In the early days of World War II, the Japanese army invaded Burma (now Myanmar) and forced an end to British colonial rule there. Occupying Burma required troops and massive amounts of materiel ...

Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2021. Pp. xii, 280. Illus., maps, notes, biblio., index. $34.95. ISBN: 0700630414 Victory on the “Forgotten Front” The ...

The map below gives an idea of the number of soldiers who signed up to fight for Britain from several British Empire countries. Most of these troops were in the army ... to Burma, and a shortage ...

Wing Commander Clive Beadon was dive-bombing the Burma-Siam railway from just 150ft ... while also supply-dropping to the 14th Army during the monsoon period of 1944. The aviator, who later ...