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Burma attained independence in 1948. It is now known as Myanmar.
Civilians in Sadaung, southeast of Meiktila, Burma, welcome RAF officers who helped reclaim their village from the Japanese.
A ...
Indian Engineers of 17th Indian Division clear Japanese mines from the village of Kandaung prior to IV Corps' ...
Scenes after the reoccupation of Rangoon including a Muslim parade, troops marching, captured Japanese weaponry and views of ...
36th Indian Infantry Brigade land at Rangoon, capital of Burma, to complete the occupation of the city by ...
Footage of SEAC (South East Asia Command) in Burma, taken by US cameraman.
I. A 4.5-inch gun is towed by ...
Jack Lawson, Secretary of State for War in Clement Attlee's newly-elected Labour government, addresses an audience of troops ...
Jack Lawson, Secretary of State for War in Clement Attlee's newly-elected Labour government, arrives by air at Mingaladon ...
Scenes after the reoccupation of Rangoon including a march past of troops, church service of thanksgiving, and landing ...
Troops of 19th Indian Division lay on a special party for children, recently released from Japanese internment, in ...
Allied Air Commander-in-Chief, Air Marshal Sir Keith Park, visits a forward airfield on the Mandalay Front, Burma.
Air Marshal ...
Allied Air Commander-in-Chief, Air Marshal Sir Keith Park, visits Rangoon, Burma.
RAF ensign flying from a flagpole. Air Marshal ...
Lieutenant-General Sir Miles Dempsey, newly appointed commander of 14th Army, arrives by air at Mingaladon airfield in Rangoon, ...
Lieutenant-General Sir Oliver Leese, commander Allied Land Forces South East Asia (ALFSEA), visits 11th East African Division.
At an ...
Lieutenant-General Sir Oliver Leese, Commander-in-Chief Allied Land Forces South East Asia (ALFSEA), visits a variety of locations in ...
Scenes of a Roman Catholic Mass held in a pagoda at Sadaung, Burma.
Pagoda spires. Several takes of an ...
Supplies are dropped from a Dakota to a forward Army division, and local Burmese villagers are employed to ...
RAF Supermarine Spitfires of RAF 155 Squadron escort Douglas Dakota transport aircraft of the Royal Canadian Air Force ...
Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia Command, is seen en route to Singapore with General ...
The Supreme Allied Commander of South East Asia Command, Lord Louis Mountbatten, visits Mandalay, Burma, with other senior ...
The Supreme Allied Commander of South East Asia Command, Lord Louis Mountbatten, meets troops of 2nd Division, probably ...
The Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia Command, Lord Louis Mountbatten, meets troops of 2nd Division.
A jeep marked ...
Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander of South East Asia Command (SEAC), arrives by air in Rangoon, Burma, ...
The Supreme Allied Commander of South East Asia Command, Lord Louis Mountbatten, makes a tour of inspection of ...