ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

In Batavia, Dutch East Indies (Jakarta, Indonesia) a parade is mounted in honour of the birthday of Princess Beatrix.

Footage of the parade ...

BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

Allied troops take part in a ceremonial parade in Bangkok, capital of Siam (Thailand), with His Majesty the King of Siam and Lord Louis Mountbatten, ...

BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

Ananda Mahidol, Rama VIII of Siam (Thailand), is received at a garden party thrown by Lord Louis Mountbatten (Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia) ...

BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

Lieutenant-General Sir Miles Dempsey, commander Allied Land Forces South East Asia, visits troops on garrison duty on Labuan island off Borneo.

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BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

A detachment of No.1 Army Commando lands on Lamma Island, a few miles from Hong Kong Island, to establish an anti-piracy post.

View from a Royal ...

... base.

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Still photographs by Sergeant Hardy, held by the Imperial War Museum's Photograph Archive, suggest that the first guerilla ... the MPAJA's liaison with the Allies during the war, and (illustrating the turbulent political changes of this ...

... can be seen in Australian photographs, held by the Australian War Memorial, referenced below. According to the Australian War ... .

This operation is covered in stills held by the Imperial War Museum's Photograph Archive. See related items.

The ...

BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia, arrives in Rangoon, Burma, for a tour of inspection.

Mountbatten gets out of a ...

BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia, arrives in Rangoon, Burma, for a tour of inspection.

View from a high vantage ...

BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

Scenes of daily life in and around Makassar, in the Celebes, Dutch East Indies (now Sulawesi, Indonesia).

Three local civilians on pack horses and a fourth ...

... header'>At Changi Jail, Singapore, three convicted Japanese war criminals are hanged.

A hooded Japanese prisoner, probably ... executed for the beating to death of two British prisoners of war at Kanburi, Thailand, in 1943. See Lomax reference below ...

... header'>At Changi Jail, Singapore, three convicted Japanese war criminals are hanged.

Shot from beneath the gallows ... executed for the beating to death of two British prisoners of war at Kanburi, Thailand, in 1943. See Lomax reference below.

The ...