If you like what you see on my website consider clicking HERE, or buying my book HERE Some of the faces of those who fought with Force 136 The predominant narrative for the Burma campaign is that the so-called 'martial'... Continue Reading →
If you like what you see on my website consider clicking HERE, or buying my book HERE In 2015, Sir Max Hastings published his 'The Secret War: Spies, Codes and Guerrillas, 1939 - 1945.' Of course, I was interested to... Continue Reading →
If you like what you see on my website consider clicking HERE, or buying my book HERE The exploits of Major Hugh 'Stooky' Seagrim in Burma were first shared with the world in Ian Morrison's book, 'Grandfather Longlegs', published in 1946. ... Continue Reading →
If you like what you see on my website consider clicking HERE, or buying my book HERE December 1944, bridging the Chindwin. Photo credit: IWM open source, click HERE The following are the comments made in the report of Maung... Continue Reading →
If you like what you see on my website consider clicking HERE, or buying my book HERE A little while back, I posted the 'The extraordinary Tale of a Chinese Agent in Burma'. Here is the story of another Chinese... Continue Reading →
If you like what you see on my website consider clicking HERE, or buying my book HERE Photo: Production of Mills Grenades, August 1942. Getty Images The following is a report written by 2/Lt. Joseph Marlam. Marlam was an Anglo-Indian... Continue Reading →
If you like what you see on my website consider clicking HERE, or buying my book HERE Photo credit: Steve Fogden's superb Chindit website The Burma Gallantry Medal (BGM) was established by Royal Warrant on 10 May 1940 to be awarded... Continue Reading →
If you like what you see on my website consider clicking HERE, or buying my book HERE This post was inspired by the record of Jemadar Kolu Ban. Kolu Ban, it seems, had an alcohol problem, which made him unusual;... Continue Reading →
If you like what you see on my website consider clicking HERE, or buying my book HERE Gurkhas of 50 Indian Parachute Brigade get ready to emplane. Photograph credit: Here In early May 1945, it was the troops of 26... Continue Reading →
If you like what you see on my website consider clicking HERE, or buying my book HERE The Mergui Archipelago: Picture Credit Tom H Trip Advisor upload The title for this post comes from the identification password that was... Continue Reading →
If you like what you see on my website consider clicking HERE, or buying my book HERE Map Credit The press has been full of opinions about the current crisis in Rakhine State having its roots in the Second World... Continue Reading →
If you like what you see on my website consider clicking HERE, or buying my book HERE Map Credit: Chin Community Ministry Recorded variously as 'Charlie Thangkung', 'Thang Kung' and Lieutenant Thaung Kong, this post is all about the Chin... Continue Reading →
If you like what you see on my website consider clicking HERE, or buying my book HERE The 'Men of SOE' Roll of Honour on this website has 112 men added to it as of 3 December 2017. If you... Continue Reading →
If you like what you see on my website consider clicking HERE, or buying my book HERE Ramree island entered the Guinness Book of Records for being the place where the biggest crocodile feast upon human flesh is supposed to... Continue Reading →
If you like what you see on my website consider clicking HERE, or buying my book HERE On the anniversary of VJ Day 2017, the author Philip Davies published his long anticipated book, 'Lost Warriors', about the exploits of two... Continue Reading →
If you like what you see on my website consider clicking HERE, or buying my book HERE In my attempt to reveal the diversity of those employed by the Special Operations Executive to help fight the war against Japan in... Continue Reading →
If you like what you see on my website consider clicking HERE, or buying my book HERE Frontispiece from Captain Duncan Guthrie's Jungle Diary Very often, on the TV and in books, the jungle conditions of Burma are given prominence for... Continue Reading →
If you like what you see on my website consider clicking HERE, or buying my book HERE This post follows on from Mahout 1 A Second World War Parachutist: Credit here After Sunil Datta Gupta (SDG) landed in June 1943,... Continue Reading →
If you like what you see on my website consider buying my book HERE The work of Force 136 in Burma was not all about training Karens and Kachins to fight as guerrillas. In an earlier blog post, the story... Continue Reading →
If you like what you see on my website consider clicking HERE, or buying my book HERE What follows is a transcription from the original found in the National Archives. I have made no changes from the original except to... Continue Reading →
The Special Operations Executive in Burma 1941-1945 