BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

Lord Mountbatten inspects tanks left behind by the retreating Japanese forces and then climbs the steps and walks through the remains of King Thibaw's Palace which has been badly ...

BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

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

... views of the camp with palm trees in the background.

Notes

The 7.2-inch howitzer was a relined version of the First World War-era 8-inch howitzer, which was introduced as something of a stop-gap to counteract a shortage of heavy artillery. It ...

BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

Preparations for an attack by British troops on Myitson, North Burma.

Unloading and use of pontoon boats to cross the river by the 26th Brigade, ...

BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

82nd West African Division move their headquarters to the banks of the Dalet river, about a mile north east of the village of Tamandu, Arakan, Burma ...

... , Burma's second city, has been left deserted but for a few hardy local people and some military personnel as the war moves to the south; the devastation from the British bombing and shelling is very evident.

A large church. A locomotive marked in ...

... Medical Service', but no organisation of that name existed. The Indian Medical Service and Indian Army Medical Corps both existed during the Second World War and so it is not clear which is correct, though on balance the latter is probably more likely.

BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

Mandalay, Burma, has been left devastated by the bombing and shelling of the British forces attacking the Japanese.

General views of Mandalay ...

... those chins up and God bless': filmed messages home from service personnel in the Far East during the Second World War (Paul Sargent, IWM Review No. 7 November 1992) Interviews of production personnel held by Sound Archive, refs: 12357/2; 12356/2; 12358 ...

... Graves of German soldiers. Highland Division pipes play at end of war in Europe (8 May 1945) at Lneburg Heath and perform sword dance ... Allied Victory in Europe).

(Reel 7) (VHS tape only) Pre-war, B&W only. Cricket match. Three Gloster Gauntlets, with ...

... by Lieutenant Miles Arrindell of the Second Battalion Suffolk Regiment records scenes during the Battle of Imphal, including a Japanese prisoner-of-war and the capture of the Isaac feature (June 1944), and later (after transfer to Corps of Military Police ...

... opposite direction and the First World War ANZAC memorial at Ismailia. As HMS Hunter steams ... Hunter, shortly after the end of the war against Japan, featuring scenes in Sri Lanka ... Aircraft Carrier Squadron until after the war with Japan had ended in August ...