... 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

Sherman tanks and troops from the 1st Battalion the Burma Regiment proceeding up beach for an attack on the village of Nyaungu, Burma, and a visit to ...

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

Mortar crews of 56th Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery, 5th Indian Division, engage Japanese snipers near Toungoo, Burma.

An Ordance ML 3-inch ...

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

After a sharp rain shower washes away a temporary diversion on the Sittang River south of Toungoo, Burma, engineers of IV Indian Corps build a ...

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

Motor transport of IV Indian Corps seen passing through the Oktwin area, south of Toungoo, on the road to Rangoon, capital of Burma.

Motor ...

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

After the retreating Japanese abandon a trainload of foodstuffs in the face of the advancing 5th Indian Division near Pyu, Burma, local civilians are ...

... large group of gunners of XV Indian Corps. Leese passes an Ordnance BL 7.2-inch Howitzer (a relined version of the First World War 8-inch Howitzer) of 6th Medium Regiment. Speaking with gunners. Leese watches an Indian 3-inch mortar battery at work. Leese ...

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

Pilots of an Artillery Air Observation Post (AOP) Squadron, attached to 26th Indian Division, practice landing in confined areas on Ramree Island, Burma ...

... used by the armies and navies of numerous countries both during and post-war. It was still in service with the Royal Navy during the 1982 Falklands War.

Likely that the training seen in this film was preparatory to ...

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

Motor transport of IV Corps crosses a Bailey bridge near Toungoo (Taungoo) during the Allied drive on Rangoon, Burma.

An Ordnance QF 40mm (Bofors) ...

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

Armoured vehicles and motor transport of 63 Brigade, 17th Indian Division, seen on the road to Rangoon, Burma.

A low-loader carrying a bulldozer ...

... , Aung San, was wanted for his subversive activities before the war and for a murder committed in 1942. Aung San led the BNA in ... '. The BNA was duly renamed Burmese Patriotic Forces and after the war were eventually disarmed. Aung San went on to play a key ...