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Jack Bowsher on Forgotten Armour

Jack Bowsher on Forgotten Armour

The historian talks about his new book Forgotten Armour and tank warfare in Burma
Jack Bowsher

Jack Bowsher, many congrats on your new book. As the title suggests, the Far East campaign is not particularly well-known for tanks. Why is that? Thank you! Yes, tanks are definitely not the first thing that comes to mind when you think of the Burma Campaign! There...

Battle of Meiktila

Battle of Meiktila

Armour and the Burma Campaign.
Jack Bowsher

The battle of the tennis court is one of the most famous actions in the war against Japan. The vicious siege of Kohima in the spring and early summer of 1944 saw the embattled British and Indian garrison of that tiny village in the mountains of Assam (now Nagaland),...