Waiting for transports - Burma - 1944

Waiting for transports - Burma - 1944

British, West Africans and Gurkhas, the backbone of Wingates Burma Jungle forces, wait at the ramps to file into transports or gliders for the forward movement to Broadway, the invasion field behind the Japanese lines which was cleared and constructed as a base for fighter planes and bombers supporting the ground troops. Date: 1944

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  • ILEA000636629
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  • 1944/12/31 00:00:00
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  • (c)Imperial War Museum/Robert Hunt Library/Mary Evans / Kyodo News Images
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  • Copyright (c) Mary Evans Picture Library 2015
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  • 4517 × 3503 pixel
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  • 300 dpi
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  • 1.89(MB)*
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