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Description: | Concept: civilian morale, flag / banner / standard, empire / commonwealth, military manoeuvres, military personnel, military vehicles, uniform Description: whole: the image occupies the majority, with a smaller image placed in the lower left, held within a blue circular inset. The title and text are separate and positioned in the lower fifth, in black. All set against a white background and held within a yellow border. image: a depiction of two British sappers driving in a jeep along a track through the Burmese jungle. A group of sappers, some of whom lay palm fronds across the muddy road, stand in the background. The smaller image is a Union Flag. text: BRITISH EMPIRE AND COMMONWEALTH WARRIORS IN THE FAR EAST UNITED KINGDOM SOLDIERS United Kingdom troops have been in action in Burma for over three years. Driven back in 1942 by vastly superior Japanese forces, they fought brilliantly and courageously under the most difficult conditions and so defeated the Japanese plan to envelop them. Re-equipped and reinforced, they returned in 1943 as part of the great Commonwealth and Empire Army which has now effected the liberation of Burma. U.K. troops have made their appearance on almost every section of the 700-mile front. They formed a large part of the famous Chindits under the command of the late General Wingate. The 36th British Division fought in North Burma, while other U.K. troops were heavily and successfully engaged in the Central Chindwin sector and on the Arakan Front. Troops from the United Kingdom form a substantial part of the Fourteenth Army, which, having defeated the Japanese on the Imphal plain in the latter half of 1944, continued its advance through some of the most difficult country in the world to positions from which it was possible to launch a full-scale offensive ensuring the destruction of all enemy forces in Burma. The picture above shows U.K. sappers surfacing a road with palm fronds in preparation for an advance. FOR FREEDOM O.P.D. 365/13/34 Object: jeep, flag | Subjects: | poster | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Unknown Associated Person: Wingate, Orde Charles (Major General) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=5172... | Go to resource |
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