Explorez tous les épisodes du podcast The Forgotten War Podcast: Burma Campaign WW2
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| 16. Grandfather Longlegs: Hugh Seagrim GC | 08 Sep 2025 | 01:11:32 | |
This week Jack and Rob interview historian Philip Davies, author of Lost Warriors, about Major Hugh Seagrim GC and also Ras Pagani. - two of the most courageous men of the Second World War. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 15. Burma Army's Swansong - retreat into India | 01 Sep 2025 | 01:24:46 | |
This week Jack and Rob finish the narrative of the retreat from Burma, discussing the final retreat across the Chindwin, and into safety in India. The Burma Army's swansong, but fear not dear listener, for there are still some more episodes, interviews, and a Q+A to come! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 14. Elephants, and novelising the retreat | 25 Aug 2025 | 00:58:54 | |
This week Rob and Jack were joined by the brilliant journalist and novelist John Sweeney. Aside from his work all over the world and covering all sorts of topics, including Trump and Putin, John also wrote the novel Elephant Novel, set during the retreat from Burma in 1942, and partly inspired by 'Elephant Bill' Williams. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 13. Through the Jungle of Death by Stephen Brookes - Book Review | 18 Aug 2025 | 01:15:36 | |
This week Rob and Jack review the excellent Through the Jungle of Death by Stephen Brookes. A wonderful, if traumatic, book about his families escape on foot out of Burma in 1942. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 12. VJ DAY SPECIAL! With Lord Slim, Sylvia May, and Alex Bescoby | 15 Aug 2025 | 01:05:48 | |
Jack and Rob have a surprise VJ Day Special for listeners - bringing together a panel to discuss what is happening to support the memory, and spread knowledge of, of the Burma Campaign through their various work. Joining the FWP team are Lord Slim representing the Burma Star Memorial Fund, Sylvia May of the Kohima Educational Trust, and Alex Bescoby of Help 4 Forgotten Allies, and his new documentary on Sky History with Levison Wood - The Last Burma Star. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 11. The Evacuation of Burma | 11 Aug 2025 | 01:08:11 | |
In this week's episode Rob and Jack do something a little different. They discuss the civilian evacuation of Burma, including a number of eyewitness accounts from a variety of sources. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 10. Archie Wavell with Victoria Schofield | 04 Aug 2025 | 01:11:04 | |
This week Jack and Rob welcome Archie Wavell's biographer Victoria Schofield onto the pod. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 9. Experiencing the Retreat - James Lunt | 28 Jul 2025 | 01:03:41 | |
This week Jack and Rob take review their first book: the truly excellent A Hell a Licking: Retreat from Burma by James Lunt. A staff officer during the retreat, he recalled, the confusion, lack of preparedness, but also courage of the men of 1st Burma Division. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 8. Reporting the Retreat - War Correspondents in Burma | 21 Jul 2025 | 01:03:23 | |
This week Jack and Rob welcome historian Philip Woods, author of Reporting the Retreat: War Correspondents in Burma - hear some fascinating stories of the brave journalists in Burma in 1942 as the imperial edifice collapsed around them. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 7. The Burma Rifles & the Burma Army | 14 Jul 2025 | 01:14:57 | |
Joining Jack and Rob this week is Historian Steve Rothwell to talk about the Burma Rifles, and the Burma Army in general. Steve also runs the indiaburmasoldiers.co.uk website, and fantastic resource to begin research into the Burma Campaign. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 6. The Chinese in Burma | 07 Jul 2025 | 00:52:10 | |
This week Rob and Jack look into the Chinese role in the retreat from Burma, and the relationships between the US, China and Britain. They focus on the military side of things, although there will be more on Chinese troops as they evacuated the country in another episode later in the series... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 5. The Jungle Rats - 7th Armoured Brigade in Burma | 30 Jun 2025 | 00:51:45 | |
Jack finally gets to nerd out on 7th Armoured Brigade in the retreat in 1942 - and Rob happily indulges him! Listeners may notice that Jack mentions an interview with Victoria Schofield the previous week - due to unforeseen circumstances this has been pushed back to later in the series. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 4. James Holland on Harold Alexander | 23 Jun 2025 | 00:51:42 | |
This week Jack and Rob welcome author and historian James Holland onto the pod to discuss Harold Alexander. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 3. Rangoon Falls | 16 Jun 2025 | 00:58:00 | |
After the Sittang Bridge disaster, Rangoon was the next. Rob and Jack now look at the decision to abandon the capital, followed by the famous roadblock action at Taukkyan, and the retreat north to Prome. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 2. Disaster at the Sittang Bridge | 09 Jun 2025 | 00:58:31 | |
This week Jack and Rob dissect the disastrous decision to destroy the Sittang Bridge - the crucial moment in the 1942 Campaign where defeat became practically inevitable. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 1. Lord Slim and the making of Bill Slim | 02 Jun 2025 | 00:55:52 | |
The Forgotten War Pod is back with a bang! Rob and Jack exclusively interview Lord Mark Slim, Field Marshal Bill Slim's grandson. Talking about his childhood and early military career, and also what it was like growing up with (confusingly) 'Uncle' Bill. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 12. Question Time: Burma Campaign Edition | 21 Apr 2025 | 00:57:24 | |
Join Jack and Rob this week for a question and answer episode, maps to troop diversions, deception to grand strategy, this episode has a bit of everything, including a few teasers on Series 2. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 11. Thunder Runs! Meiktila & Mandalay | 14 Apr 2025 | 01:11:14 | |
