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Burma - Tales from the Map Room: 1941-3

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

One week before VJ Day, this first of two programmes recalls the struggle of the Chindits - made up of British, Indian, Nepalese, Chinese, American and Burmese troops - to regain ground lost when the Japanese invaded Burma in January of 1942. Presented by military historian Richard Holmes.
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Part 2 1944-5 will be shown next Tuesday
(Stereo) (Subtitled)

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Presenter:
Richard Holmes
Producer:
Julian Stenhouse
Source: Radio Times

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