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A thick columns of black smoke rising from a Japanese train attacked by Bristol Beaufighters at Kokkogon, about 40 miles along the branch line from Pyinmana, on the Rangoon-Mandalay railway, Burma

Arakan landing: Capture of Razabil British and West African troops made a
Arakan landing:Capture of Razabil British and West African troops made a landing on the Japanese flank in Arakan early March 1944

Major General F. W. Festing, D. S. O. commanding the 36th Division visiting forward areas
Major General F.W. Festing, D.S.O. commanding the 36th Division visiting forward areas near Hopin in North Burma. He is travelling by jeep train

The making of the Manipur road. Circa July 1945

Japanese train in Rangoon (Yangon). June 1945

Landing craft being unloaded at the Rangoon (Yangdon) beach head. May 1945

Flying Officer R. B. Connell of Gourock, Scotland (left), Flying Officer J. A
Flying Officer R.B. Connell of Gourock, Scotland (left), Flying Officer J.A. Brown of West Hartlepool, Co, Durham (centre), and Sergeant P.F

Two Consolidated Liberator B Mark VIs of No. 356 Squadron RAF based at Salbani, India, leave the smoke-covered target area after bombing a Japanese supply base

British mortar team during the attack to capture Meiktila. Circa February 1945

Allied troops land the Arakan stronghold. 16th February 1945

Landing craft travel up the Rangoon (Yangdon) river as smoke from an air strike obliterates all effective defence. May 1945

British troops of the 15th Indian Corps landing on Ramree Island. Supplies come ashore. February 1945

Brigadier Orde Wingates Chindits in Burma, circa 1943

Chindits buying food in a Burmese village in 1943

A soldier working on the Burma Road. Circa 1942

A direct hit from an RAF bomber explodes in a cloud of dust and smoke right in the middle of the tracks at Ye railway yards, Burma. Circa 1945

British patrol pass a Burmese farmer and oxen. 2nd August 1945

Radio telephonists at work in Meiktila. 1st April 1945

14th Army on the way to Mandalay. 20th February 1945

Soldiers in combat during Second World War, Burma. 13th February 1945

Allied troops make their way inland south of Rangoon. 18th May 1945

Lieutenants A Sten, (Burnley, Lancashire), of the field regiment, Royal Artillery, synchronises his watch with the Brigade Headquarters over phone, prior to a barrage on Pinwe. Circa January 1945

Royal Artillery battery fire against the Japanese in Pinwe. Circa January 1945

Front line burial of a British soldier shot by Japanese on the road to Mandalay. Pictured, British soldiers of the 36th Division prepare to bury a comrade along the road north of Pinwe. January 1945

Lieutenant A. Garwood, the commander of the Sherman tank, feeding an elephant with biscuits from the turret of his tank on the road at Taungtha, Burma, 14 April 1945

A Valentine bridgelayer of the 3rd Independent Bridge Building Company, Royal Armoured Corps, spans a damaged bridge near Meiktila, Burma. 28 March 1945

A Bristol Blenheim Mark IV, V5589, of No. 113 Squadron RAF based at Asansol, India, veers out of control as it is shot down by Japanese fighters while carrying out a low-level bombing attack on two

Fifth Indian Divisions Advance on Tiddim. British and Indian troops who conclusively proved their superiority by giving the Japanese such a beating at Kohima have taken Tiddim

Beaufighter planes trike oil in Burma. Picture taken between Kyaukpadung and Popaywa. Burma. Picture taken circa 25th June 1944

Furthest RAF Bombing Raid on Burma front. Liberator bombers of Strategic Air Force of the Eastern Air Command fly over 2, 300 miles to bomb the newly built Japanese port of Khac Huagang in Southern

British and West Africans take Burma Village. Picture shows supplies coming ashore on route for Mowdok, each bale being manhandled through a country even mules would not travel

An oil blaze started by Beaufighters in an attack on Thegon pump station some miles north west of Moulmein, near the month of the Sitting River, Burma. Picture taken circa 1st April 1944

The Road To Mandalay becomes target of US Aerial Wrecking Crews. Picture shows the work of a B-25 Mitchell medium bomber on Burmas Old Man River, the Irrawaddy, at Mandalay

Taken during an attack by Bristol Beaufighter on an oil pump house at Kanhla, 45 miles south of Magwe, Burma, during a series of attacks of the oil pipe line running from Yenangyaung to Syriam

RAF Beaufighter planes attack oil storage tanks in Burma. Picture taken during a very successful attack on an oil storage tank at Sadaing Tank Farm, just south of Yonangyaung, Burma

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

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