{"id":91289,"date":"2024-08-31T04:00:45","date_gmt":"2024-08-31T08:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=91289"},"modified":"2025-01-01T23:02:14","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T04:02:14","slug":"forgotten-war-ep2-you-walk-you-walk-or-you-die-mate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2024\/08\/31\/forgotten-war-ep2-you-walk-you-walk-or-you-die-mate\/","title":{"rendered":"Forgotten War Ep2 &#8211; You Walk, You Walk Or You Die Mate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a2Epxl9-mxQ?si=j1ADPb0cidSdABco\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>HardThrasher<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 30 Aug 2024<\/p>\n<p>Please consider donations of any size to the Burma Star Memorial Fund who aim to ensure remembrance of those who fought with, in and against 14th Army 1941\u20131945 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/burmastarmemorial.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/burmastarmemorial.org\/<\/a><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Bibliography<br \/>\nAs usual this is a non exhaustive list, but hopefully gives you a feel for where I\u2019ve pulled information from; I\u2019ve used Wikipedia articles to give you a feel for what happened when, but there is no substitute for actually sitting and reading some of the source materials, so I\u2019d recommend the Offline section for those seriously interested in the subjects covered.<\/p>\n<p>Online<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wP4ZE8qrekQ\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Slim: Britains Greatest General<\/a> \u2013 Rob Lyman&#8217;s talk on Bill Slim<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbkpOYzFiMHB3dUdPQmRRU0JnbjFxRlJ0UmJWd3xBQ3Jtc0tsWHppQ1NTSFMxcUI2eHQ5MmlZTGpPV2dMQWF2RndzWXdjSzZpMnl2OTZWWUFNazQ2SEpYMGdFMVBHYTlsZWVmbHZSODNWQ0t0bUNrMHZqcTVrNGVRbkQ0S2o3VU1JNzNnbV9QcHRlVTJTZmFwVG1kSQ&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.royalhampshireregiment.org%2Fabout-the-museum%2Ftimeline%2Fmalaya-1954-56%2F&#038;v=Mr0j_NXni_E\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.royalhampshireregiment.or&#8230;<\/a> &#8211; Royal Hampshire Regiment in the Emergency<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbEUyNUhHSGVyeXBqWTJaMXRpZW5EZ0V0bmo1d3xBQ3Jtc0ttQjNOaVVSU3VlbnMwVS0yN3EyekxxbDd3VmctaFN5eExIOE1pd0NkR0xMQmJjODlWYlRtM05FYUxzYjlkQXNzREFuZXhQRUoxZ1YxdmxuMnNpWjQzT0hvdDAxSlpSZ3d0U1h1SV9VSjlaUGFDYVJDaw&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fmedium.com%2Fdose%2Fthe-asian-holocaust-killed-twice-as-many-people-as-the-nazis-did-877f0a7c664&#038;v=Mr0j_NXni_E\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Japanese war crimes death toll<\/a>&#8211; Rough estimates<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbmNoNzlYV01QbWloV2VmOHozU2JwUTlIZ2I1d3xBQ3Jtc0ttWXdFTlFZTlpGeG5NVkROVWxEeDR6T2dRandDQ0tZVXI1c2dOUG55a0JoN25nNEx1d28yNUY3MG1Fd0hiN2pjTURUMDlKMmUzRXVOektndFhkaWNmb1FkclZWWUIzVU05eVVFaENPd0F2YS1BdVg2cw&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hawaii.edu%2Fpowerkills%2FSOD.CHAP3.HTM&#038;v=Mr0j_NXni_E\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/powerkills\/SOD&#8230;<\/a> &#8211; Non-China killings<br \/>\nSlim Inter War \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqa0VzLUduM1k1R3NveG40X2dNaU5GZEVWY2x2Z3xBQ3Jtc0tsdk9SQW44VGdPdVhtY29xeDM5alZOaTRISy1MUXpiVS1yOFU5dUVJWVoxTzJ1TEFqYldGMVhuNThxUFVjZUlvOUthb1FCOTZNc1FvRGRzZE1LWlNCNkhhM1p0YVVPckJNYXp4S2ZOUWtXNkRKNWxtWQ&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nam.ac.uk%2Fexplore%2Fwilliam-slim&#038;v=a2Epxl9-mxQ\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.nam.ac.uk\/explore\/william&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\nGurkha