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
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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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