Top Tweets for #OperationCharacter

5 months ago

🅾🅽 🆃🅷🅸🆂 🅳🅰🆈 April 13, 1945: Karens launch an attack as part of Operation Character. SOE's most successful WW2 operation, over 11,000 Japanese soldiers are killed with few losses. #OperationCharacter #Force136 #SOE #WW2 1/2 https://t.co/nTjsxKQNwl

SOEhistory's tweet photo. 🅾🅽 🆃🅷🅸🆂 🅳🅰🆈
April 13, 1945: Karens launch an attack as part of Operation Character.
SOE's most successful WW2 operation, over 11,000 Japanese soldiers are killed with few losses. #OperationCharacter #Force136 #SOE #WW2 1/2

https://t.co/nTjsxKQNwl https://t.co/JcZu7XrzNE

over 1 year ago

#OTD 13 April 1945 General Slim gave his eagerly awaited order “UP THE KARENS!” From a standing start, the levies had been recruited, armed and trained all in the space of one month and they were eager and ready, like coiled springs, for what was to come. Bridges were blown and ambushes were sprung. A troop laden convoy of Japanese was ambushed and a “P Force” Burman, Maung Po Sein inflicted the first damage to the MT brazenly stepping in front of it with a Gammon grenade. Unfortunately, he lost his right eye from a splinter. However, the trap had been sprung! Operation CHARACTER was GO! Pictured is Mg. Po Sein who had been with Peacock Force from the very beginning when they fought at the Battle of Imphal. https://t.co/ekwpsu4Yaz @richard_duckett @SimonLeney @SOEhistory @PhoneyMajor @authordlewis @HistoryBowsh @robert_lyman @DrHelenFry @chiselbury @I_W_M @the_worldatwar @KohimaEdTrust @TheUCS473 @WeHaveWaysPod @GurkhaMuseum @gwtorg @wssmagazine @almurray @James1940 @SFCharitable @militarybooks @militaryhistori @MilitaryHistBBC @junglewarbook @Hatchards #burma #burmastarassociation #empire #ww2 #wwii #military #soe #warfare #1930s #jungle #gurkhas #sabotage #OperationCharacter

DuncanGilm41333's tweet photo. #OTD 13 April 1945 General Slim gave his eagerly awaited order “UP THE KARENS!”

From a standing start, the levies had been recruited, armed and trained all in the space of one month and they were eager and ready, like coiled springs, for what was to come. Bridges were blown and ambushes were sprung. A troop laden convoy of Japanese was ambushed and a “P Force” Burman, Maung Po Sein inflicted the first damage to the MT brazenly stepping in front of it with a Gammon grenade. Unfortunately, he lost his right eye from a splinter. However, the trap had been sprung! Operation CHARACTER was GO!

Pictured is Mg. Po Sein who had been with Peacock Force from the very beginning when they fought at the Battle of Imphal.

https://t.co/ekwpsu4Yaz

@richard_duckett @SimonLeney @SOEhistory @PhoneyMajor @authordlewis @HistoryBowsh @robert_lyman @DrHelenFry @chiselbury @I_W_M @the_worldatwar @KohimaEdTrust @TheUCS473 @WeHaveWaysPod @GurkhaMuseum @gwtorg @wssmagazine @almurray @James1940 @SFCharitable @militarybooks @militaryhistori @MilitaryHistBBC @junglewarbook @Hatchards #burma #burmastarassociation #empire #ww2 #wwii #military #soe #warfare #1930s #jungle #gurkhas #sabotage #OperationCharacter

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5 months ago

‘Up the Karens!’ - Gen Bill Slim, April 13th 1945 #OperationCharacter 🙏🙏 @forgottenwarpod @DuncanGilm41333 @richard_duckett @robert_lyman @HistoryBowsh

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11 months ago

@HistoryRage @richard_duckett @DuncanGilm41333 And about the entirety of #OperationCharacter including the work of the Mongoose Teams at the Battle of the Shwegyin Chaung 🙏

SimonLeney's tweet photo. @HistoryRage @richard_duckett @DuncanGilm41333 And about the entirety of #OperationCharacter including the work of the Mongoose Teams at the Battle of the Shwegyin Chaung 🙏 https://t.co/oZHYEwmVbT

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11 months ago

@robert_lyman I’ll be touching on that same theme when I give my talk on #MongooseWhite to the Rotary Club at Monmouth this Wednesday evening. Always an honour to tell the story of my father’s service in Burma, the men of #Force136 & #OperationCharacter 🙏 @richard_duckett @DuncanGilm41333

SimonLeney's tweet photo. @robert_lyman I’ll be touching on that same theme when I give my talk on #MongooseWhite to the Rotary Club at Monmouth this Wednesday evening. Always an honour to tell the story of my father’s service in Burma, the men of #Force136 & #OperationCharacter 🙏
@richard_duckett @DuncanGilm41333 https://t.co/enu3eeCDKr

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12 months ago

@SimonLeney @gordon_correra @claremulley There are at least two people conspicuous by their absence at this years’s festival. I am grateful to @SimonLeney and @robert_lyman for keeping the flag flying for #OperationCharacter.

