Originally Posted by
Danny42C
Heads-up ! (only 4 yrs late !) Came across a BBC2 programme (Which I don't ever remember seeing before) by Griff Rhys Jones: "Burma, My Father, and The Forgotten Army", available on iPlayer and (maybe) on YouTube overseas. A very fair summary of "my" war. Well worth a tune-in, IMHO.
If you do see it, do not mind the odd pics of Us helmets supposed to be our troops. The Jap twins shown (brief glance) are "Bettys", I reckon. A thing the size of a Wellington, it was used as the Naval torpedo bomber which sank the P.O.W. and the Repulse off Malaya.
Danny (what did that little devil you write about do next ?)
Am reading the thread and am a few weeks behind, so I don't know if any one has posted this, but in any case, here's a copy of the same, via YouTube:
Thanks for mentioning it, Danny. I've been watching it and it has brought back memories of many of the things you've shared with us on this Greatest Of All Threads.