While visiting XV Corps area Lieutenant-General M B Burrows flies in to inspect 82nd West African Division on Gun Island near Ru-Ywa, Burma.
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While visiting XV Corps area Lieutenant-General M B Burrows flies in to inspect 82nd West African Division on Gun Island near Ru-Ywa, Burma.
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British troops of 4th Indian Infantry Brigade proceed from Kyaukpyu on Ramree Island, Burma up the Thanzit River.
Indian troops sit on the deck of ...
HMS Roebuck anchors on the Thanzit River (Burma) to disembark troops of 4th Indian Infantry Brigade into LCIs (Landing Craft Infantry).
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After the capture of the Ava Bridge and the city of Sagaing in Central Burma officers from the British capturing forces meet from opposite sides of the ...
Mortars are fired to cover the activities of 1st Battalion 6th Gurkha Rifles who are clearing the south west corner of Fort Dufferin in Mandalay. More mortar ammunition is prepared ...
Soldiers of 2nd Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment move through ruined streets in Mandalay, Burma, whilst mortar batteries concentrate fire on Japanese ...
Troops of 19th Indian Division enter Mandalay, Burma, but the Japanese defending Fort Dufferin still hold out despite mortar fire and air strikes from ...
His Excellency the Governor-General of Bengal, Mr Richard Gardiner Casey and Lieutenant-General W J ("Bill") Slim visit Mandalay, Burma, to observe ...
Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander of South East Asia Command, visits the officers and men who helped capture Fort Dufferin, Mandalay, ...
After the capture of Fort Dufferin, Mandalay, Burma, British troops enter the fort complex to witness a flag raising ceremony carried out by Lieutenant- ...
Lieutenant-General W J Slim leads a flag unfurling ceremony at inside Fort Dufferin, Mandalay, Burma, after British troops forced the Japanese out of ...
Lieutenant-General F A M Browning, Chief of Staff of South East Asia Command, visits positions held by the 82nd West African Division at Tamandu on the ...