After stiff fighting for Myitson, 26th Brigade push through ruins towards Mongmit, Northern Burma.

Troops of the 2nd Battalion Royal East Kent Regiment (The Buffs), 36th Division enter Myitson. American Thunderbolts dive bomb Japanese positions. British soldiers try to help their comrades who, caught by Japanese shelling, have been killed by the phosphorus bombs they are carrying.

Notes

At this point 36th Division (commanded by Major-General F W Festing) was part of Northern Combat Area Command (NCAC) under the American Lieutenant-General Daniel Sultan. NCAC was a multi-national force comprising Mars Task Force (American and Chinese) and two Chinese Armies (New First Army and New Sixth Army) in addition to 36th British Division. The Division was returned to British control in April 1945.