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In 1947, British India was dissolved into two independent states, India and Pakistan.
Troops of 26th Indian Division participate in a march past in Rangoon, the recently liberated capital of Burma.
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7th Indian Division of IV Corps prepare to set up a beachhead across the Irrawaddy River, to coincide ...
Amateur film shot by Lieutenant Harry Porter of the 8th (Belfast) HAA Regiment Royal Artillery gives detailed record of military ...
Indian Engineers of the Bengal Sappers and Miners are seen at work clearing Japanese aerial bombs used as ...
The new Allied Air Commander-in-Chief of South East Asia Command, Air Marshal Sir Keith Park, arrives with his ...
Reel 1: A parked RAF Short Stirling transport aircraft with a white-painted Consolidated Liberator behind it. General view of the ...
United States Army Air Force medium bombers attack pockets of Japanese resistance after the capture of Yamethin, Burma.
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Scenes of an Allied victory parade, mounted in monsoon weather in Rangoon, capital of Burma, on 15 June ...
Scenes of an Allied victory parade, mounted in monsoon weather, in the Burmese capital Rangoon, 15 June 1945.
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Scenes of an Allied victory parade, mounted in monsoon weather in Rangoon, capital of Burma on 15 June ...
Part 1: On the main thoroughfare in Batavia Ambonese troops have established a roadblock and stopped a passing car. The ...
Troops of 26th Indian Division, XV Indian Corps, seen aboard HMS Prins Albert before making an amphibious landing ...
Troops of 26th Indian Division, XV Indian Corps, seen making an amphibious landing on the banks of the ...
In Saigon, capital of French Indo-China (Vietnam), British, Indian and French troops mark the first Armistice Day since ...
French troops under General Leclerc arrive in Saigon to take over military responsibility for Indo-China from 20th Indian ...
British, American, Indian and Chinese personnel released from Japanese captivity in Rangoon arrive by hospital ship in Calcutta.
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A battery of the 1st Medium Regiment Royal Artillery in action as support for the beachhead operations of ...
1st Medium Regiment Royal Artillery in action near Myinmu, Burma.
An artillery piece is loaded and fired on Japanese ...
Troops of 17th Indian Division seen attacking the village of Pyawbwe, on the road to Rangoon, Burma, and ...
Wide shot showing a very large structure built of Bailey bridging sections. Men of the Madras Sappers and Miners heaving ...
His Excellency the Governor-General of Bengal, Mr Richard Gardiner Casey and Lieutenant-General W J ("Bill") Slim visit Mandalay, ...