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12 months ago

Great talks on #SOE this afternoon at #WHWF from @gordon_correra @claremulley &@robert_lyman . My father worked with #virginiaHall in France with #Jedburgh Team Jeremy in ‘44 & then went on #OperationCharacter with #Force136 Team Mongoose in ‘45. Thanks to Rob for the shoutout🙏

SimonLeney's tweet photo. Great talks on #SOE this afternoon at #WHWF from @gordon_correra @claremulley &@robert_lyman .
My father worked with #virginiaHall in France with #Jedburgh Team Jeremy in ‘44 & then went on #OperationCharacter with #Force136 Team Mongoose in ‘45. Thanks to Rob for the shoutout🙏 https://t.co/IYpPKNqb1P

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Victory Services Club @VictoryServices

about 1 year ago

I am both delighted & honoured to be invited to tell the story of my father’s service with #Force136 at this event. The importance of #OperationCharacter needs to be understood. SOE’s most successful mission? @richard_duckett @robert_lyman @DuncanGilm41333 @forgottenwarpod

about 1 year ago

This Friday marks 80 years since VJ Day — commemorating the end of WWII, the #VSC is proud to welcome @SimonLeney as guest speaker at our VJ Day 80 Lunch, where he’ll share the extraordinary story of his father, Sgt Roger A. Leney, who operated behind Japanese lines in Burma. 🎖️

VictoryServices's tweet photo. This Friday marks 80 years since VJ Day — commemorating the end of WWII, the #VSC is proud to welcome @SimonLeney as guest speaker at our VJ Day 80 Lunch, where he’ll share the extraordinary story of his father, Sgt Roger A. Leney, who operated behind Japanese lines in Burma. 🎖️ https://t.co/3XVeHFDZIj

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over 1 year ago

@SOE_Expeditions @authordlewis @historical_kate @HistoryOnz @howe13_13 @don_ukens @WW2Porn @WW2Gallery @WW2HistUncover @WW2History @WW2Today And I remember Maj Fred Milner of SOE who was part of the team who trained them in the use of explosives. He went on to lead Team Mongoose White with Force 136 in Burma in 1945, my father’s CO 🙏🙏 #OperationCharacter @richard_duckett @DuncanGilm41333 @robert_lyman

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over 1 year ago

#OTD 1945 my father was in an action in the Karen Hills as part of Mongoose White, a unit of Force 136. For his actions he was awarded the #MM. It was 2 days before his 22nd birthday. A very proud son, bless you Dad 🙏🙏 #OperationCharacter @DuncanGilm41333

SimonLeney's tweet photo. #OTD 1945 my father was in an action in the Karen Hills as part of Mongoose White, a unit of Force 136. For his actions he was awarded the #MM. It was 2 days before his 22nd birthday. A very proud son, bless you Dad 🙏🙏
#OperationCharacter @DuncanGilm41333 https://t.co/Ti1jHOvbL5

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over 1 year ago

🅾🅽 🆃🅷🅸🆂 🅳🅰🆈 April 13, 1945: Karens in Burma launch an attack as part of SOE's Operation CHARACTER. SOE's most successful WW2 operation, an estimated 11,000 Japanese soldiers are killed with few losses. #OperationCharacter #Force136 #SOE #WW2 🇬🇧 https://t.co/nTjsxKQfGN

SOEhistory's tweet photo. 🅾🅽 🆃🅷🅸🆂 🅳🅰🆈
April 13, 1945: Karens in Burma launch an attack as part of SOE's Operation CHARACTER. SOE's most successful WW2 operation, an estimated 11,000 Japanese soldiers are killed with few losses. #OperationCharacter #Force136 #SOE #WW2 🇬🇧

https://t.co/nTjsxKQfGN https://t.co/ZiEJqAtW8m

over 1 year ago

#OTD 13 April 1945 General Slim gave his eagerly awaited order “UP THE KARENS!” From a standing start, the levies had been recruited, armed and trained all in the space of one month and they were eager and ready, like coiled springs, for what was to come. Bridges were blown and ambushes were sprung. A troop laden convoy of Japanese was ambushed and a “P Force” Burman, Maung Po Sein inflicted the first damage to the MT brazenly stepping in front of it with a Gammon grenade. Unfortunately, he lost his right eye from a splinter. However, the trap had been sprung! Operation CHARACTER was GO! Pictured is Mg. Po Sein who had been with Peacock Force from the very beginning when they fought at the Battle of Imphal. https://t.co/ekwpsu4Yaz @richard_duckett @SimonLeney @SOEhistory @PhoneyMajor @authordlewis @HistoryBowsh @robert_lyman @DrHelenFry @chiselbury @I_W_M @the_worldatwar @KohimaEdTrust @TheUCS473 @WeHaveWaysPod @GurkhaMuseum @gwtorg @wssmagazine @almurray @James1940 @SFCharitable @militarybooks @militaryhistori @MilitaryHistBBC @junglewarbook @Hatchards #burma #burmastarassociation #empire #ww2 #wwii #military #soe #warfare #1930s #jungle #gurkhas #sabotage #OperationCharacter

