The Forgotten War Podcast: Burma Campaign WW2

Auteur(s): Robert Lyman and Jack Bowsher
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  • The definitive podcast about the Burma Campaign of World War Two. Join historians and authors Dr Robert Lyman MBE & Jack Bowsher as they take you through dripping monsoon and jungles, across parched plains, and over rivers and mountains sharing the incredible and often brutal story of the war against Japan in Southeast Asia.


    Series One is out Feb 2025. Over 12 episodes, Rob and Jack will cover the general broad brush narrative of the campaign.


    Later series will consist of around 12 episodes, and will include a few interviews with historians, relatives of veterans, and plenty of deep dives into anything and everything related to the Burma Campaign - or the China-Burma-India Theatre as it is known in the USA.


    Sponsored by The Burma Star Memorial Fund, Sampan Travel, and Guidl.
    You can follow the pod on Bluesky, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter (X), the handle for all is @forgottenwarpod You can also email Rob and Jack at forgottenwarpod@gmail.com
    By the hosts: Robert Lyman - Slim Master of War (2003), Japan's Last Bid for Victory (2016), A War of Empires (2021), Victory to Defeat (with General Lord Dannatt, 2023), Korea War Without End (with General Lord Dannatt, 2025), and many more. Jack Bowsher - Forgotten Armour: Tank Warfare in Burma (2024), Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945 (2025)


    Edited by Mark Bowsher


    *Note from the hosts: In some episodes there may be the use of language that is outdated in the modern world. This is only ever said in the show as quotations by individuals who lived at the time when those phrases were in common usage across the world.*



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  • 3. Sandwich Year: 1943

    3. Sandwich Year: 1943
    Feb 17 2025
    In this episode Rob and Jack discuss the sandwich year of 1943 - stuck between the defeat in 1942 and victory in 1944. Nevertheless, it was an important year, seeing the disastrous first Arakan campaign, Fourteenth Army eventually created, and Operation Longcloth.

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    53 min
  • 2. A Close Run Thing: the retreat from Burma 1942

    2. A Close Run Thing: the retreat from Burma 1942
    Feb 10 2025
    This week Jack and Rob dive into the longest retreat in the history of the British and Indian Army, from the initial Japanese invasion, the role of Chinese troops, and the reasons for defeat. But cometh the hour, cometh the man: Slim makes his entrance!

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    1 h et 4 min
  • 1. Introducing The Forgotten War Pod: Burma Campaign WW2

    1. Introducing The Forgotten War Pod: Burma Campaign WW2
    Feb 3 2025
    In the first episode of The Forgotten War Pod, Jack and Rob give listeners a quick overview of the Second World War in South East Asia, the reasons for war and the Japanese invasion of Burma, and some of the key characters of the campaign.

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    53 min

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