Burma 2 alternative soundtrack.

This has the same footage as my first Burma video it just has a different soundtrack.

The battle for Burma turned out to be the longest British and Commonwealth land Campaign of World War Two. In August 1943 the Allies created South East Asia Command (SEAC) a new combined command responsible for the South-East Asian Theatre, under Admiral Louis Mountbatten. This video is mainly about the British Fourteenth Army under Lieutenant General William Slim and the Chindits under the command of Brigadier Orde Wingate trained to use guerilla tactics they infiltrated through the Japanese front lines and marched deep into Burma with the initial aim of cutting the main north-south railway in Burma, in an operation codenamed Operation Longcloth. Some 3,000 men entered Burma in many columns. They did cause damage to the communications of the Japanese in northern Burma cutting the railway for possibly two weeks, but they suffered heavy casualties. The Chindits proved that British and Indian soldiers could live, move and fight as effectively as the Japanese in the jungle. The second Chindits incursion was much larger and involved glider landings as well as marching columns unfortunately Brigadier Orde Wingate the creator of the Chindits was killed in a plane crash as the operation started. During the video you will see Brigadier Orde Wingate briefly wearing a pith helmet jut before the Chindits take off in there gliders. It was not just British, Commonwealth and empire troops involved in Burma I also must mention before I get any complaints the American and Chinese with a special mention for Merrill's Marauders which I recommend reading about.




For anybody that's interested in 20th century military and home front collecting have a look at my web site to see my collection.There are also more videos plus speeches and news broadcasts of the 20th century. Plus veteran recording. And don't miss the veterans section look for the poppy.
http://josephs-militaria-and-homefront-collection.co.uk/

Category:

Education

Tags:

• ww2 ww11
• history
• war
• chindits
• british
• Orde Wingate
• Mandalay
• General Slim
• battle
• glider
• 14 army

[MrAcarine]

The track featuring music from the 1940s fit better.

[jbmilitarycollector]

@MrAcarine I agree but it was a request that I put this particular music to it so I thought I would give it ago as I was getting a lot of stick at the time for using 1940s music on most of my videos.

[Khayyamally]

I want this music! PLEASE!

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[tessler6868]

nice music track ;)