Burma 45
... On suggestions that the Japanese in 1945 were virtually defeated and had virtually retreated from Burma prior to the eve of the dropping of the
A bomb - It is on record that also in 1945 Mountbatten gave the order for the 20 crated spits in Burma to be buried - 'To prevent them falling into enemy hands' - Not exactly consistant with any beleif that a triumphant allied force had finally arrived and had defeated and removed a ruthless foe.
The Japanese were very much a determined force to be reckoned with
right up to the final days of surrender as most Far East veterans
will confirm.
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