Following the withdrawal of Japanese forces, troops of 29th Brigade (36th Division) occupy the town of Indaw, Burma.

Wrecked and abandoned Japanese equipment. Close-up of Brigadier Stockwell, commander of 29th Brigade. Group of men approaching Indaw railway station. Men examine an abandoned caterpillar tractor. A file of troops walking along a dusty roadside as jeeps pass. Jeeps and light lorries raising clouds of dust as they drive towards camera. File of troops with bomb-damaged building in the background. A number of Chevrolet CMP lorries on a road.

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36th Division's advance southwards through Northern Burma formed the right flank of a combined Allied offensive comprising 36th Division, Chinese Sixth Army, Chinese First Army, and the American Mars Task Force. The Division advanced from Mogaung in August 1944 to Kyaukme before being transferred to 14th Army on 1 April 1945.

Major-General Stockwell gave an interview to the IWM's Sound Archive in 1979, which can be found under the reference below. See related items.