Battle of Imphal Tours

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[The Forgotten War Podcast: Burma Campaign WW2 @forgottenwarpod]

How do you feed a massive army when standard lines of communication are at their limit? In our new episode, we look at the innovative farming on the Imphal Plain, where 800 farmers grew vegetables & much more to sustain hundreds of thousands of troops. #WWII #MilitaryLogistics #History

[The Kohima Educational Trust @KohimaEdTrust]

Dr Robert Lyman MBE @robert_lyman in person!
Wed 1st July 6.30pm in York: A compelling & distinctive perspective on the battles of the Burma Campaign, exploring key engagements while drawing out the themes that shaped the campaign as a whole.
Book here: https://t.co/9Do2C4DAyY

[Bertie Alexander @bertie_alexandr]

This Sunday at 11AM UK, I'm speaking to @RobertIvermee as part of @Sampan_Travel's Speaker Series.

Rob will talk about the global history of the River #Hooghly: Mughals, merchants, missionaries and much more.

On Zoom and free to join.

RSVP: yuvi(at)https://t.co/IYzOtWe1Rg

[The Forgotten War Podcast: Burma Campaign WW2 @forgottenwarpod]

In late 1943, a profound structural transformation shook India Command. The Eastern Army was rebranded into the aggressive, legendary 14th Army under General Slim, forged specifically to crush the enemy. Tune in to hear how it happened. #WWII #14thArmy #MilitaryHistory

[Hereford Military History Festival @HerefordFest]

Full Programme of Events Ticket Office Open. High demand, don't delay
🎟 Booking link in bio & comments below ⬇️
#herefordmilitaryhistoryfestival #hmhf2026 #militaryfestival #visit_herefordshire

https://t.co/hptxDCH0cM

[K S Nair @TheBrownBeagle]

Thank you for the opportunity, @KohimaEdTrust - looking forward to rambling on this favourite topic of mine, #IAFHistory, with @robert_lyman, on Thursday evening UK time 🙏🏾

[The Forgotten War Podcast: Burma Campaign WW2 @forgottenwarpod]

Our latest episode is live! We dissect the brutal failure of the First Arakan Campaign. From the jungles of the Mayu Range (pictured) to the bunkers at Donbaik, discover how flawed command and outdated tactics cost British and Indian forces so dearly. Listen now. #WW2 #Podcast #Arakan

[Gautam Hazarika @ghazarika70]

Mirror images – the covers of the @PenguinIndia and @penswordbooks UK editions held side by side.

The Forgotten Indian Prisoners of World War II is about the Indian Army in WWII Singapore. The cover illustration is by Giorgio Albertini – hope you find it eye catching.

It features the 4 heroes of the book - Capt. Mohan Singh 1/14 Punjab and first commander of INA, Lt MM Pillai MC, Bombay Sappers who led the first successful escape from Singapore, Subedar Chint Singh 2/12 Frontier Force who survived an ordeal in Papua New Guinea and gave evidence in war crimes trials and Warrant Officer John Baptist Crasta, RIASC who wrote on evocative memoir of his travails in PNG.

You can see coverage by BBC, Straits Times Singapore, Times of India and more, my articles and where you can buy the book here https://t.co/gcrYJ1JcRU

[Robert Lyman 🇺🇦 @robert_lyman]

Very pleased to see Korea: War Without End in the 2026 shortlist for book of the year. I wouldn’t dream of proffering any advice of course, but PLEASE VOTE FOR ME 🙂 https://t.co/0Y6rcqGCXZ

[Robert Lyman 🇺🇦 @robert_lyman]

It was a real privilege to be in Dorchester today for the launch of Christopher Jary’s 12th book, on the subject of fabulous 2nd Dorsets at Kohima. It’s a cracking read, with some wonderful new material. Please do buy this book: the courage and fighting stamina of the besieged garrison and the relieving 2nd Division (of which 2nd Dorsets were a part) is worthy of remembrance. Christopher has told their story with aplomb.

[Robert Lyman 🇺🇦 @robert_lyman]

Join me! Email @bertie_alexandr to reserve your place

[Battle of Imphal Tours @Imphal_Battle]

I had the privilege of meeting 105-year-old Assam Rifles veteran Havildar Mering Ao, SC (Retd) — the oldest gallantry award recipient in Assam Rifles history. A WWII veteran of the Burma Campaign and Battle of Kohima, he later earned the Shaurya Chakra for exceptional bravery.

[Sampan Travel @Sampan_Travel]

During WWII air raids, musicians dived into trenches mid-session to record jazz for the #EastIndia War Fund.

Project leader KC Sen survived a Japanese air strike on the #Burmese front before returning to #Kolkata to professionalize the music scene.

https://t.co/AydngMiDHw

[Sampan Travel @Sampan_Travel]

Though Indian soldiers were the primary force retaking #Burma in 1945, they appear in less than 1% of books on the conflict.

Gautam Hazarika’s The Forgotten Indian Prisoners of #WorldWarII finally centers their story.

https://t.co/DdOhNlYEgW

[Sampan Travel @Sampan_Travel]

In @nilanjanaroy’s novel ‘Black River’, Chand travels from his village in Haryana to Delhi:

“[A] city where even the crows have a calculating glint in their eyes”, a place where "as soon as one unspoken dream dies, a thousand other migrants arrive with theirs"

[Jack Bowsher - Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945 @HistoryBowsh]

My #ThingThursday is a cap badge for possibly my favourite tank regiment in the Burma Campaign - 3 Carabiniers. They fight in the Battle of Imphal like a fire service being deployed to threatened sectors across the perimeter of the plain, including up in the mountains around the Silchar Track and most significantly Nunshigum. They also refined the bunker-busting method after 25 Dragoons in Second Arakan and the Admin Box had proved their training worked.

Even after the Battle of Imphal two troops of C Squadron advance through the 1944 monsoon down the Tiddim Road, and one tank even climbs Kennedy Peak - 8900ft high (pic 3)! They then advanced to Mandalay supporting 2 British Division, and enter the south of the city in March 1945, although 19 Indian Division cleared most of the city advancing from the north.

Even then they push south in Irrawaddy Valley and help destroy the rest of Burma Area Army - some tanks reported their guns had worn to be smoothbore by the time campaign was over! They are a big part of my first book Forgotten Armour.

[Battle of Imphal Tours @Imphal_Battle]

@HistoryBowsh Brig. Simon (Retd.) of the 3 Carabiniers have kindly gifted me this cap badge recently.

[Robert Lyman 🇺🇦 @robert_lyman]

I interviewed the late Pte Alex Franks for my book on Tobruk. On one occasion he was driving an ambulance and mistakenly entered a German laeger. It was Rommels HQ. R couldn’t speak English but he loved meeting British soldiers. He chatted with him through an interpreter before sending him on his way, pointing out the British positions, and telling him to look after wounded Germans as well as Brits (he said nothing about Italians…) The story was corroborated by Rudolf Schneider, one of Rommel’s drivers. Schneider and Franks became good friends after the war and remained so until their deaths.

[Robert Lyman 🇺🇦 @robert_lyman]

The hand written ‘water’ order by Colonel Hugh Richards on 15 April 1944. Anyone within the siege of Kohima misappropriating water would be shot.

[The Forgotten War Podcast: Burma Campaign WW2 @forgottenwarpod]

Ursula Graham Bower spent her life rebelling against the narrow roles society forced upon women. Expected to do embroidery and marry well, she instead fought for an education and sought a life of true purpose in the mountains of Manipur. #Women #WWII #India