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Fighting their way from station to station down the lonely single-track railway which is
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Fighting their way from station to station down the lonely single-track railway which is
Fighting their way from station to station down the lonely single-track railway which is the only really
passable track in the North Burma jungle country, the 36th Division made comparatively slow progress, capturing, usually after a bitter struggle, the string of villages whose strategic importance is out of all
proportion to their size.
Pinwe, a few miles north of Naba, fell after an intensive artillery barrage which left the village wide open for the British troops.
Photo shows: Patrols and artillery barrage had smudged out the Japanese occupation of Pinwe, making way for the triumphant march of the Royal Scots, who celebrated St, Andrews Day in the traditional manner -pipewise,
Making a victory march which is a prelude to another greater celebration at the furthest end of this road to Tokyo.
30th November 1944
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Pinwe
Myanmar
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