The Forgotten War Podcast

Starting weekly on 3 February 2025!

Over the past couple of weeks Jack Bowsher and I have been preparing a 12-episode series of podcasts examining the Burma Campaign, which ran from 23 December 1941 through to late 1945. It was the longest British land (and air) campaign of the Second World War. The podcasts will be airing wherever you get your podcasts weekly from Monday 3 February.

We’d be delighted if you decided to register and join us on this whistlestop journey, for this is the primary thing we discovered when trying to squeeze the campaign into 12-episodes: its not possible to cover the campaign in great detail. Instead, we fly over the entire campaign at about 10,000-feet, providing an overview of the major themes and characters. Its been great fun to record: we hope that you enjoy what we’ve pulled together.

The episodes look something like this:

1. Main themes and key figures

2. The Retreat 1942

3. First Arakan (Se 42-May 43) + rebuilding 14th Army + 1st Chindits (Operation Longcloth)

4. Second Arakan, Feb 44 (The Admin Box)

5. Imphal

6. Kohima

7. The Northern Combat Area Command

8. Special Operations

9. The air war

10. Third Arakan (Oct 44 - May 45)

11. The Reconquest

12. Q+A

If enough of you listen, we are committed to undertaking another series, where we’ll go into lots of subjects in much more detail.

Do have a listen, and let me know what you think, and what you’d like us to cover in Series 2.