Airmen armed with Sten submachine guns walk along a dusty road with bullock carts passing in the ...
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These events form part of XXXIII Corps' crossing of the Irrawaddy before the advance on Mandalay. 19th Indian Division and 20th Indian Division were to cross first, with 2nd British Division crossing after and ...
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Tigyaing is almost due north of Mandalay and about 30 miles south of Katha. 36th Division was part of the multinational Northern Combat Area Command, and at ...
The Burma Regiment had its origins in the Burma Frontier Force. The BFF was raised from units of the Burma ...
Troops of 33rd Indian Infantry Brigade, 7th Indian ...
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No slates, date on dopesheet noted as approximate.
Dopesheet adds: 'These shots taken shortly after ...
I. "The road to Mandalay." Report that the Fourteenth Army is beating back the Japanese is accompanied by film illustrating the difficult conditions under which this campaign is being fought: soldiers ford a shallow stream and continue on through a ...
II. "Fourteenth Army's triumph." Sherman tanks enter Mandalay, as Burmese peasants move along the road on bullock-drawn carts. Three Burmese men show the traces of the torture ...