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Burma attained independence in 1948. It is now known as Myanmar.
After the capture of Fort Dufferin, Mandalay, Burma, British troops enter the fort complex to witness a flag ...
Troops of 19th Indian Division have cleared the Japanese from positions at the top of Monastery Hill, Burma, ...
Airstrikes by RAF Hurribombers (Hurricane fighter-bombers) on Fort Dufferin and troops of 6th Gurkha Rifles marching towards Mandalay, ...
Troops of 19th Indian Division enter Mandalay, Burma, but the Japanese defending Fort Dufferin still hold out despite ...
Mortars are fired to cover the activities of 1st Battalion 6th Gurkha Rifles who are clearing the south west corner ...
Scenes of post-war Burma. The funeral procession is most likely that of Bogyoke Aung San (leader of the ...
A Royal Artillery unit use an Ordnance BL 6-inch howitzer to blast holes in the walls of Fort ...
The north corner of Fort Dufferin in Mandalay, Burma, which is being used as a supply depot by the Japanese, ...
British troops from 19th Indian Division advance into the north of Mandalay, Burma, and aid the attack on ...
British troops watch as Monastery Hill, a known Japanese Observation Post overlooking Mandalay, Burma, and Fort Dufferin are ...
Views from Mandalay Hill, Burma, of Ordnance QF 25-pounder field guns and BL 5.5-inch medium guns shelling Japanese ...
Mandalay, Burma's second city, has been left deserted but for a few hardy local people and some military ...
Scenes of the devastation in Mandalay, Burma, are revealed as the Supreme Allied Commander Lord Louis Mountbatten visits ...
Mandalay Hill (Mandalay, Burma), now clear of Japanese soldiers, is held by the British Army but fighting is ...
After a service of thanksgiving in Rangoon to mark the end of the war in Europe the troops ...
Field Security Section attached to the 100th Brigade attend to the medical needs of local Burmese from the ...
In the jungle around the town of Tamandu, Burma, a field hospital has been set up to look ...
Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith, the recently returned Governor of Burma, entertains a range of Burmese dignitaries aboard the Royal ...
Major-General Eric Mansergh, commander of 5th Indian Division, seen conferring with Major-General David 'Punch' Cowan, commander of 17th ...
Men and women of the Entertainments National Service Association, or ENSA, entertain RAF personnel on a forward airstrip ...
Indian troops of 2nd Battalion 1st Punjab Regiment (123rd Brigade, 5th Indian Division) seen on patrol in the ...
Muddy frontline conditions are emphasised through shots of airmen wading through waterlogged airfield perimeter trenches, and later pushing ...
Infantry of 1st Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) seen patrolling in monsoon conditions in the flooded 'Sittang ...