

Major-General Eric Mansergh, commander of 5th Indian Division, seen conferring with Major-General David 'Punch' Cowan, commander of 17th ...

 

MEMBERS OF ENSA PERFORM FOR RAF AIRMEN ON TABINGAUNG... (1945)

Men and women of the Entertainments National Service Association, or ENSA, entertain RAF personnel on a forward airstrip ...