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  • 28. 28. Series 3 Finale: Listeners' Questions!

    01:06:05||Season 3, Ep. 28
    In our Series 3 finale we finish with our traditional episode of listener's questions. From doctrinal differences between 8 and 14 Armies, to casting choices for a Burma Campaign Band of Brothers.

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  • 27. 27. What to do about Burma?

    01:16:46||Season 3, Ep. 27
    In the penultimate episode of our 1943 series Jack and Rob ask the question - what to do about Burma? What is the situation at the end of 1943, and what is the strategy for the 1944?

  • 26. 26. 1943 Reflections

    01:14:43||Season 3, Ep. 26
    This week Jack and Rob look back on the last series, from the 1942 mop-up episodes to our most recent eyewitness accounts, with a few teasers for next series. Fear not dear listeners, because there are still two more episodes of this series left!

  • 25. 25. Chindit Voices

    01:04:11||Season 3, Ep. 25
    This week Jack and Rob look at a series of eyewitness accounts about the first Chindit expedition - Operation Longcloth.

  • 24. 24. Witnesses to Tragedy: Tanks at Donkbaik

    01:03:39||Season 3, Ep. 24
    This week Jack and Rob are back to some eyewitness accounts - this time the Valentines Tank Massacre on 1 February 1943 at Donbaik. This is a fascinating one as the accounts are all from the after action report found in the 146 Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps' war diary - held in The National Archives, Kew, ref. W)172/2261.

  • 23. 23. A US Marvel - The Ledo Road

    01:01:21||Season 3, Ep. 23
    Jack and Rob get into the detail of the Ledo Road - later called the Stilwell Road - one of the greatest engineering marvels in history, undertaken by the USA to support China.

  • 22. 22. The Hump Airlift

    01:12:41||Season 3, Ep. 22
    Jack and Rob are joined by Caroline Alexander, author of Skies of Thunder, all about the Hump Airlift.