BIHT Zoom Lecture: Tuesday 18 March 2025, 18:30-20:00 GMT
Valerie Haye, of the British in India Historical Trust, has supplied the following details of a zoom lecture being given on Tuesday 18 March by Tim Moreman:
Second Arakan 1943-44: Shattering the Myth of Japanese Invincibility in Asia
Tim Moreman
Tuesday 18 March 2025, 18:30-20:00 GMT (ZOOM)
The hard-fought Second Arakan campaign was a second attempt by Allied arms to advance in the coastal Arakan region in western Burma. It shattered the myth of Japanese invincibility that had crippled the Allied cause and offered the prospect of successful offensive operations. Tim Moreman examines the range of actions that made up Second Arakan, from XV Indian Corps’ push down the Burmese coast towards Akyab Island to the key events of the Japanese Ha-Go operation launched by Twenty-Eighth Army. These include the Battle of the Admin Box near Sinweyza, where the surrounded 7th Indian Division inflicted a serious defeat on the Japanese 55th Division; the reinforcement of Imphal and Kohima; and the seizure of Razabil, the Tunnels and Point 551 between March and May 1944.
Tim Moreman is a freelance military historian who was formerly a Lecturer in War Studies at King’s College, London, and briefly Resident Historian at the Staff College at Camberley. His books on the Indian Army include Second Arakan 1943–44: Shattering the Myth of Japanese Invincibility (2025), Japanese Conquest of Burma 1942 and Chindit 1942-45.
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.
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Valerie Haye
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