In the waters outside the harbor of Rangoon, loaded ships lay at anchor. Out at sea other Rangoon-bound vessels got orders to alter course. Along Strand Road, Rangoon’s wharfside thoroughfare, ...

The main British objective was to retake Akyab, the small seaport on the coast of the Bay of Bengal. It failed for several reasons: > The occupation of Akyab depended on speedy movement and sea ...

SHWE PYI AYE CAMP, Burma -- Deep in a jungle where motors fear to tread, a bull elephant drives his tusks, trunk and forehead against two tons of felled teak, sending the log crashing down a steep ...

During World War II, an Army unit of nearly 3,000 soldiers marched more than 1,000 miles into Japanese-held Burma, launching raids, ambushes and reconnaissance missions deep behind enemy lines. They ...

An oil painting from 1944 by Captain Hugh Micklem, who served in Burma, shows troops of the Royal West African Frontier Force receiving supplies by parachute - National Army Museum If you walk up ...