WW2's bloody battle for Arakan

Welcome to the History Extra podcast. In nineteen forty four, the Allies unleashed an offensive in Burma, a brutal campaign spearheaded by three commander brigade alongside the Indian and West African troops of fifteen corps. against a ruthless enemy and in one of the world's most unforgiving environments, these men launched daring amphibious assaults deep into Japanese held territory. Turning the tide of the Burma campaign and delivering a devastating blow to the Imperial Japanese Army. Military historian Lucy Betteridge Dyson has written a book on this subject, titled Jungle Commandos.

And Emily Brefitt spoke to her to find out more about some of the pivotal moments of this forgotten front of the Second World War. Thank you so much for joining me today to talk all about the experiences of the commandos and their allies in Burma, specifically those in the third. Arakan campaign Now Some of our listeners may be familiar with this. Some of them may not speak.

How has this particular campaign Or perhaps. Might the right word be overlooked. Yeah, I don't think many of your listeners will be familiar with it, and that's purely because it has not been written about in depths. Probably ever. It has been picked up in larger volumes about the Burma campaign, but usually is only afforded a page or two. And actually the campaign itself in Arakan was huge. So

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