and it took until late 1943 until feed marshall later general took command of the 14th army and forcesons. i understand that they had no respect whatsoever for prisoner of four because they saw that as a complete loss of honour. to return back to the gurkhas, what is their lasting legacy?” to return back to the gurkhas, what is their lasting legacy? i think the expertise in the jungle, is their lasting legacy? i think the expertise in thejungle, one is their lasting legacy? i think the expertise in the jungle, one third of the world land masses is jungle or trees and so it's important to maintain that capability and the battalion based in brunei provides the uk's only trained and acclimatised jungle capability so we have maintained the gurkhas have maintained that extreme professionalism and within the battalions themselves, within each of battalion two of the companies of around 100 men are named after people from the and —— gurkha campaign. the legacy lives on. major generaljohn craig lawrence, thank you for your time. thank you very much indeed. in tokyo, the japanese emperor naruh

eventually, the newlyformed 14th army would begin its advance through the jungles of burma. 14th armyough jungle, very often. you know, because more often than not you didn't stick to, you know, well beaten tracks or anything like that. that was asking for trouble. royal marines jim healy was aboard a landing craft during one seaborne assault.” was aboard a landing craft during one seaborne assault. i had a sandbank and of course it stopped me. i gave instructions, the gurkhas went out, we came off the sandbank andi went out, we came off the sandbank and i could have gone over them and killed them all. fortunately, my lad, stoker, behind me, he put it in reverse and stopped me. the battles in burma were still being fought when news came of the japanese surrender. lord louis mountbatten, supreme surrender. lord louis mountbatten, supreme allied commander in southeast asia, took the salute. the 14th army had helped to turn allied fortunes, and yet they claimed they we re fortunes, and yet they claimed they were forgotten back home. you look at the british nation, the war it had fought w

even during the second world war 14th army regarded themselves as the forgotten army. home fighting a little—known and of course the very large number of allied servicemen who became prisoners of war of the japanese. i live in norfolk and the fourth, fifth and sixth battalions of the royal norfolk regiment went on to the bag know when prisoners done it all became prisoners of war. a large of prisoners of war who were made to put sir work and we all know about the railway of death, the burma—siam railway, appalling things happen and i think railway, appalling things happen and ithinka railway, appalling things happen and i think a lot of than they were too difficult and too difficult to want to talk about and theyjust wanted to talk about and theyjust wanted to put it behind them but of course for those who put it behind them physically many had mental scars, some of whom really have never re cove red some of whom really have never recovered for them and that is why it is so important that also the nhs takes its responsibility seriously towards veterans but that the pub

a range of hills were in the middle of us it was the 14th army... 0ver the hills, you look down on theded by the japanese. we had to fight for weeks. i was attached to fight for weeks. i was attached to the riaa, so me, as usual, sent up to the riaa, so me, as usual, sent up to guard the guns. i was up there and this hill, stuck there for three days and we just sent 25 soldiers over to the japanese. you can see the way they had formed the square... you can the way they had formed the square... you can see the way they had formed the square... you can see them —— you could see them. that was the first experience. it was called at the border. —— cold. i was going to ashley about the conditions. the conditions, apart from the fact we had the japanese after us, and they would get at you when you were asleep, in the dugouts, the main thing was, in burma, the conditions. spider is as big as that. snakes... all kinds of insects, scorpions, everything was there. in thejungle? when i arrived, we wasn't in action until we got back in 1944, i think. we got there, and there is nothing really happe

speech, we managed to broaden the understanding for younger generations about vj in as much is the 14th armyimportant lesson was how much better we worked together if we were all on one side and how much more effective we can be and i thought that the whole story came across as well as i could hope. haven't seen the whole thing on tv, clearly, but for me, i was as pleased as i could be so i'm very grateful for the veterans are taking place. we are grateful to the british legion for all the help. smashing. taking us back and forward to normandy on numerous occasions. and you had wanted to take veterans to the far east, but of course... yes, we had 70 that were going to go, some to india, some to burma, some to thailand and singapore, but unfortunately, those rules changed. but all of the ones that had made a connection with us were either able to come or the individual posies that you will have been seen laying around had messages from them, so in total, 250 more people, veterans then we re here, had at least their thoughts brought here and laid by the guests. so, yes, i'm happy. without ever

staffordshire, a carefully choreographed commemoration attended by a0 veterans who fought in the 14th, sometimes forgotten, army enemy in some of the most challenging of conditions. many tens of thousands of allied troops from many different nations lost their lives in the jungles of southeast asia and tens of thousands more died injapanese prisoner of war camps. they shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old. age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. at the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them. after the sounding of the last post by a royal marine bugler, a two—minute silence was led by the prince of wales. and in remembrance of lives lost from so many nations, from the british and indian and other allied armies, wreaths were placed at memorials here and in many of the nations that and in remembrance of lives lost from so many nations, were involved in the conflict. today, in this hallowed place, and in the presence of all those gathered here or in their homes, or wherever they may be, let us affirm that they and the surviving veterans are not forgotten. rather, you are

