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Freed Allied prisoners of war, released from Japanese captivity in Changi Jail, Singapore, are ... South East Asia Command had evacuated 53,700 prisoners of war and internees, rising to 71,000 by the end of October ...
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BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB
British troops of 3rd Special Service Brigade land unopposed on a beach on Akyab Island (Sittwe), in the Arakan region of Burma.
A flotilla of ...
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Freed Allied prisoners of war, released from Japanese captivity in Singapore, are evacuated by ... had 12 years service overseas.
Air evacuation of prisoners of war and internees accounted for only some 3,000 ...
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... class='iwm_synopsis header'>Freed Allied prisoners of war, released from Japanese captivity at Changi ... by hospital ship.
Crowd of freed prisoners of war at Changi jail with waiting car ... an open day for freed prisoners of war and internees. See also JFU ...
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The Right Reverend Leonard Wilson, Bishop of Singapore, holds a church service at Kranji prisoner of war camp in Singapore, following the liberation of the inmates.
Procession of clergy enter a courtyard at Kranji camp. ...
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... ward; general view with patients and nurses. Two freed prisoners of war talking. A man sits on his bed reading; he lights a ... shot of Sussex at her berth.
Recently liberated Allied prisoners of war and internees are shown around the Royal Navy London ...
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Recently liberated Allied prisoners of war and internees are shown around the Royal Navy London ... Wide shot with people going onboard. A blackboard reads: 'Prisoners of war may come onboard the ship between the hours ...
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BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB
Lieutenant-General Raymond Wheeler US Army, is invested as an honorary Knight Commander of the British Empire (KBE), while Admiral Lord Louis ...
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BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB
Lieutenant-General Raymond Wheeler US Army, is invested as an honorary Knight Commander of the British Empire (KBE), while Lord Louis Mountbatten ...
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... Indian Division were sent to southern Indo-China to disarm and intern Japanese personnel stationed there, recover Allied prisoners of war and internees, and maintain law and order. Before long they found themselves embroiled in violence sparked by tensions ...
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... at a Japanese airfield in Saigon as recovered Allied prisoners of war are flown out.
Brigadier Taunton inspects a Japanese ... intern Japanese personnel stationed there, recover Allied prisoners of war and internees (as seen in this film) and maintain ...
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... 1945 and was according to the official history 'the longest opposed river crossing in any theatre of the Second World War'. Following a covert reconnaissance by a Sea Reconnaissance Unit and a Special Boat Section, a company of 2nd Battalion, South ...
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