BIHT Zoom Lecture: Tuesday 14 April 2026 18.30-20.00 BST
Valerie Haye, of the British in India Historical Trust, has sent the following details of a zoom lecture being given on Tuesday 14 April by Raymond Callahan:
Churchill’s Forgotten Generals
Raymond Callahan
Tuesday 14 April 2026 18.30-20.00 BST (ZOOM)
‘Generals Auchinleck, Slim and Savory and their role in the campaigns in Northeast India and Burma have been largely forgotten by historians. Auchinleck, as C-in-C India, made sure the Army was geared towards jungle warfare and improved the lot of Indian officers and men. Slim was the successful Commander of the 14th Army, who led it from defeat into victory. Savory, as Director of Infantry, ensured that all infantry battalions were trained for jungle warfare. The appointments of Auchinleck, Slim and Savory in 1943 were pivotal in the defeat of the Japanese in Burma. For the first time in the war the key figures in Indian military affairs were all drawn from the Indian Army and understood its traditions and ways.’
Raymond Callahan is the author of Triumph at Imphal-Kohima: How the Indian Army Finally Stopped the Japanese Juggernaut and four other books on the Indian Army, including (with Daniel Marston) The Burma Campaign and the Transformation of the British Indian Army (2021), which won the Templer Medal Prize. He is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Delaware.
Lectures are broadcast via Zoom and are available UK-wide and to an international audience. Lectures are recorded and uploaded to YouTube for two weeks. Links are emailed to all ticket-holders.
Tickets for this lecture cost £5. Click here to book tickets (online, by post, or by bank transfer).’
Valerie Haye, British in India Historical Trust
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