Video interview with Robert Lyman on General Slim and the Recovery of Burma in 1944

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Here is the unedited conversation between Robert Lyman and Peter Moore for an episode on 1944 and the war in the Far East. It's full of compelling detail so we thought we'd post it all here.

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On this Remembrance Day the eminent historian Robert Lyman takes us to Burma, a country that was the crucible of action for a range of competing powers in the Second World War. In Burma the invading Japanese confronted the British, India, Chinese and Americans in a story that really became, as Lyman points out, ‘a war of empires.’
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For thirty years Robert Lyman has been studying the war in the Far East. While not as well-known as the conflict with the Nazis in Europe, events in south east Asia were crucial. The fortunes of the allied armies there did not only lead to VJ Day in 1945, they also had a powerful effect in shaping the post-war world that followed.

In this episode Lyman takes us back to the Indian/Burman border on the cusp of 1944. He explains how a revitalised Indian army and an incredibly talented British general, Bill Slim, were about to combine to tremendous effect.

As ever, much, much more about this episode is to be found at our website tttpodcast.com.

Robert Lyman is the author of the new book, A War of Empires: Japan, India, Burma and Britain. Click here to order Robert’s book from John Sandoe’s who, we are delighted to say, are supplying books for the podcast.

This episode is supported by Osprey Publishing.

Show notes

Scene One: The Chindwin River, December 1943, on the border between India and Burma. Men of the Madras Regiment, Indian Army
Scene Two: 1st June 1944, Chief of Imperial General Staff’s office (General Sir Alan Brooke), War Office, Whitehall, London
Scene Three: 10 September 1944, Sittaung, Chindwin River. Men of the 11th East African Brigade, 14th Army.
Memento: A Japanese sword

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Presenter: Peter Moore
Guest: Robert Lyman
Production: Maria Nolan
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