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  • 6. The Battles of Kohima

    6. The Battles of Kohima
    2025/03/10
    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 分
  • 5. Invasion! The Battle of Imphal

    5. Invasion! The Battle of Imphal
    2025/03/03
    This week Jack and Rob continue their overview of the Burma Campaign by looking at the Battle of Imphal - a huge battle where Slim's Fourteenth Army delivered a hammer blow to the Japanese 15th Army in its invasion of India.

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    46 分
  • 4. First Victory: The Battle of the Admin Box

    4. First Victory: The Battle of the Admin Box
    2025/02/24
    This week Jack and Rob finally have some good news! The first major victory by Fourteenth Army against the Japanese in Burma - the Second Arakan offensive and most famously the Battle of the Admin Box, in February 1944. The Japanese intended to distract Slim by attacking Arakan just before the invasion of India, but fell upon newly retrained troops determined to fight it out rather than retreat.

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    41 分
  • 3. Sandwich Year: 1943

    3. Sandwich Year: 1943
    2025/02/17
    In this episode Rob and Jack discuss the sandwich year of 1943 - stuck between the defeat in 1942 and victory in 1944. Nevertheless, it was an important year, seeing the disastrous first Arakan campaign, Fourteenth Army eventually created, and Operation Longcloth.

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    53 分
  • 2. A Close Run Thing: the retreat from Burma 1942

    2. A Close Run Thing: the retreat from Burma 1942
    2025/02/10
    This week Jack and Rob dive into the longest retreat in the history of the British and Indian Army, from the initial Japanese invasion, the role of Chinese troops, and the reasons for defeat. But cometh the hour, cometh the man: Slim makes his entrance!

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    1 時間 4 分
  • 1. Introducing The Forgotten War Pod: Burma Campaign WW2

    1. Introducing The Forgotten War Pod: Burma Campaign WW2
    2025/02/03
    In the first episode of The Forgotten War Pod, Jack and Rob give listeners a quick overview of the Second World War in South East Asia, the reasons for war and the Japanese invasion of Burma, and some of the key characters of the campaign.

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    53 分
  • Teaser 5: Kohima: Touch and Go

    Teaser 5: Kohima: Touch and Go
    2025/01/27
    In the final teaser before the first series of The Forgotten War Podcast, Jack describes the defence of Kohima.

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    4 分
  • Teaser 4: unbelievable leadership problems at Imphal

    Teaser 4: unbelievable leadership problems at Imphal
    2025/01/14

    In this teaser, Rob describes the downright crazy leadership situation in the Japanese 15th Army before the Battle of Imphal in 1944.


    For more teasers and updates before our own invasion of the airwaves in February make sure you follow the pod @forgottenwarpod. You can also let us know if you have any questions for later in the series here, or by emailing Jack and Rob on forgottenwarpod@gmail.com.


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    4 分