Episodes

  • 18. First Arakan Campaign - Stalemate

    18. First Arakan Campaign - Stalemate
    May 11 2026
    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 mins
  • 17. First Arakan Campaign - Donbaik

    17. First Arakan Campaign - Donbaik
    May 4 2026
    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 mins
  • 16. Ursula Graham Bower's war

    16. Ursula Graham Bower's war
    Apr 27 2026

    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 mins
  • 15. Ursula Graham Bower - origins

    15. Ursula Graham Bower - origins
    Apr 20 2026
    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 mins
  • 14. Wingate - then man, the myth, the legend!

    14. Wingate - then man, the myth, the legend!
    Apr 13 2026
    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 hr and 10 mins
  • 13. Operation Longcloth: the first Chindits

    13. Operation Longcloth: the first Chindits
    Apr 6 2026
    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 hr and 8 mins
  • 12. Pangsha: The Story of a Naga Village

    12. Pangsha: The Story of a Naga Village
    Mar 30 2026
    In this week Rob and Jack discuss the story of the very remote Naga village of Pangsha in the Second World War.

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    56 mins
  • 11. The Indian Air Force

    11. The Indian Air Force
    Mar 23 2026
    This week Jack and Rob welcome KS 'Sree' Nair to the pod to discuss the Indian Air Force - its origins and early work in the Second World War. We will of course have him back in later series to discuss the IAF up to 1945, including its change to the Royal Indian Air Force in 1945.

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    1 hr and 4 mins