Episodes

  • 1. The pre-war Indian Army

    1. The pre-war Indian Army
    Jan 12 2026
    We are back! Jack and Rob get right into the detail of the pre-war Indian Army, mostly because they realised they should have done it much earlier!

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    1 hr and 31 mins
  • Christmas Special: FWP at IWM Podcast Live

    Christmas Special: FWP at IWM Podcast Live
    Dec 22 2025

    Hear Jack and guest-host Lucy Betteridge-Dyson at IWM Podcast Live Festival doing Burma 1945 in 45 minutes!


    This was recorded in less than ideal recording conditions, but Robbie has done heroic work to get it as listenable as possible.

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    50 mins
  • Remembrance Day Special: The Last Burma Star

    Remembrance Day Special: The Last Burma Star
    Nov 9 2025
    This week Jack and Rob sit down with Levison Wood and Alex Bescoby about their brilliant new documentary: The Last Burma Star. Catch it on release day Sun 9 November at 9pm on Sky History, or on catch up afterwards.

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    48 mins
  • 21. Question Time: The Retreat from Burma

    21. Question Time: The Retreat from Burma
    Oct 13 2025
    This week Jack and Rob answer your questions that have built up over the last 20 weeks! At the end Jack and Rob also give a quick run down of the future of the pod.

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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • 20. Reflecting on the Retreat

    20. Reflecting on the Retreat
    Oct 6 2025
    This week Rob and Jack welcome the fascinating David Tanner - author of Burma 1942: Memories of a Retreat, the Diary of Ralph Tanner, KOYLI. David co-wrote the book with his father who was with 2 KOYLI in the retreat in 1942, but also worked in Japan in the 1970s and 80s, where his father visited. This is a fascinating chat reflecting on the retreat from Burma.

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    54 mins
  • 19. Eric Lambert: Saviour of 5th Army

    19. Eric Lambert: Saviour of 5th Army
    Sep 29 2025
    Rob hit gold when he was recently gifted an unpublished memoir/diary by Eric Lambert, who, among other things, played a fascinating role in helping get the Chinese 5 Army out of the Hukawng Valley - the Valley of Death. This week Rob and Jack discuss his chapter on this topic, and the retreat of Chinese 5 Army.

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    1 hr and 17 mins
  • 18. Exodus Burma and the human cost of war

    18. Exodus Burma and the human cost of war
    Sep 22 2025
    This week Jack and Rob discuss the human cost of the retreat in 1942 with the wonderful Felicity Goodall, author of Exodus Burma! The British Escape Through the Jungles of Death.

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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • 17. The Jungle War

    17. The Jungle War
    Sep 15 2025
    This week Rob and Jack welcome Hannah Watson, author of The Jungle War, to discuss the retreat from Burma and the challenges of presenting the subject in a book aimed at children and adults alike!

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    53 mins