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

The army use deceptive tactics in order to mislead the Japanese in preparation for the crossing of the River Irrawaddy before the assault on the city of ...

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

An experimental Type B Ramp Cargo Lighter (RCL) is assembled and launched, with some difficulty, on the River Yu at Ya-Nan, Burma.

An RCL on props ...

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

Reel 1: A duck, the regimental mascot of 1st Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, is seen wearing a miniature tunic (complete with medal ribbon of the 1939 - 43 Star) and ...

... Unicraft tug and barge were designed after a 1942 visit to India by Major-General D J McMullen, Director of Transportation at the War Office. It was designed on the 'Meccano' principle and could be transported by road or rail for assembly in-theatre. The ...

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

Scenes at an airfield near Toungoo (Taungoo), Burma, shortly after its capture from troops of the Japanese 33rd Army.

View of the airstrip with a ...

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

Harbour of Akyab Island, Burma, with Merchant Marine ships anchored offshore and the unloading of supplies to landing craft.

Landing craft sail ...

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

Men of the 2nd Reconnaissance Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps, effect a deception operation prior to 2nd Division's crossing of the River Irrawaddy and ...

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

Artillery and infantry of 123 Brigade, 5th Indian Division, on the road to Toungoo (Taungoo), Burma, 140 miles north of Rangoon.

Self-propelled ...

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

Burmese villagers of Ywama village, six miles west of Kindaunggyi, north of Taungup in the Arakan, Burma, celebrate Burmese New Year with their ...

... 14th Army's land advance being held up by logistical problems, the weather or enemy action.

The Prins Albert was a pre-war Belgian cross-Channel steamer and served as a Landing Ship Infantry during amphibious actions at Lofoten (Norway), Bruneval, ...

... airfield but damaged his aircraft in the process. He proceeded to walk to the city gaol where, now unguarded, Allied prisoners of war advised him that the Japanese had quit the city a week before. Commandeering a wooden sampan at Rangoon docks, Saunders ...

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

Troops of 26th Indian Division, XV Indian Corps, seen making an amphibious landing on the banks of the Rangoon river, Burma, as part of Operation ...