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Burma attained independence in 1948. It is now known as Myanmar.
Prisoners, captured during a recent breakout operation by the Japanese 28th Army, are seen arriving at 17th Indian ...
Japanese prisoners are seen receiving medical treatment at 13 Indian Casualty Clearing Station at Pegu, Burma.
Rows of sick ...
Japanese prisoners of war (POWs) are shaved at 13 Indian Casualty Clearing Station. Two POWs prepare food; one stirs a ...
A young Gurkha boy, Jimmy Nathu, at work and play with an RAF squadron at Tabingaung, Burma.
Shot of ...
Men of 5th Maratha (Mahratta) Regiment reinforce landing sites around Setkhaw, Burma, which were taken during the night ...
British troops of 3rd Special Service Brigade land unopposed on a beach on Akyab Island (Sittwe), in the ...
Signallers of the 9th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment lay a line across the Shweli River, Burma from Battalion ...
Tanks are needed north of Tamandu, Burma, so the Royal Indian Navy transports them along the nearest river ...
Indian troops of 4th Battalion, 15th Punjab Regiment (33rd Brigade, 7th Indian Division) reoccupy the oil town of ...
While visiting XV Corps area Lieutenant-General M B Burrows flies in to inspect 82nd West African Division on ...
Lieutenant-General Sir Archibald Nye (Vice Chief Imperial General Staff) pays a short visit to 82nd West African Division ...
Lieutenant-General Leese and several other officers visit 17th Indian Division at Meiktila, tour the positions of the Royal ...
Sir Oliver Leese, Commander-in-Chief of Allied Land Forces South East Asia (ALFSEA) visits the gunners of XV Indian ...
The commander of 14th Army, Lieutenant-General Sir William Slim, launches two warships on the River Chindwin at Kalewa, ...
Lieutenant-General William Slim, commander of 14th Army, arrives at Meiktila, Burma, and holds a conference with other senior ...
Reel 1: Model of India, filmed at low angle with crawl of text; RAF Film Production Unit presents Life in ...
Domestic scenes of life on an RAF camp in a forward area in Burma
A thatched wooden building fiercely ...
Domestic scenes of life on an RAF camp in Burma.
A thatched wooden building fiercely ablaze. An airman does ...
Lord Mountbatten visits a forward airstrip near Mandalay, with scenes of Hawker Hurricane operations and the RAF Regiment.
Hawker ...
Major-General Francis Festing, commander of 36th Division, seen attending a briefing.
High shot looking down as two officers, one ...
Lord Mountbatten inspects tanks left behind by the retreating Japanese forces and then climbs the steps and walks through the ...
Soldiers of 1st Battalion 15th Punjab Regiment march along a rough road past traditional huts in the suburbs ...
As the British Army make their way into Mandalay, Burma, they are re-supplied by air drops from Douglas ...
Soldiers of 2nd Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment move through ruined streets in Mandalay, Burma, whilst mortar batteries concentrate ...
British troops of 19th Indian Division begin to fight their way into the northern part of the city ...
The final assault on Fort Dufferin, Mandalay, Burma, from the air takes place and British troops of 19th ...
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 ...
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 ...