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VICTORY IN BURMA
The Allied victory in Burma saved surviving Allied
On the 80th anniversary of victory over Japan, Charles Harris looks back at the 14th Army’s extraordinary campaign and the remarkable characters who shaped it
The reconquest of Burma was carried out by the 14th Army and 15th Corps, comprising British, Indian, West and East African troops and indigenous troops, including those of Aung San’s Burma Defence Army, which swapped sides to fight with the Allies
Matt Elton Your new series, exploring fighting on the Asian front during the Second World War, is called The History Podcast: The Second Map. Why did you choose that name? Kavita Puri It came to me af
To mark the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, John Eskdale and other survivors share their harrowing memories of war and stories of hope
To mark VJ Day 80, Fiona Bruce focuses on some touching family treasures
Although war with Germany’s ally Japan was thought likely, and its ambitions of seizing natural resources it lacked were well known, the surprise air attack on the US Navy’s base at Pearl Harbor on Oa
