BATTLE FOR BURMA 1942 – 1945 Images of War

Jowett argues that Burma was a strategic sideshow with the main Allied purpose of keeping Nationalist China in the war. The Japanese too fell into this country that held no strategic value to them. But the intense and sustained combat that ripped through this theatre belied Burma’s importance. In this photograph heavy account, part of the Images of War series, Jowett takes us on a wild ride along the Cinderella Front.