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over 1 year ago

#OTD 1945 Team Mongoose White were inserted into the Karen Hills, 250 mi behind enemy lines. My dad, Sgt Roger Leney was one of those men. They were led by Maj F Milner, on his 29th birthday. Brave souls 🙏 #OperationCharacter @richard_duckett @DuncanGilm41333 @forgottenwarpod

SimonLeney's tweet photo. #OTD 1945 Team Mongoose White were inserted into the Karen Hills, 250 mi behind enemy lines. My dad, Sgt Roger Leney was one of those men. They were led by Maj F Milner, on his 29th birthday.
Brave souls 🙏 #OperationCharacter

@richard_duckett @DuncanGilm41333 @forgottenwarpod https://t.co/X2e4PmwOF9

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over 1 year ago

@robert_lyman @sauldavid66 As always a great podcast. Great to hear that the story of the #Force136 teams in #OperationCharacter was highlighted so well. Very proud that my dad was one of those brave fighters, along with relatives of @TROF_Burma1945 & @DuncanGilm41333

SimonLeney's tweet photo. @robert_lyman @sauldavid66 As always a great podcast. Great to hear that the story of the #Force136 teams in #OperationCharacter was highlighted so well. Very proud that my dad was one of those brave fighters, along with relatives of @TROF_Burma1945 & @DuncanGilm41333 https://t.co/twodfn0e81

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over 1 year ago

The intelligence notepad is 88 pages of names, places and map references, all relating to the OTTER and FERRET areas but with tie-ins to WALRUS on occasion. I am still in the process of compiling it digitally before transcribing it. It is dynamite! #OperationCharacter #SOE #WW2

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over 1 year ago

@cliveinkent @books2cover And very brave men they were, too! Here is a picture of some more very brave men from SOE parachuting in to reinforce an area far behind enemy lines. Burma 1945 #OperationCharacter #SOE #Force136

DuncanGilm41333's tweet photo. @cliveinkent @books2cover And very brave men they were, too! Here is a picture of some more very brave men from SOE parachuting in to reinforce an area far behind enemy lines. Burma 1945 #OperationCharacter #SOE #Force136 https://t.co/ChAKjfzOqk

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about 3 years ago

🅾🅽 🆃🅷🅸🆂 🅳🅰🆈 August 10, 1945: Jemadar (2LT) Saw Byaw, a Karen born in 1920, was flown by Lysander to Operation Character’s Mongoose team. @richard_duckett #SawDanielByaw #OperationCharacter #Force136 #SOE #WW2 1/2 https://t.co/GMloWmaIPt

SOEhistory's tweet photo. 🅾🅽 🆃🅷🅸🆂 🅳🅰🆈
August 10, 1945: Jemadar (2LT) Saw Byaw, a Karen born in 1920, was flown by Lysander to Operation Character’s Mongoose team. @richard_duckett #SawDanielByaw #OperationCharacter #Force136 #SOE #WW2 1/2

https://t.co/GMloWmaIPt https://t.co/0KBuCY6RzH

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over 3 years ago

@GilesMilton1 @SOEhistory And who also helped to train them in explosives was Major Fred Milner - #SOE who later went on to be the CO of Team Mongoose White with #Force136 in Burma in 1945 - #OperationCharacter I’ve seen the original letter thanking him for his work with the Czech agents

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almost 4 years ago

Waited in great anticipation for my new book, just arrived! A quick flick through the index - no mention of #SOE / #Force136 in Burma / #OperationCharacter Isn’t that a serious omission? @richard_duckett @robert_lyman @WeHaveWaysPod

SimonLeney's tweet photo. Waited in great anticipation for my new book, just arrived! A quick flick through the index - no mention of #SOE / #Force136 in Burma / #OperationCharacter
Isn’t that a serious omission? @richard_duckett @robert_lyman @WeHaveWaysPod https://t.co/lZTnxav5Xj

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almost 4 years ago

🅾🅽 🆃🅷🅸🆂 🅳🅰🆈 𝗦𝗘𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗠𝗕𝗘𝗥 𝟭𝟲, 𝟭𝟵𝟭𝟲: Major Roy Wilson MC (1913-2001) was born. He joined SOE in September 1943 and served in Burma. @richard_duckett #RoyWilfredWilson #OperationCharacter #Force136 #SOE #WW2 https://t.co/GMloWmaaZV

SOEhistory's tweet photo. 🅾🅽 🆃🅷🅸🆂 🅳🅰🆈
𝗦𝗘𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗠𝗕𝗘𝗥 𝟭𝟲, 𝟭𝟵𝟭𝟲: Major Roy Wilson MC (1913-2001) was born. He joined SOE in September 1943 and served in Burma. @richard_duckett #RoyWilfredWilson #OperationCharacter #Force136 #SOE #WW2

https://t.co/GMloWmaaZV https://t.co/CJUZaqsjH0

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