This air movement order authorised my father's evacuation in 1945 from Burma. He'd fought with the Kings Own Scottish Borderers in the "forgotten war". Suffering from dysentery he was rescued by ...

In May 1945, British forces crossed the Irrawaddy River in Burma and engaged a Japanese force, north of the Prome-Taungup road. With the tide of war changing in the allies favor, by May 9 ...

Then follow the course of the Allies as they drive the Japanese forces out of Burma in late 1944 and 1945. After atomic bombs were dropped by the Allies on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and ...