Blowing the bridge over the Sittang
22nd February 1942: Another disaster for the British Army as the greater part of their force in Burma is left stranded on the wrong side of the Sittang River
In Burma British forces were falling back in the face of the Japanese advance. The principal force, 17th Indian Infantry Division had bee…
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