{"id":93985,"date":"2025-02-06T04:00:06","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T09:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=93985"},"modified":"2025-02-04T17:08:09","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T22:08:09","slug":"forgotten-war-ep-8-imphal-44-pt2-edge-of-chaos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2025\/02\/06\/forgotten-war-ep-8-imphal-44-pt2-edge-of-chaos\/","title":{"rendered":"Forgotten War Ep 8 &#8211; Imphal 44 Pt2 &#8211; Edge of Chaos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-VW2ByIbgWc?si=yW91uDEZlDKinL-W\" 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 4 Feb 2025<\/p>\n<p>A video discussing the Battles of Imphal and Kohima at the start of 1944.<\/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 &mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/burmastarmemorial.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/burmastarmemorial.org\/<\/a><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>If you would like to become a Patreon please see \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/patreon.com\/LordHardThrasher\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/patreon.com\/LordHardThrasher<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>If you want merch then there is some here &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/lordhardthrasher.creator-spring.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/lordhardthrasher.creator-spri&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you would like to get in touch then my email is lordhardthrasher@gmail.com <\/p>\n<p><strong>PLEASE NOTE<\/strong><br \/>\nImages 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 \u2013 see here for details &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbmg4R3Y3NVVqVTF5S2Y3aG9oUWd6NGdKUUZ0QXxBQ3Jtc0tsUHlKVllfNEpkSHBKMmpzZFQtR19oM05pbnAxNFREc05abmVxWmxVOWlGQWdXRmNLcGdYM05lcWhoSk9GeHNDS204ejNlSWY3Z3NVZWRpRG0yTzQzV1l0dDdmcHBUdlhlenB3T0JwY2NsWjV5UEY2aw&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.communities-ni.gov.uk%2Fcrown-copyright&#038;v=DJIlAQmJn9c\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.communities-ni.gov.uk\/cro&#8230;<\/a> and the copyright is deemed to have expired 50 years after original publication.  <\/p>\n<p>Online<br \/>\nInterview with Ursula Graham-Bower &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oKy3I5afxEA\" target=\"_blank\">Interview with Ursula Graham Bower, P&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wP4ZE8qrekQ\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Slim: Britain&#8217;s Greatest General<\/a> \u2013 Rob Lyman\u2019s talk on Bill Slim<br \/>\n@WW2TV Burma Week \u2013 Burma &#8217;44 with James Holland &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VLRXPR0XyVQ\" target=\"_blank\">Burma &#8217;44 &#8211; James Holland<\/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=QUFFLUhqbWxtY0lrUURzLVpTcHprMnNVVE5BeWtMbEVpd3xBQ3Jtc0tuUnlJdjh5elNhTWFiWXVqNDFOYm0xTDUzNVdtNFoxWmMtN1cxSWZuaVc4ZjZ3QUtoWVNlSG9feDdjSG00NlJpLWpZXzhiWVdyd3FSM3FjRkJyU0MyZVBXSjc1Q2lLYXRldG9pSkpiMUVDX1NtNnpPaw&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FJapanese_invasion_of_Burma%23%3A%7E%3Atext%3DThe%2520Japanese%2520Fifteenth%2520Army%252C%2520commanded%2CTenasserim%2520across%2520the%2520Tenasserim%2520Hills&#038;v=DJIlAQmJn9c\" 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=QUFFLUhqbmZzRGhQRTNWU2hXVmNVdE1JRlhRQWtXR2hmZ3xBQ3Jtc0trT09od0Y3WmNZcVZEaFM5SHVsaWpId0dqTkVrZHVkdkpSdHFiQ0xKOWp0R1ktMkNVRHo0ZXdZRmRZejIzUG5wOTRSWEx3N0ZLY2RncVh1SE1Sa2tlY2JFckZaVHBmOEt6cktPcTRreHZ5dER0eThGQQ&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FBritish_rule_in_Burma%23%3A%7E%3Atext%3DThe%2520British%2520colonial%2520rule%2520in%2Cadministered%2520colony%252C%2520and%2520finally%2520independence&#038;v=DJIlAQmJn9c\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/British&#8230;.<\/a> \u2013 History of Britain in Burma<br \/>\nInterwar US and Japanese Defence Expenditure, 2003, William O&#8217;Neil<\/p>\n<p><strong>Offline<\/strong><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>Undaunted Britain And the Commonwealth\u2019s War in the Air 1939-45<\/em>, Part 2 \u2013 Ben Kite<br \/>\n<em>Forgotten Armour: Tank Warfare in Burma<\/em> \u2013 Jack Bowsher<br \/>\n<em>Kohima 1944<\/em> \u2013 Dr Robert Lyman<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>The Reconquest of Burma 1944-45<\/em> \u2013 Dr. Robert Lyman<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><\/blockquote>\n<p>Wikipedia Articles on Key figures<br \/>\nOrde Wingate &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Orde_Wingate\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Orde_Wi&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\nDavid &#8220;Joe&#8221; Lentaigne &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Walter_Lentaigne\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Walter_&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\nMountbatten &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lord_Mountbatten\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lord_Mountbatten<\/a><br \/>\nGeneral Wavell &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Archibald_Wavell,_1st_Earl_Wavell\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Archiba&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\nThe Auk &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Claude_Auchinleck\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Claude_&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\nGiffard &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Giffard\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\nSlim &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Slim,_1st_Viscount_Slim\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;Vinegar&#8221; Joe Stilwell &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joseph_Stilwell\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joseph_&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\nHaganah &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Haganah\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Haganah<\/a><br \/>\nLt Gen Renya Mutaguchi &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Renya_Mutaguchi\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Renya_M&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\nHideki Tojo &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hideki_Tojo\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hideki_&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\nSh\u014dz\u014d Sakurai <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sh%C5%8Dz%C5%8D_Sakurai\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sh%C5%8&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HardThrasher Published 4 Feb 2025 A video discussing the Battles of Imphal and Kohima at the start of 1944. 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