Episodes

  • 1. Lord Slim and the making of Bill Slim

    1. Lord Slim and the making of Bill Slim
    Jun 2 2025
    The Forgotten War Pod is back with a bang! Rob and Jack exclusively interview Lord Mark Slim, Field Marshal Bill Slim's grandson. Talking about his childhood and early military career, and also what it was like growing up with (confusingly) 'Uncle' Bill.

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    56 mins
  • 12. Question Time: Burma Campaign Edition

    12. Question Time: Burma Campaign Edition
    Apr 21 2025
    Join Jack and Rob this week for a question and answer episode, maps to troop diversions, deception to grand strategy, this episode has a bit of everything, including a few teasers on Series 2.

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    57 mins
  • 11. Thunder Runs! Meiktila & Mandalay

    11. Thunder Runs! Meiktila & Mandalay
    Apr 14 2025
    This week Jack and Rob discuss two crucial battles, Meiktila and Mandalay, from the perspective of two generals: Thomas 'Pete' Rees, and David 'Punch' Cowan. Aggressive commanders, they were the right men for the right jobs, in an epic campaign that destroyed the Japanese Burma Area Army. A tale of drama, deception, endurance, and heroism - do not miss it!

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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • 10. Third Time Lucky: Arakan 1944-45

    10. Third Time Lucky: Arakan 1944-45
    Apr 7 2025
    This week Jack and Rob look at the third attempt to breakthrough in Arakan. Picking up from just after the Admin Box, they look at the 81st West African Division's epic campaign in the Kaladan Valley, as well as Akyab and Ramree Islands and the brutal fight over Hill 170.

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    45 mins
  • 9. Flying Tigers to Dakotas: Air Power and the Burma Campaign

    9. Flying Tigers to Dakotas: Air Power and the Burma Campaign
    Mar 31 2025
    This week Jack and Rob discuss one of the most important aspects of the Burma Campaign: the air war. Success was built on air power, Slim's strategy from the end of 1943 to the of the war relied on aerial resupply in an air supremacy environment. The Hump, Admin Box, Kohima, Imphal, and the thunder run to Meiktila in 1945 all relied this all important supply line.

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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • 8. Rumbles in the Jungles: Special Operations in Burma

    8. Rumbles in the Jungles: Special Operations in Burma
    Mar 24 2025
    In Episode 8 Rumbles in the Jungles: Special Operations in Burma, Rob and Jack take a look at the Chindit Operation Thursday and SOE's Force 136 Operation Character. The former is one of the most famous events in the history of the war in Burma, and the other is one of the most forgotten of all.

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    54 mins
  • 7. Game of Thrones(ish) in the CBI

    7. Game of Thrones(ish) in the CBI
    Mar 17 2025
    Rob and Jack continue their overview of the Burma Campaign by turning to the Northern Combat Area Command - the NCAC - in particular 'Vinegar Joe' Stilwell's efforts to navigate the power politics of the CBI theatre between the USA, China and Britain.

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    42 mins
  • 6. The Battles of Kohima

    6. The Battles of Kohima
    Mar 10 2025
    Kohima: one of the big names in Second World War history. In this episode Rob and Jack look at the epic siege and the tooth and nail battle for Kohima that followed, part of the overview of the campaign that his Series 1. Including whether it was really a battle worth fighting for Sato and his men.

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    43 mins
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