Title:OPERATIONS FOR CAPTURE OF MANDALAY - TANKS AND TROOPS ADVANCE [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JFU 42
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: British tanks and troops move forward to capture a Japanese position just north of Mandalay, Burma.
Description: 19th Indian Division take a Japanese strongpoint after shelling of Japanese positions. A Buddhist pagoda on Monastery Hill overlooking Mandalay burns fiercely. 8th Battalion 12th Frontier Force Regiment troops as well as tanks approach the pagoda along a road, surge forward and take the position. Troops move forward through smoke. The attack is followed by an airstrike on the walls and compound inside the pagoda. A Thunderbolt bombs and strafes enemy positions.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor)
SEAC Film Unit (Production company)
Hammond, R G (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Indian Army, 12th Frontier Force Regiment, 8th Battalion (regiment/service)
Indian Army, 98th Indian Infantry Brigade (regiment/service)
Indian Army, 19th Indian Division (regiment/service)
Keywords: Mandalay, Burma (geography)
Mandalay 1945, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event)
Fighter operations, Air operations over Burma, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event)
Burma 1942-1945 (theme)
British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
