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Published 1 Jan 2025A short video on the highlights of the Battle of the Admin Box, and its build up DO NOT PANIC IF YOU HAVEN’T WATCHED THE OTHER VIDEOS IN THIS SERIES
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Images and footage used in this presentation are deemed to be subject to the 1953 Crown Copyright decision which ruled that all photographs and film taken by Crown personnel in uniform was in the public domain and/or is subject to UK Copyright Laws putting into the public domain by default, this includes captured footage taken from the enemy after their capitulation – see here for details – https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/cro… and the copyright is deemed to have expired 50 years after original publication.I’ve decided to try and provide a non-exhaustive online cast list below, mostly from Wikipedia articles, as well as some online reference materials BUT I cannot stress enough how bad these are compared to actually reading some books so I’ve provided a bibliography for those who want proper history.
Online Cast List
Allied Commanders
Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia Commander (SEAC) 1944 – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Mountbatten
Lt. General William Slim (aka Uncle Bill) – Commander XIVth Army 1944 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William…
Lt General Philip Christison – XV Corps Commander – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_…
Lt Gen Cyril Lomax, Commander XXVIth Corps 1944 – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyril_L…
Maj General Frank Messervey – 7th Indian Division Commander under Christison 1944 – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_M…
Maj. Gen Harold Briggs, 5th Indian Division Commander under Christison 1944 – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_…
Brigader-Gen Bill Olds – Commander combined Troop Transport Command and all round goddamn hero of the air – https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographi…
Brigader Geoffrey Evans – 9th Infantry Brigade, then suddenly 7th Indian Division Commander then Admin Box Commander – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffre…
Lt Col Munshi Cree – https://www.cree.name/news/cntext207.htmJapanese Commanders
Lt Gen Renya Mutaguchi – 15th Army Commander 1944 – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renya_M…
Lt. General Kawabe Masakazu – Burma Area Commander 1944 – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masakaz…
Sakurai Tokutaro 55th Div Commander, 28th Army, not to be confused with 28th Army’s Commander Sakura Shōzō – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokutar…
Colonel Tanahashi, commanding the Japanese 112th Infantry Regiment – I can’t find a single online biography of him but there are a few mentions of him out there. It’s worth noting that on 24th Feb, having suffered 80% casualties he switched off his radios and withdrew his remaining men without orders.Online Sources
Battle of the Admin Box – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_…
Slim: Britain’s Greatest General – Rob Lyman’s talk on Bill Slim
@WW2TV Burma Week – Burma ’44 with James Holland – • Burma ’44 – James Holland
Gurkha Regiment history of Slim – Slim Sahib: Britain’s Greatest Ever G…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanes…. – Wiki on the invasion of Burma
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British…. – History of Britain in Burma
Interwar US and Japanese Defence Expenditure, 2003, William O’NeilOffline
Burma ’44 – James Holland
Courage and Other Broadcasts – Sir William Slim, edited by Dr. Robert Lyman
Defeat into Victory – Field Marshal Viscount Slim
Desperate Journey – Francis Clifford
Undaunted Britain And the Commonwealth’s War in the Air 1939-45, Part 2 – Ben Kite
Forgotten Armour: Tank Warfare in Burma – Jack Bowsher
Kohima 1944 – Dr Robert Lyman
Road of Bones: The Epic Siege of Kohima 1944 – Fergal Keane
Slim – Roland Lewin
Slim, Master of War – Dr. Robert Lyman
The Burma Campaign – Frank McLynn
The Reconquest of Burma 1944-45 – Dr. Robert Lyman
A War of Empires – Japan, India & Britain 1941-1945 – Dr. Robert Lyman
Unofficial History – Field Marshal Sir William Slim – John Douglas
January 2, 2025
Forgotten War – Ep 6 – The Battle of the Admin Box – Feb. 1944
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