... river. Infantry of 1st Battalion 10th Gurkha Rifles advancing in open order across paddy fields. A group of 30 Japanese prisoners of war (POWs) apparently captured east of the River Sittang by Burmese Patriotic Forces (formerly Burma National Army). Shot ...
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... arrive at 17th Division HQ and get out. Japanese prisoners of war (POWs) arriving. Each POW is searched. POWs bathing in ... , is helped along by another.
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By this point in the war in Burma the Japanese Army's supporting services had collapsed, ...
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... arrive at 17th Division HQ and get out. Japanese prisoners of war (POWs) arriving. Each POW is searched. POWs bathing in ... for a more secure location.
Notes
By this point in the war in Burma the Japanese Army's supporting services had collapsed, ...
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BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB
Japanese prisoners of war (POWs) are shaved at 13 Indian Casualty Clearing Station. Two POWs prepare food; one stirs a pot of rice while another chops vegetables. An armed soldier ...
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BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB
The single remaining span of the Pegu Bridge, originally blown by the British in 1942, is demolished by engineers of the 94th Faridkot Field Company ( ...
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BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB
The single remaining span of the Pegu Bridge, originally blown by the British in 1942, is demolished by engineers of the 94th Faridkot Field Company ( ...
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... medical treatment at 13 Indian Casualty Clearing Station at Pegu, Burma.
Rows of sick or wounded Japanese prisoners of war (POWs) on stretchers in a tent at 13 Indian Casualty Clearing Station. Two British nurses of the Queen Alexandra's Imperial ...
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BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB
The distribution of supplies to local Burmese people in Lingadipa, Burma.
The men of 100th Brigade 20th Indian Division bring in rice and atta ( ...
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... ordering local Japanese commanders to obey the instructions of Allied occupation forces. This facilitated the Recovery of Allied Prisoners of War and Internees, a process known as RAPWI. It also required the Japanese to keep order in the territories they ...
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... ordering local Japanese commanders to obey the instructions of Allied occupation forces. This facilitated the Recovery of Allied Prisoners of War and Internees, a process known as RAPWI. It also required the Japanese to keep order in the territories they ...
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BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB
Japanese envoys, led by Lieutenant-General Takazo Numata (Chief of Staff, Southern Army) and Rear Admiral Kaigye Chudo (Deputy Chief of Staff) sign a ...
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BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB
Japanese envoys, led by Lieutenant-General Takazo Numata (Chief of Staff, Southern Army) and Rear Admiral Kaigye Chudo (Deputy Chief of Staff) sign a ...
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