Nice to see some fabulous content (actually, as always) in History of War this month. It’s full of great Burma stuff from yours truly and Dr. Richard Duckett as well as great contributions from Mark Simner Mick Ryan, AM and others. It’s a first class magazine.

These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of July 13, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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It’s going to be a good day! ⁦Gordon Corera⁩

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To march with the CO Al Murray 🇺🇦 was an honour, He’s one of our own and we March for Finley Finleys Touch 💚 Special thanks to Kieran Hawkes aka Hidden History for his planning and general making shizzle happen!!!! Robert Lyman 🇺🇦 & Phil Craig well do the sing a long at

Tremendous effort The London IC

What a day for it! Congratulations

To support defence, and to cultivate interest in defence, the government needs to make the case for defence. Simply expecting people to be engaged in it without any existential reason or justification for it, led by government in the first instance, is la la land.

⁦Duncan Gilmour⁩ ⁦Dr. Richard Duckett⁩ express.co.uk/news/uk/208081…

The latest of our podcast episodes is now out! Jump on to listen to Steve Rothwell discuss the Burma Rifles and the remarkable role they were to play in every operation of the campaign. Burma Star Memorial Fund Charity

Fabulous new ⁦guidl⁩ up by Allan Hunn on one of the Pyrenees escape routes. You can enjoy guidl simply by listening to these as a ‘podcast of places’ or as an on location tour guide. Your choice! Jump on board today and make the most of the guidl magic

Lots of first class war waffle coming up!

The old Indian Army, at Meiktila. From the memoirs of Miles Smeeton, CO of Probyn’s Horse

One of my favourite photos of 1945. Disconsolate Japanese officers march past Indian Army jawans, epitomising the abject failure of their race-based war. Many of these Japanese, in The Dutch East Indies and Indo China, would be serving alongside these Indian troops of the 17th

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Genius! Best tweet of the day by far.

Nice to see recognition for Colonel Edgar Peacock and the remarkable men and women of SOE in Burma who played such a crucial role in the defeat of the Japanese in 1945, not forgetting the 14,000 of them who were Burmese Karens The Forgotten War Podcast: Burma Campaign WW2 Burma Star Memorial Fund Charity Daily Express

Oh dear Department for Culture, Media and Sport It’s 1944, not 1945. It’s just north of Imphal. The advancing 2nd Division from Kohima meets the 5th Indian Division from Imphal…