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Burma attained independence in 1948. It is now known as Myanmar.
British troops of 4th Indian Infantry Brigade under the command of Brigadier Forman leave Kyaukpyu (Burma) on the ...
Reel 1: A duck, the regimental mascot of 1st Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, is seen wearing a miniature tunic ...
British and Indian Engineers of 54 Workshop Company are seen overhauling Japanese small arms captured after the fall ...
Scenes at an airfield near Toungoo (Taungoo), Burma, shortly after its capture from troops of the Japanese 33rd ...
General Leese (Commander-in-Chief Allied Land Forces South East Asia) and General Rees (General Officer Commanding 19th Indian Division) ...
Artillery and infantry of 123 Brigade, 5th Indian Division, on the road to Toungoo (Taungoo), Burma, 140 miles ...
Troops of 71st Brigade, 26th Indian Division, XV Corps enter Kyauktan (south west of Rangoon) and recently liberated ...
After being cut off by Japanese forces from the rest of the British force northeast of Letmauk, Burma, ...
Two items on the logistic aspects of the campaign in Burma: the "bloodless battle" of the latter stages ...
Footage showing the feeding of the poor as part of the Buddhist Festival of Lights in Rangoon, shortly ...
Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith, recently returned Governor of Burma, attends a ceremonial feeding of the poor as part of ...
The operation of a ferry across the Irrawaddy River (Burma) using DUKWs as towing vehicles.
A ferry made up ...
Field Marshal Lord Alan Brooke, Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS), arrives in Rangoon as part of ...
RAF Republic Thunderbolt fighter-bombers use napalm against Kangaw, and firebombs are tested at Cox's Bazaar, India (Bangladesh).
Kangaw, on ...
At Yindaw, Burma, 7.2-inch howitzers of 8th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery, are seen firing on Japanese positions.
Series of ...
The distribution of supplies to local Burmese people in Lingadipa, Burma.
The men of 100th Brigade 20th Indian Division ...
Following closely behind the advancing British troops in Burma the Madras Sappers and Miners build an airstrip at ...
With the Japanese capitulation General Heitaro Kimura and his staff surrender their swords to their British counterparts in ...
American Lieutenant-General Daniel Sultan (Commander of the Burma-India Theatre) presents the Bronze Star to four British soldiers at ...
General Thomas Wynford Rees, commander of 19th Indian Division, and General Montagu Stopford, commander of XXXIII Indian Corps, ...
A week before the handover of responsibility for Burma from military to civil administration, a parade is held ...