The string of military defeats during 1942 marked the end of British hegemony in Southeast Asia, finally destroying the myth of British imperial invincibility.

Wartime suffering on a massive scale as witnessed by reporters covering the retreat through Burma.

In May 1942 colonial Burma was in a state of military, economic and constitutional collapse. Japanese forces controlled almost the whole country and thousands o

This book explores how the media was used by the armed forces during the India-Burma campaigns of WWII to project the most positive image to domestic and intern

This book investigates the political context and intentions behind the trialling of Japanese war criminals in the wake of World War Two. After the Second World