... massive loss of life and wrecked war industries before culminating in atomic attacks ... period the Soviet Union declared war and invaded Japanese-occupied Manchuria. ... facilitated the recovery of Allied prisoners of war and internees, a process known as RAPWI ...

... the first time since the end of the war, a parade is mounted in Singapore to mark the King's ... a museum ship and branch of the Imperial War Museum.

This occasion, the first time ... had been marked since the end of war, was marked across South East Asia ...

... and relief work. After the war she would distinguish herself in efforts to recover Allied prisoners of war and internees throughout south east Asia. See ... edition appears to be held by the Imperial War Museum. However, an edition of British Movietone ...

... and relief work. After the war she would distinguish herself in efforts to recover Allied prisoners of war and internees throughout south east Asia. See ... edition appears to be held by the Imperial War Museum. However, an edition of British Movietone ...

... was still under military administration.

Before the war Aung San had been for the ... uprising in March 1945 and after the war emerged as a key personality in the Burmese ... dignitaries as including Sir Paw Tun (pre-war Prime Minister), Htoon Aung Gyaw ( ...

... Assam Rifles' in 1917 following service in the First World War. During the Second World War in Burma the Assam Rifles formed the nucleus of 'V Force', raised to raid Japanese ... in action during the 1962 Sino-Indian War and have been engaged in counter- ...

... of the INA. Close-up of a Gurkha (apparently part of the pre-war expatriate Gurkha community in Burma, rather than a former ...

A varied film illustrating a number of different aspects of the war in Burma.

Dopesheet describes a final reel of film ...

... in action. He and his pilot, Flight Lieutenant J G Buchanan of RAF 110 Squadron, failed to return after a Mosquito sortie over Rangoon on 2 May 1945. They are buried in adjacent plots in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's Rangoon War Cemetery.

... in action. He and his pilot, Flight Lieutenant J G Buchanan of RAF 110 Squadron, failed to return after a Mosquito sortie over Rangoon on 2 May 1945. They are buried in adjacent plots in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's Rangoon War Cemetery.

... to RAF men. Park visits an RAF recreation club. Japanese prisoners of war at work clearing rocks, probably at the quarry seen earlier. ... across the top. This is probably the badge of the Joint War Organisation of the Red Cross and St John Ambulance.

' ...

... evacuation under the Allied 'RAPWI' (Recovery of Allied Prisoners of War and Internees) programme. They were evacuated after the ... and violence when the Dutch sought to reinstate their pre-war administration.

Part 2: The Japanese conquest of the Dutch ...

... Men gather around a large cabinet radio to hear news of the war in Europe. Close-up of men listening to the radio. Wider shot; the ... bridge at Toungoo, see related items.

By this point of the war IV Corps had been driving hard south along the Rangoon ...