As flags waved in London to mark VE Day in May 1945, the war raged on in Burma, where soldiers from the UK and the Commonwealth were still battling the Japanese amid some of the most inhospitable conditions of the entire conflict.
The new series of this long-running podcast by Al Murray and James Holland delves into the bloody jungle operations, as well as the politics involved in trying to end the campaign in the Far East.
As always, their combination of encyclopaedic historical knowledge and focus on the human element makes for compelling – if at times grim – listening and rightly brings the story of Slim’s Forgotten Army to the fore.
Review by Capt Mike Owens, RE
