1st Medium Regiment Royal Artillery in action near Myinmu, Burma.
An artillery piece is loaded and fired on Japanese positions as support for ...
1st Medium Regiment Royal Artillery in action near Myinmu, Burma.
An artillery piece is loaded and fired on Japanese positions as support for ...
At Thanbyuzayat camp in Burma Asian forced labourers receive food, clothing and medical attention from the Civil Affairs Service (Burma) before being ...
Bad road conditions caused by monsoon rains around Yambo, Burma.
Muddy conditions for 72nd Brigade 36th Division make driving difficult. Lorries ...
Tanks and men from 255th Armoured Brigade and 17th Indian Division spearhead the advance across the Irrawaddy River towards Meiktila, Burma, and en ...
17th Indian Division IV Corps on the road between Nyaungu and Meiktila, Burma.
Sherman tanks of Probyn's Horse (5th King Edward VII's Own Lancers, ...
As 17th Indian Division (IV Corps) approach Meiktila, Burma, they encounter more evidence of Japanese sabotage to halt the British progress when a ...
Aerial footage shows Mandalay (Burma) and outlying villages during the assault by British troops of 19th Indian Division on Japanese positions.
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British troops from 19th Indian Division advance into the north of Mandalay, Burma, and aid the attack on Mandalay Hill.
Buddhist pagodas in the ...
The north corner of Fort Dufferin in Mandalay, Burma, which is being used as a supply depot by the Japanese, is shelled by British Ordnance BL 5.5-inch guns.
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British troops watch as Monastery Hill, a known Japanese Observation Post overlooking Mandalay, Burma, and Fort Dufferin are shelled in order to drive ...
The beach at Kyaukpyu on the northern tip of Ramree Island, Burma, is used as a repair base for several types of landing craft to be used in future ...
Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park, Allied Air Commander-in-Chief of South East Asia Command and Air Commodore the Earl of Bandon visit the IAF (Indian ...
Men of the 178th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, manhandling Ordnance QF 25-pounder field guns over muddy ground in Yambo, Burma.
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Troops seen here are part of ...
A few miles from Kyaukpyu on Ramree Island, Burma, the men of 123rd Mechanical Equipment Corps and 702nd Mechanical Equipment Corps level a large area ...
Soldiers of 1st Battalion 15th Punjab Regiment march along a rough road past traditional huts in the suburbs of Mandalay, Burma.
Local people walk ...
Several British planes carry out dive bombing attacks in the distance and smoke is seen rising from the area.
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Mandalay, Burma's second city, was an objective of ...
Mandalay Hill (Mandalay, Burma), now clear of Japanese soldiers, is held by the British Army but fighting is still going on on the plain below their ...
Tanks are needed north of Tamandu, Burma, so the Royal Indian Navy transports them along the nearest river by using their LCM Mark III (Landing Craft ...
While visiting XV Corps area Lieutenant-General M B Burrows flies in to inspect 82nd West African Division on Gun Island near Ru-Ywa, Burma.
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Lieutenant-General Sir Archibald Nye (Vice Chief Imperial General Staff) pays a short visit to 82nd West African Division at Gun Island, Ru-Ywa, Burma ...
Whilst visiting XV Indian Corps area in Arakan (Burma) the Duke of Devonshire pays a visit to the commander of 82nd West African Division at Gun Island, ...
British troops of 4th Indian Infantry Brigade under the command of Brigadier Forman leave Kyaukpyu (Burma) on the northern end of Ramree Island for the ...
British troops of 4th Indian Infantry Brigade proceed from Kyaukpyu on Ramree Island, Burma up the Thanzit River.
Indian troops sit on the deck of ...
Crew of an Ordnance QF 25-pounder field gun prepare emplacements in Kota, Northern Burma.
The guns of the 156th Battery, 178th Field Regiment, ...