... had not been a belligerent during the war, it had been Japanese-occupied and ... transport network heavily bombed during the war in order to hamper Japanese logistics. With ... accumulated a surplus of rice during the war.

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... Company Royal Army Service Corps (RASC) dispose of Japanese ordnance, with the help of some interned Japanese prisoners of war.

View of piles of crated stores with a stationary DUKW ('Duck') amphibious truck behind. Dark shot of Japanese personnel ...

... 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 ...

... SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

For the first time since the end of the war, a parade is mounted in Singapore to mark the King's birthday, and Sir Franklin Gimson, Governor of Singapore, takes the salute.

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... SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

For the first time since the end of the war, a parade is mounted in Singapore to mark the King's birthday, and Sir Franklin Gimson, Governor of Singapore, takes the salute.

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... SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

For the first time since the end of the war, a parade is mounted in Singapore to mark the King's birthday, and Sir Franklin Gimson, Governor of Singapore, takes the salute.

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

In Rangoon, capital of Burma, the ailing Governor Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith departs for England, and Sir Henry Knight arrives to take over.

Knight ...

... DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

Convicted Japanese war criminal Captain Uyeno Masakaru is executed at Rangoon Central Jail.

... had housed a number of captured Allied airmen during the war, and was liberated in May 1945.

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

In Hong Kong British and Indian troops mount a parade to mark the King's birthday.

Sailors marching off followed by troops of 3 Commando Brigade. ...

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

Vice-Admiral Sir Denis Boyd, commander British Pacific Fleet, arrives in Hong Kong.

Boyd steps ashore from an admiral's barge and is greeted by ...

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

In Rangoon, capital of Burma, thousands of Japanese surrendered personnel board an American ship for repatriation, as part of Operation Nip-Off.

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... of his trousers. A guerrilla is issued cigarettes and food.

Notes

The Chinese nationalist flag is significant, as during the war there were various Chinese guerrilla groups affiliated to either the Nationalists, or the Chinese Communist Party, ...