Troops of 26th Indian Division participate in a march past in Rangoon, the recently liberated capital of Burma.

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The 2nd British Division cross the Irrawaddy River in order to carry out the first daylight attack on ...

Medium guns are fired on positions on the road between Pindale and Mahlaing, north of Meiktila, Burma, in ...

As part of IV Corps' drive on Rangoon, capital of Burma, 123rd Brigade of 5th Indian Division occupy ...

Sherman tanks and troops from the 1st Battalion the Burma Regiment proceeding up beach for an attack on ...

7th Indian Division of IV Corps prepare to set up a beachhead across the Irrawaddy River, to coincide ...

At the RAF's 81 Mobile Field Hospital, operating at Seletar in Singapore, both British servicemen and Japanese prisoners ...

Troops from 82nd West African Division arrive at Ru-Ywa, Burma, by boat and are met by Major-General Stockwell ...

82nd West African Division move their headquarters to the banks of the Dalet river, about a mile north ...

RAF airmen, stationed at Kai Tak aerodrome, enjoy a day off work in Hong Kong.

Landscape view of Kai ...

Air Marshal Garrod, acting Allied Air Commander-in-Chief, visits RAF squadrons at forward airstrips at Tabingaung and Onbauk, Burma.

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Scenes of operations from forward airstrips near Mandalay, Burma, and scenes of bomb damage to buildings and infrastructure ...

Indian Engineers of the Bengal Sappers and Miners are seen at work clearing Japanese aerial bombs used as ...

A low-altitude aerial survey of bomb damage in and around Maymyo (now Pyin U Lwin), Burma.

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Artillery and air strikes are used to assist an attack by 17th Indian Division on Japanese held positions ...

Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park, Allied Air Commander-in-Chief of South East Asia Command and Air Commodore the ...

Air Chief Marshal (ACM) Sir Keith Park, Air Commander-in-Chief South East Asia Command, visits Hong Kong.

A bare-metal RAF ...

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 ...

Scenes of RAF Liberator heavy bomber operations over Burma.

RAF Consolidated Liberator heavy bombers of RAF 159 Squadron at ...

Gurkha paratroopers seen gearing up and boarding their aircraft before parachuting into action near Rangoon, Burma, as part ...

A coordinated attack takes place on Japanese positions along the Pindale to Mahlaing road north of Meiktila. Burma, ...

United States Army Air Force medium bombers attack pockets of Japanese resistance after the capture of Yamethin, Burma.

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Lieutenant-General Raymond Wheeler US Army, is invested as an honorary Knight Commander of the British Empire (KBE), while ...

Lieutenant-General Raymond Wheeler US Army, is invested as an honorary Knight Commander of the British Empire (KBE), while ...

Allied prisoners of war, liberated from Japanese captivity, are seen at Kallang airfield, Singapore.

Lieutenant-General Sir Adrian Carton de ...

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 Rangoon, capital of Burma on 15 June ...

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 Rangoon, capital of Burma, on 15 June ...

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 ...

Close-ups of senior Allied officers, shot for editing purposes, during an Allied victory parade in Rangoon, Burma.

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Part 1: On the main thoroughfare in Batavia Ambonese troops have established a roadblock and stopped a passing car. The ...

Scenes of Supermarine Sea Otter amphibious biplanes in flight and the burning wreckage of a Sea Otter shot ...

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 ...

Troops of 26th Indian Division, XV Indian Corps, seen making an amphibious landing on the banks of the ...

A Gurkha of the 3rd Battalion 2nd Gurkha Rifles has a leg amputated in a field hospital at ...

Part of an RAF Wing and an RAF Regiment Squadron moves across some difficult terrain to a new ...

In Saigon, capital of French Indo-China (Vietnam), British, Indian and French troops mark the first Armistice Day since ...

In Singapore an Armistice Day parade is held for the first time since the end of the Japanese ...

In Singapore an Armistice Day parade is held for the first time since the end of the Japanese ...

Scenes from a commemorative parade and wreath laying at the Cenotaph in Singapore on Armistice Day, 1945.

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32nd Army (Blood) Transfusion Unit work at a forward airfield to save the lives of soldiers from IV ...

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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