Memories of Burma’s “forgotten army” on 75th anniversary of conflict – BBC News

This week marks the 75th anniversary of the formal end of World War II. One of the defining campaigns of the Asian war was in Burma, now Myanmar, then part of the British Empire. But the achievements of the soldiers who fought there were overshadowed by the events that took place in Europe when the war was already over. The BBC’s Reeta Chakrabarti has been explaining the role her father-in-law played in the conflict. Please subscribe HERE .

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