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and within the indian army where the 35,000 gurkhas 27 battalions who marched in general slim's 14th up in richmond. one final question - what will you be doing tomorrow? well, i'm joining some colleagues from the brigade of gurkhas, there are lots of gurkhas serving in the british army now. we are laying some wreaths at three very significant memorials in london — firstly at the chinned it memorial at the thames embankment. they were a clandestine force that air landed into the rear of the japanese lines and threw off the japanese forces away from the battles that were being fought at cohiba. secondly, we are laying a wreath at general slim's statue in whitehall. he was the architect of the victory at burma. he was the most marvellous strategic general, and also he had wonderful human qualities which endeared himself to his soldiers. and he set high standards for morale by those qualities. he was a very, very significant, probably the greatest british general of the second world war. and then finally, we are going to lay a wreath at the gurkhas statue. this was a very punishing camp

we have the french wars in the 14th century and changes in tactics and weaponry, army composition changed. armies became larger and more lethal and the common soldiers actually became a little more important because they were fighting with pix and long bows and eventually rifles. it was at this point that a commoner could actually kill a noble if they could get close enough to do some damage, so the value of that common soldier increased. and then nobles refined the rules of engagement a little more. in the 16th and 17th centuries armies numbered in the thousands. as you can imagine taking care of prisoners of war became more difficult. by the mid 18th century we went from small, professional armies to more national armies and soldiers who fought for ideology, in other words for an idea. it became more difficult to get men to switch sides. that was a common tactic in the middle ages. how about you fight for us and we won't kill you was a pretty strong argument. and then, of course, more men were needed if you were keeping these prisoners of war. it became a time where they had to write do

army officers are present at field tests of the modified m-281. >> assembly of the navy 12-centimeter shrapnel rocket. 28 inches long and weighing 51 pounds were located on okinawa 14then of the 105th infantry regiment. components are being removed from the steel motor body of the rocket. this is the motor base plate and grid. the six openings are off set orifices that give its spin stable feature. removing the propelpropellant, rockal hat sti rockalt sticks have fuel power. unscrewing the motor body from the warhead. the rocket's aerial burst fuse is in effect a powder delay train allowing the projectile to travel 2,000 to 3,000 yards before detonation of the main charge, which is housed in this warhead motor adapter. the warhead body is a one-piece steel cylinder with welded nose and contained a metal canister filled with 62 metal encased incendiary pellets. runing the length of the cylinder and centrally located is a small burster tube containing five acid pellets. testing one of the sticks of propellant by igniting the smokeless powder. demonstrating the assembly of the incendiary canister, a label contained in the rocket motor of a captured projectile refers to

it's very important, vj day, just as important as ve day, the forgotten army, on the 14th, they shouldrked out. virginia, as louise was saying, we talk about the music still meaning a lot and resonating, but it's the lyrics as well. i'm sure the message many people watching this morning will be hoping your mum got it right. exactly. if you don't try then you are not going to win, are you? you have to get out there, do the best you can and get on with it and that's extremely important for people to realise, that they have a lot of input to put in, whatever they are doing, they can all help towards the greater good, it's a silly expression, but it's very important we all pull together and don't wait until tomorrow and get on with it today. it's very sound advice from that song and my mother always try to put that forward and i think it probably works in this disc as well. you have had so many tributes paid to her. as a family, how has that been for you? absolutely brilliant. we have been inundated with wonderful letters, many of condolence but very caring and personal. they all are addre

october 14th, fdr responds back to professor einstein and obviously, a lot had been going on there, but he said i found this data of such import that i had a bureau with the representative of the army and navy to investigate the possibilities of your suggestion regarding the element of uranium. >> now over the period of the next several years there's different committees that are tomorrowed on june 28, 1941 they offered the scientific research and development which the man named bush was put in charge and this is where the project creates tremendous momentum. there is a sense that there is a cohesive and coherent objective. they need to develop a bomb. they need to beat the germans to it, and then, of course, just a few months later the japanese attack pearl harbor which gives even greater impetus to the development of this bomb. so the two men who were responsible for the development on the left there, you see leslie groves who was the military representative in charge of the entire operation and on the right you see the famous scientist robert oppenheimer. now the los alamos facility is the one that's the cleanest and there are more than 20 different facilities across the country

army special operators conducted a raid on al baghdadi's compound. after we learned that al baghdadi was killed, we learned something else, the operators named themselves task force 814 after august 14thbirthday. and the mission was named "operation kayla mueller." to those soldiers, thank you. kayla was looking down on you. the trump team gave us empathy we never received from the obama administration. the obama administration said it was doing everything it could. the trump administration is. let me just say this. kayla should be here. if donald trump had been president when kayla was captured, she would be here today. when kayla was -- was a hostage, i'd go outside at night and look at the moon. i'd look at the moon and i'd promise her i'd do everything i could to get her home. now when i see the moon, i'm reminded of my promise to her i couldn't keep. >> all kayla wanted was to make it home. we are still working to find her and, god willing, we will bring her home. kayla was born a miracle. we were told we would never have a second child, but god gave us kayla, and she gave herself to the world. eight months into kayla's captivity, another hostage was able to smuggle out a letter

army special operators conducted a raid on al-baghdadi's come pound. after we learned that al-baghdadi was killed. we learned something else the operators named themselves task force 8/14 after august 14thion was named operation kayla mueller. brian: the detail and the mission and what her daughter went through in her harrowing and telling. >> you know, i can't say that kayla would have lived. for all i know her day she was taken as a hostage i don't lay that at president obama's feet. what we do know it was a breakdown in communication with her own family that they suffered all those nights not knowing. there isn't a an easy day in war. can i tell that you in afghanistan. those nights get a hell of a lot easier when you know that you are there to do something, to bring someone like kayla home or end someone's life like al-baghdadi that doesn't deserve to live rather than being there in 2010 to help the 2012 election easier which is how it felt for us. the communication with the american people, the communication with the families that president trump has been able to do in the decisiveness in taking action it really is remarkable when you look at the last two presidents and the i don't