Prelude to Victory: Burma, 1942

The Jungle is neutral is a classic work

my father-in-law was in the American army in Burma during World War II. He drove on the Burma Road. He was an ambulance driver/truck driver. He had his pistol military issue with him when he came home after the war. He kept it as a souvenir. He returned fire, by snipers with that pistol…
when he returned home, he got married and had two kids. One of them as my wife.
his wife, my wife’s mother did not like having that gun in the house. She made him put it somewhere, I don’t know where, is it the two children could not get their hands on it..
when my father-in-law died. My mother-in-law packed up his clothes and his belongings and give them to the Salvation Army. She took his pistol to the local police station. She saw a policeman coming out of the building in uniform. She pulled up beside him and handed him the pistol out the window of her car. She said this belonged to my husband, he died two weeks ago. I don’t want it in the house..then she drove away.

How come no one talks about major Seth kobla Anthony's (from Ghana)contribution to the victory in Burma?

Por favor traducir en español latino gracias por decir la verdad de la historia

Pakistani army general niazi participated in this war.

I had two uncles who served in Burma, they had very different experiences from each other and strangely both named Jim (Davis and Miller).
Jim Davis was a dispatch rider attached to the Gurkha Rifles and was lucky not to see a lot of action, where as Jim Miller was captured after a couple of skirmishes with the Japs and ended up spending over a year in a POW camp. He worked on the Burma Railway line before catching Malaria which almost killed him.

Bill Slim was a pedophile. A proven child molester of multiple boys in Australia after WW2. Certainly many many more in SE Asia and India. Please stop glorifying this sicko.

Awesome video .....In this battle Indians paid a very high price we lost so many men and experienced NCOs and officers that after this war Indian army were finished as a fighting force .....

I read an excellent book about General Slim when young, have always had thoughts about how he turned defeat into victory. An amazing man.

Slim was also badly wounded in East Africa in WW2.

If Churchill hadn't starved the Bengal and ultimately killed millions, would there have been a more effective fighting force in Burma. That's a serious question that needs to be asked. Most if the other fighting forces of India was placed in other theatres of Africa. Yet the starvation of millions in Bengal surely had a direct effect on manpower. Churchill should be treated as a mass murderer. Most of his directives in the Bengal famine are in his own hand.

The British would have lost both WW1 & WW2 without the US backing them. I'm not even a citizen of either. Just basic common sense listening to war reports.

As usual the British with bad tactics sacrificed men. Singapore was a capitulation although with superior forces. Monty was actually a failure without the US forces to back him up. Just because he was a British general he got the respect. Like wise Churchill. A failed military strategist.

My grandfather was from Chin Hills Battalion, Burma Regiment. He survived the war, and never wanted to talk about it. He used to say, that they had to kill so many, and he did not feel glorious about it.

The commentary refers several times to the “Commonwealth,” which did not exist during WW2. The British Empire and British imperial forces should be the correct terms.

That's where my father fought with the 11th airborne .

Nice history actually my papa grand father deth in BURMA 1942 war

Not one mention of the Gurkhas, Check out the History of the Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles to find out their contribution.

The British:the one who created the endless civil wars in Myanmar so called Burma .

The RAF bombed the hell out of the Japanese as the army advanced on them throughout the campaign.

It would be very interesting if you could present the actions of the Chindits under Wingate

Gurkhas were in the Indian division under 14th Army during the Burma campaign.
So many battle honours and last man standing during battles but heard less about them and their sacrifice.

What a great story. I have always been amazed at how they did so much in an environment as hostile as that and were successful. It shows that if it is possible, it can be done. Some things are impossible also.

where is the gurkha rifle ?

It was said that Montgomery was Britain's best known general. Slim, however, was Britain's best.

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During WWII
Americans
British
China
India

All these countries could not resist Japanese forces advancing into Burma.!

Where those strong and brave Japanese are nowadays ??
After Americans dropping of nuclear bombed onto Japan.,
Japanese became cowards and followers of Americans.

Childhood is when you grow up believing Patton, MacArthur and Montgomery were the best Allied commanders of World War 2.

Maturity is when you realise that William Slim was the best General from either sides of the war.

Again more British excuses

no mention of the Chinese rescuing the British and Indians in Yenangyaung eh?

It was the Karen People who saved Britain from defeat .
When Burma came to power the Brits betrayed The Karen's and turned on the very people group who saved them against the Japs! The Brits sided with the Burmese because they had the political & financial power , bunch of traitor dogs !

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Defeat into victory is one of the best books ever to be written on war

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George MacDonald Fraser, who wrote the Flashman novels, served in the Border Regiment, part of the Black Cat 17th Indian Division in the 14th Army. He wrote a wonderful book entitled Quartered Safe Out Of Here which retailed his time in Burma, which I heartily recommend to all those with appreciation for the old army of the British Empire.

Slim sexually abused children.

Came to this video while reading " A War of Empires" Robert Lyman. Slim gets a positive mention.

So it was the japanese that started efforts to destabilize china 😂

I learned a lot from all of your videos keep up the good work thank you

Thanks,...

Too much is made of Wingate.

Never disperse power to protect territory, give up territory for time for concentration of force and counterattack

nice clip, where's follow up?

Well presented progression of personalities, events, and problems facing those leaders cast into this furnace of disaster and mismanagement. It ends really at the beginning of cohesive leadership, planning, and training for coming battles, and eventual triumph over a well trained and hardened foe.
Skillfully done.

The British Army in the Far East (1941/1942) was probably the WORST ARMY in the history of Great Britain.

The British Army (14th Army) in the Far East (1944/1945) was THE BEST ARMY that Great Britain has ever deployed. Nothing comes close.

First time the Japanese lost on land was by Australian forces in Papua the Germans at Tobruk

Slim was one of those rare generals who could actually look at his failures, evaluate the lessons honestly, then come back stronger than ever to win the war. You can debate as to who the greatest WW II general was, but you'd have a hard time finding one more humble or self-aware than General Slim.

That’s a really good intro to WW2 in Asia

Learnt a lot