Released to commemorate the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, this podcast explores pivotal moments in the Burma campaign during World War Two, which saw a million men from across the Commonwealth unite against the Japanese.
Commanded by General William “Bill” Slim, the Fourteenth Army is sometimes referred to as the “Forgotten Army” because its operations in the Burma Campaign were overlooked by the contemporary press.
The story of the fight for Burma is told, as far as possible, by those who were there. We are honoured to have been able to speak to 100-year-old Joseph Hammond, from Ghana, who served in the Gold Coast Regiment, and to the only two surviving British Chindits: 101-year-old Sid Machin, and 104-year-old Charlie Richards, who recall what it was like to fight the Japanese in the heat of the jungle, 80 years ago.
