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Burma attained independence in 1948. It is now known as Myanmar.
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 ...