Burma Collection (#3)

The 5th Indian Division smash Japanese bunkers at Tiddim. A Dogra patrol returning with a map, notes, a flag and other booty left by the retreating Japanese. November 14, 1944

Battle of Meiktila and Battle of Mandalay. British troops drive Japanese back in Mandalay Area. Punjabs of the 14th Army in the Monywa attack. February 17, 1945

A Chindit hacks his way through thick jungle. A scene from the Army film Unit Production Burma Victory - the official film record of the campaign in Burma

RAF Padre on Ramree Island. Squadron Leader Lewis Moore of "The Woodlands"
RAF Padre on Ramree Island. Squadron Leader Lewis Moore of " The Woodlands", Chilcompton, Nr.Bath, was the first RAF Padre to set foot on Ramree Island

British officers meet with a Chinese Colonel and other officers of the Chinese forces on the road to Burma. April 13, 1942

British troops from the 2nd Division advancing along the South bank of the Irrawaddy (officially, Ayeyarwady River), driving a wedge between the Japanese forces in the area

Burma Campaign: How the 14th Army gets its supplies. British troops of the 14th Army advancing through a jungle stream. Food

Burma Campaign: A picture taken by night of the oilfields in Yenangyaung, the light used being the reflection of gigantic flames from the heavy pall of smoke above. May 31, 1942

The RAF Third Tactical Air Force (Third TAF), which was formed in South Asia in December 1943, was one of three tactical air forces formed by the Royal Air Force during the Second World War

The rebirth of Civil Life in Burma. Medical aid was a priority charge on both Army and Civil Affairs Authorities. Medical Officer treats a Burmese infant whose ailment was ignored by the Japanese

British Troops at the Shwedagon Pagoda (Shwedagon Zedi Daw) in Burma. February 15, 1942

14th British Army Commanders knighted and invested as Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire by the viceroy of India, Lord Wavell

Askaris of the 11th East African Division occupy Kalewa part of the Chindwin River Port in Burma. Pagodas in Kalewa, destroyed by the Japanese before they retreated. Circa January 1944

Arakan: The landing on Myebon, Hunters Bay. British Commandos wading ashore from a Royal Indian Navy landing craft. January 26, 1945

Troops of the 14th Army continue their drive south from Meiktila, Central Burma. Picture shows a Japanese dug-out defences of Yewe Village near Yindaw, 12 miles south-east of Meiktila

East African Chiefs visit Burma Front. At the request of the military authorities in Burma sixteen African Chiefs were invited to tour Ceylon

The rebirth of civil life in Burma. The Civil Affairs Service Authoroties are doing a great job in helping the country to find its feet after years of Japanese oppression. August 3rd, 1945

Tanks of B Squadron King George Vs Own 19th Lancers firing on Japanese positions in the hills. British Tanks in Arakan, Burma. February 8, 1945

A scene from the Army Film Unit Production - Burma Victory. Dancers at a Burmese festival. October 27, 1945

A huge Burmese image, 40 feet long and 30 feet high, found in one of the monasteries on Ramree Island. Its size dwarfs the two members of the RAF Advanced Assault Party as they examine the idols

Behind the lines in Burma at Christmas 1944, British Troops attend a party at which Burmese villagers gave displays of their traditional dances. February 4, 1945

Eggs by air for the 15th Indian Corps in Burma. Troops of the 25th Indian Division who captured the Ru-Ywa beachhead south of Myehon, Burma receive supplies of eggs by air

The British (15th Indian Corps) landing on Ramree Island, Arakan, Burma. Picture shows a Brigadier as he wades ashore at Ramree. January 21st, 1945

Wrecked Burmese town of Yeu. Occupied by the 14th Army troops during their drive to Mandalay. Part of a Buddhist temple burned down by the Japanese before they withdrew

Men of the Patriot Burmese Forces are lined up prior to starting out for a Japanese occupied village, near Waw. August 1, 1945

The landings at Akyab. Invasion barges with troops wading ashore to capture the Port and town. An RAF aircraft of Eastern Air Command captures the scene from the air. 1st January 1945

The Burmese give a party for British Troops. Behind the lines in Burma at Christmas, British troops attend a party at which Burmese villagers gave displays of their traditional dances

British troops take Mount Popa in Burma. A British soldier watching an air strike on Japanese positions on Mount Popa. May 5, 1945

Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander of the South-East Asia inspects operational areas in Burma on the newly-taken Akyab and Myebon Peninsula

Tribal dance put on by members of a West African Division for Lord Louis Mountbattens visit to the newly taken Akyab and Myebon Peninsula, Burma. February 17, 1945

Allied forces capture key road in Arakan. An observer on the Arakan battle front watches British Mortar and shell fire bursting among enemy positions on a wooded hill - a piece of typical battle

Indian Troops capture Tiddim (Tedim). A leading scout of the 5th Indian division looking down on Tiddim (Tedim) as the last of the Japanese leave. November 16, 1944

Advance to Mawlu: Royal Scots Fusiliers and East Lancs together with British and Indian engineers and British and Chinese artillery swept a roadway through the jungle

The advance to Mawlu, Burma. Men of the Royal Scots Fusiliers and East Lancashire together with British and Chinese artillery swept a roadside through the jungle

West Africans on push in the Arakah. West African soldiers and Indian troops on a mountain Battery beside a stream in Kaladan. December 31, 1944

A Hudson crew operating over Burma. In a jungle clearing an RAF engineer briefs a Hudson crew before operations over Burma. June 16, 1943

The Battle of Yenangyaung. Night picture of oil equipment blazing at the Yenangyaung oilfield in Burma. 11th May 1942

A Punjabi soldier with tommy-gun on the lookout for Japanese snipers. March 2, 1944. Arakan (now known as Rakhine) Front in Burma

British civilians evacuated by RAF aircraft. Women and children shelter from the sun under the wing of an RAF aircraft on an aerodrome in Burma, while waiting to be evacuated by air. April 14, 1942

The Battle of Imphal-Kohima March - July 1944: The remains of Japanese dead, equipment and caved-in bunkers on Scraggy Hill which was captured by 10th Gurkha rifles in fierce fighting in the Shenam

Squadron Leader T Sweeney of Cork, Eire the Roman Catholic chaplain of an RAF Wing operating in Central Burma, conducting Mass in a wooden pagoda which has been made into a chapel. Circa March 1945

Sticks of bombs explode on and around hangars, dispersal points and administrative buildings during a daylight attack on the airfield at Kangaung, Burma, by Consoldiated Liberators of No. 231 Group

Corporal Burns, of Stockport, Cheshire, at the head of a forward patrol column, probes through the Burma swampland. Circa April/May 1945

Doctors tend a wounded soldier of the 81st West African Division in an improvised operating theatre in the Kaladan Valley, Burma. A parachute is used as a roof. 6th September 1944

Lt HP Curry (in short sleeved jersey) Sgt A Clynch Private M Glasser and M Murphy of the British 36th Division celebrate the capture of Pinwe Station in Northern Burma WW2

WW2 Burmese rounded up more elephants to help the Allies after valuable transport elephants fell into the hands of the Japanese. An elephant drags a log during bridge building in Burma

WW2 Jeeps and trailers of an assault field regiment in 36th Division, negotiate a muddy track while moving up to Mawlu, Burma

WW2 Crew of a 25 pounder on the Tiddim Road in Burma join the dinner queue L-R (first three) Gunner E Ellingham, Gunner Tillbrook and Gunner H Pracey

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