This week Jack and Rob discuss two crucial battles, Meiktila and Mandalay, from the perspective of two generals: Thomas 'Pete' Rees, and David 'Punch' Cowan. Aggressive commanders, they were the right men for the right jobs, in an epic campaign that destroyed the Japanese Burma Area Army. A tale of drama, deception, endurance, and heroism - do not miss it! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 10. Third Time Lucky: Arakan 1944-45 | 07 Apr 2025 | 00:44:53 | |
This week Jack and Rob look at the third attempt to breakthrough in Arakan. Picking up from just after the Admin Box, they look at the 81st West African Division's epic campaign in the Kaladan Valley, as well as Akyab and Ramree Islands and the brutal fight over Hill 170. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 9. Flying Tigers to Dakotas: Air Power and the Burma Campaign | 31 Mar 2025 | 01:06:32 | |
This week Jack and Rob discuss one of the most important aspects of the Burma Campaign: the air war. Success was built on air power, Slim's strategy from the end of 1943 to the of the war relied on aerial resupply in an air supremacy environment. The Hump, Admin Box, Kohima, Imphal, and the thunder run to Meiktila in 1945 all relied this all important supply line. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 8. Rumbles in the Jungles: Special Operations in Burma | 24 Mar 2025 | 00:53:57 | |
In Episode 8 Rumbles in the Jungles: Special Operations in Burma, Rob and Jack take a look at the Chindit Operation Thursday and SOE's Force 136 Operation Character. The former is one of the most famous events in the history of the war in Burma, and the other is one of the most forgotten of all. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 7. Game of Thrones(ish) in the CBI | 17 Mar 2025 | 00:41:52 | |
Rob and Jack continue their overview of the Burma Campaign by turning to the Northern Combat Area Command - the NCAC - in particular 'Vinegar Joe' Stilwell's efforts to navigate the power politics of the CBI theatre between the USA, China and Britain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 6. The Battles of Kohima | 10 Mar 2025 | 00:43:09 | |
Kohima: one of the big names in Second World War history. In this episode Rob and Jack look at the epic siege and the tooth and nail battle for Kohima that followed, part of the overview of the campaign that his Series 1. Including whether it was really a battle worth fighting for Sato and his men. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 5. Invasion! The Battle of Imphal | 03 Mar 2025 | 00:46:23 | |
This week Jack and Rob continue their overview of the Burma Campaign by looking at the Battle of Imphal - a huge battle where Slim's Fourteenth Army delivered a hammer blow to the Japanese 15th Army in its invasion of India. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 4. First Victory: The Battle of the Admin Box | 24 Feb 2025 | 00:41:05 | |
This week Jack and Rob finally have some good news! The first major victory by Fourteenth Army against the Japanese in Burma - the Second Arakan offensive and most famously the Battle of the Admin Box, in February 1944. The Japanese intended to distract Slim by attacking Arakan just before the invasion of India, but fell upon newly retrained troops determined to fight it out rather than retreat. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 3. Sandwich Year: 1943 | 17 Feb 2025 | 00:53:18 | |
In this episode Rob and Jack discuss the sandwich year of 1943 - stuck between the defeat in 1942 and victory in 1944. Nevertheless, it was an important year, seeing the disastrous first Arakan campaign, Fourteenth Army eventually created, and Operation Longcloth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 2. A Close Run Thing: the retreat from Burma 1942 | 10 Feb 2025 | 01:04:09 | |
This week Jack and Rob dive into the longest retreat in the history of the British and Indian Army, from the initial Japanese invasion, the role of Chinese troops, and the reasons for defeat. But cometh the hour, cometh the man: Slim makes his entrance! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 1. Introducing The Forgotten War Pod: Burma Campaign WW2 | 03 Feb 2025 | 00:53:00 | |
In the first episode of The Forgotten War Pod, Jack and Rob give listeners a quick overview of the Second World War in South East Asia, the reasons for war and the Japanese invasion of Burma, and some of the key characters of the campaign. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Teaser 5: Kohima: Touch and Go | 27 Jan 2025 | 00:03:39 | |
In the final teaser before the first series of The Forgotten War Podcast, Jack describes the defence of Kohima. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Teaser 4: unbelievable leadership problems at Imphal | 14 Jan 2025 | 00:03:36 | |
In this teaser, Rob describes the downright crazy leadership situation in the Japanese 15th Army before the Battle of Imphal in 1944. For more teasers and updates before our own invasion of the airwaves in February make sure you follow the pod @forgottenwarpod. You can also let us know if you have any questions for later in the series here, or by emailing Jack and Rob on forgottenwarpod@gmail.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Teaser 3: the bombing of Rangoon | 31 Dec 2024 | 00:03:52 | |
Another teaser for the Forgotten War Pod - this time Rob describes the initial Japanese invasion of Burma, and the impact it had on the city of Rangoon. For more teasers and updates before our own invasion of the airwaves in February make sure you follow the pod. You can also let us know if you have any questions for later in the series here, or by emailing Jack and Rob on forgottenwarpod@gmail.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Teaser 2: Japanese tactics in 1942 | 31 Dec 2024 | 00:03:32 | |
In another teaser for Series 1 of the Forgotten War Pod, Jack discusses Japanese tactics during the retreat in 1942. For more teasers and updates before the balloon goes up in February make sure you follow the pod. You can also let us know if you have any questions for later in the series here, or by emailing Jack and Rob on forgottenwarpod@gmail.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Teaser 1: The Kohima Epitaph | 31 Dec 2024 | 00:11:47 | |
Jack and Rob discuss the origins of the Kohima Epitaph, its uses and misuses since, and other major contributions the Burma Campaign has had in the way Britain remembers the Second World War. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||