Regiment history of Slim &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=of1PffAkDjM\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Slim Sahib: Britain&#8217;s Greatest Ever G&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbkJjdFd3VUlGaEE5REVCVkdNandjZ3ZGYlctUXxBQ3Jtc0tubEpNanI5MW1iSjBKTjRqNTZPR2tQdzBNNHR0U0c1U081Wm9aUW5YTENRX19fXzZWRXVjWnQyeTQ4QzFyQTFBXzdGc2dRdk9EMGRQOGV5R0I0Yjkzd1EycnpJTWpjU25HT04yUEFRMTkwQ3U3c0IyUQ&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FJapanese_invasion_of_Burma%23%3A~%3Atext%3DThe%2520Japanese%2520Fifteenth%2520Army%252C%2520commanded%2CTenasserim%2520across%2520the%2520Tenasserim%2520Hills&#038;v=Mr0j_NXni_E\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japanes&#8230;<\/a> \u2013 Wiki on the invasion of Burma<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbFdxUmNCaldPNXJiZ0Z1MzZCSUM4Si1PR0JZUXxBQ3Jtc0ttNXVCOEV2RnVoaURXVldtN1Rzb2g5SHV5VVowX1BmLVprNlBiYjdKZzhMbEZmVzhkVDlHWnVWQW94U1JzVFVFSjNCZlFyVTl1cGR4VjE5emhGV3FJd2ZCZnVGMHp5TnlJQjk0c05QQ25pMGdHLURQTQ&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FBritish_rule_in_Burma%23%3A~%3Atext%3DThe%2520British%2520colonial%2520rule%2520in%2Cadministered%2520colony%252C%2520and%2520finally%2520independence&#038;v=Mr0j_NXni_E\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/British&#8230;<\/a> \u2013 History of Britain in Burma<br \/>\nInterwar US and Japanese Defence Expenditure, 2003, Willaim O\u2019Neil<\/p>\n<p>Offline<br \/>\n<em>Burma &#8217;44<\/em> \u2013 James Holland<br \/>\n<em>Courage and Other Broadcasts<\/em> \u2013 Sir William Slim, edited by Dr. Robert Lyman<br \/>\n<em>Defeat into Victory<\/em> \u2013 Field Marshal Viscount Slim<br \/>\n<em>Desperate Journey<\/em> \u2013 Francis Clifford<br \/>\n<em>Forgotten Armour: Tank Warfare in Burma<\/em> \u2013 Jack Bowsher<br \/>\n<em>Road of Bones: The Epic Siege of Kohima 1944<\/em> \u2013 Fergal Keane<br \/>\n<em>Slim<\/em> \u2013 Roland Lewin<br \/>\n<em>Slim, Master of War<\/em> \u2013 Dr. Robert Lyman<br \/>\n<em>The Burma Campaign<\/em> \u2013 Frank McLynn<br \/>\n<em>A War of Empires \u2013 Japan, India &#038; Britain 1941-1945<\/em> \u2013 Dr. Robert Lyman<br \/>\n<em>Unofficial History<\/em> \u2013 Field Marshal Sir William Slim \u2013 John Douglas<\/p>\n<p>Wikipedia Articles on Key figures<br \/>\nGeneral Wavell &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbUpoc05fYnN1cXVCTThYX1phai15SlFZWEtBd3xBQ3Jtc0trVDdsSmhkajJNN3BvSEpGWEdUVG9uekNRdXF0ZW5JOVBDRjhYNUhVd1R0N3dLQkJRVkM2U20zcVRpbmRSZE84dWx3Vm1GSU9FamRUdDhvcFM0T3ZQZlE4NFJKZUZ5Qy12YlljT3c3ZlQ5d3FXdy1Xaw&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FArchibald_Wavell%2C_1st_Earl_Wavell&#038;v=Mr0j_NXni_E\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Archiba&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\nBrigadier Jackie Smyth &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbFNuM3Vjb0R1LU8zOG1TRUMzUmtRTnlQX1hEZ3xBQ3Jtc0ttY0NjMnd4LUt5dmtNc2d5anhHbkg1NHF3c0VZRjZhd1VQSzRweFlKMC01Qm4xT2ZINjVLQmU5WkxQRnRmd1FLcVhkUjZoTmt5Z2I4VU1iZFhqUVhyNWRWSTRObGlDc1JnM21oVkhoMXpKalp1NlBVcw&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSir_John_Smyth%2C_1st_Baronet&#038;v=Mr0j_NXni_E\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sir_Joh&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\nBrigadier Hutton &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbElBa1AxMVA3YXpYVmR3UmVmSFRGcGp4VFQtQXxBQ3Jtc0ttQkZ4am5iaHJsUndKMUxrUE1sMDcyblc2b0JJX2ExcG1XZWptZ3ZHMkwxYldQcXAycXp6U1A3T3hCak1paFo2YjBUUDV3WUxhN2JEclRadDhzUm5QQWxDV0pWYWJQNHJHeDc4a0dMbmpXRnJYQ2FPVQ&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThomas_Jacomb_Hutton%23%3A~%3Atext%3DLieutenant%252DGeneral%2520Sir%2520Thomas%2520Jacomb%2Cconquest%2520of%2520Burma%2520in%2520early&#038;v=Mr0j_NXni_E\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\nMountbatten <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbDBFMVdMSmpYV2JTeUhDMGhUTzctdGV0eldxQXxBQ3Jtc0ttaXNoVjI3dUpvMXhldWR4YlNJTDE2aTVfTDdtSDgyNGZGUGZtWXphQkM0NFRyVHVkWTRjcUZLZmJMREN5elFfYlg1Q2IxTWQ5bFhkSGlRZmN4RGUxTDRVeGlvNWNycmVPMzNSMlZ5OENoaEpCczQ5UQ&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FLord_Mountbatten%23SEAC_and_Burma_campaign&#038;v=a2Epxl9-mxQ\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lord_Mo&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\nJoe Stillwell &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbEpZYU9xVzlEcmE5LVlLOWZhc3laWXhpV1hQQXxBQ3Jtc0tuWXlROXV3Y1hjWTZDQ3Z1Y3Bma3A1YzY4dVctUE1BekhKRGZVS2hoUWxUV0YxT29tcjhKS1FWd0lUdmxxUHgwNVU5SUpsajIzQ0QxU0pESnRkMkI1bXJ6VGNsZEVEOU5paWVubWg2ZmpUdm5zQUJqUQ&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FJoseph_Stilwell&#038;v=a2Epxl9-mxQ\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joseph_&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\nThe Auk &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbVY4cnd0VDBTS0NvNTUxeTFkMTFLX3RlcTNWZ3xBQ3Jtc0trTWx1ODdxdVNzMEY3d2RuajJtS1I1YWN6VzdSNjZianduUnpKMzZPYUhfd29wTVlRX3NVVjlWV3dLU1B5OEIxTWJONkhNR05YU3IzR0JlbllMRUpROGZRdmd1MEV2bnkzTDdVMVVVTkc2UjhoSFdaTQ&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FClaude_Auchinleck&#038;v=a2Epxl9-mxQ\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Claude_&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\nGiffard &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqa29lbkxTQWxhUGNqbjRXRkoyaGFCaVRMc1FZUXxBQ3Jtc0ttMjdvMXFDVlhYaFp1Z3N6WnI1di1Xd091a0FZNlpFT2pGZDlhMVFVeHBHTm5xYTVZdEJZTE1uZXVqLXhKVXNYd0NCT0JNbFE2bmxoci1fdUEwcHV4bGEyRjlCWDlmUFhEUjA1Q3o1azc3Mi12RjhKRQ&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FGeorge_Giffard&#038;v=a2Epxl9-mxQ\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Music<br \/>\nHon Kyoku &#8211; Doug Maxwell\/ Zac Zinger \u2013 YouTube Music Library<br \/>\nAll Blue Skies \u2013 The Fly Guy Five &#8211; https:\/\/www.epidemicsound.com\/track\/z&#8230; &#8211; Licensed via Epidemic Sounds<br \/>\nHellion \u2013 Non-State Actor &#8211; https:\/\/www.epidemicsound.com\/track\/l&#8230; &#8211; Licensed via Epidemic Sounds<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HardThrasher Published 30 Aug 2024 Please consider donations of any size to the Burma Star Memorial Fund who aim to ensure remembrance of those who fought with, in and against 14th Army 1941\u20131945 &#8211; https:\/\/burmastarmemorial.org\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,4,22,23,24,5,230],"tags":[991,1478,884,1201,1103,1572,572,1579,888],"class_list":["post-91289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia","category-britain","category-china","category-india","category-japan","category-military","category-ww2","tag-afvs","tag-billslim","tag-burma","tag-chiangkai-shek","tag-infantry","tag-joestilwell","tag-leadership","tag-lordhardthrasher","tag-nepal"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2hpV6-nKp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91289"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91573,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91289\/revisions\/91573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}