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The definitive podcast about the Burma Campaign of World War Two. Join historians and authors Dr Robert Lyman MBE & Jack Bowsher as they take you through dripping monsoon and jungles, across parched plains, and over rivers and mountains sharing the incredible and often brutal story of the war against Japan in Southeast Asia.In Series One (Spring 2025) Rob and Jack did a general broad brush narrative of the campaign.Series Two began in June 2025 and includes interviews with historians, relatives of veterans, and plenty of narratives by Jack and Rob, all about the retreat in 1942. Later series ...

A 4-Part Democracy for Burma (#D4B) Campaign Podcast SeriesRecorded live over four weeks with a series of expert panellists, this podcast series explores the February 2021 coup in Burma / Myanmar.Each week D4B campaign Co-founder Shane Brady hosts a panel of three speakers; each carefully selected to help you explore the following issues;D4B Debate No 1 - Background to the Burma Coup (Recorded Sunday 16th May 2021)D4B Debate No 2 - CRPH & the National Unity Government (NUG) and the international response to the coup (Recorded Sunday 23rd May 2021)D4B Debate No 3 - Australia's role in Burma (...

Dive into the captivating travelogue of Miss Mitton, an unconventional English author of her era. As an unmarried woman in her early 30s, she ventured into the less-explored realms of Burma and Ceylon in the early 1900s. Her vividly picturesque language and her typical Edwardian era views towards the locals offer an intriguing insight into that epoch. The enchanting aura of Burma, a hidden gem for wanderers then and now, comes alive in her records. A must-listen for those intrigued by Edwardian travel, societal attitudes, and womens issues during the Edwardian colonial period. (Summary by Mary...

Aage Krarup Nielsen har rejst verden tynd, og han har oplevet de mest utrolige egne og fantastiske befolkninger. Burma er et af de lande, der aldrig har sluppet grebet om ham. Da han i 1942 vender tilbage til "landet med de lykkelige smil", er meget forandret. Anden Verdenskrig er til stede i Burma ligesom i hele resten af verden. Aage Krarup Nielsen begiver sig ikke desto mindre ind i landet og taler igen med dets befolkning for at opleve, hvordan landet har forandret sig i løbet af den tid, han har været væk.