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  • 20. Phoenix from the Ashes pt 1 – rebuilding the Indian Army

    20. Phoenix from the Ashes pt 1 – rebuilding the Indian Army
    2026/05/25
    This week Jack and Rob get right into the details of the second half of 1943, where the ashes of the 1942 retreat and 1943's First Arakan debacle were turned into a phoenix that would go on to victory in 1944/45.

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    1 時間 28 分
  • 19. First Arakan Campaign - Debacle

    19. First Arakan Campaign - Debacle
    2026/05/18

    In the final episode of our First Arakan mini series, Jack and Rob finally get to its awful end. Irwin continues his poor behaviour, and his men pay the price.

    Note there were some sound issues at Jack's - apologies, dear listeners.

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    1 時間 9 分
  • 18. First Arakan Campaign - Stalemate

    18. First Arakan Campaign - Stalemate
    2026/05/11
    In the second of three episodes on the First Arakan Campaign, Jack and Rob continue the series of tragic disasters, under enemy-of-the-show Noel Irwin.

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    44 分
  • 17. First Arakan Campaign - Donbaik

    17. First Arakan Campaign - Donbaik
    2026/05/04
    This week, in the first of a three part mini-series, Jack and Rob begin the to look at one of the most important events of the Burma Campaign - and one of the most depressing. The First Arakan Campaign, and the events at Donbaik.

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    59 分
  • 16. Ursula Graham Bower's war

    16. Ursula Graham Bower's war
    2026/04/27

    In part 2 of Jack and Rob's interview with Catriona Child we look at Ursula Graham Bower's war.


    Listeners should not that there was a technical problem while recording these two episodes, where part 1 was re-recorded - there are one or two small points that are repeated. Apologies.

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    56 分
  • 15. Ursula Graham Bower - origins

    15. Ursula Graham Bower - origins
    2026/04/20
    Jack and Rob have the great pleasure of talking to Catriona Child, daughter of the legendary Ursula Graham Bower. In this first of a two part interview, we discuss Ursula's early life up until the end of 1942.

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    52 分
  • 14. Wingate - then man, the myth, the legend!

    14. Wingate - then man, the myth, the legend!
    2026/04/13
    This week Rob and Jack continue tackling Operation Longcloth and the Chindits, looking at - to use a cliché - Wingate; the man, the myth the legend! Was he mad? Was he a genius visionary? We cover the period up to the end of 1943, Operation Thursday will come in a future series.

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    1 時間 10 分
  • 13. Operation Longcloth: the first Chindits

    13. Operation Longcloth: the first Chindits
    2026/04/06
    Join Jack and Rob as they tackle one of the most famous stories of the Burma Campaign - Operation Longcloth, the first Chindit expedition.

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    1 時間 8 分