but rangoon is the capital of burma and biggest prize of the whole campaign.apan before its final surrender a few months later. field marshal viscount slim led the campaign in burma. his grandson, mark slim, told me why his grandfather's army should no longer be forgotten. it was a very tough campaign. it was fought over great distances, with insufficient resources, in an environment that was riddled with disease. but they all made the most of it. and they united, and they worked as a very thorough team, and they took great pride in overcoming the odds. as if war weren't enough, those on the front line had to contend with other, more personal matters. interestingly, there's a telegram here which he received a few days after his father died, which was sent, and i guess that was a kind of brutal way of receiving that news. and the detail of it, he didn't receive some three or four months later. and no time to grieve. no. too... too much involved. yeah. what does it make you feel, looking at this and thinking about him? sort of proud. definitely. everyone in the

his ship arrived in rangoon in the middle of an air strike. it was the first of many searing experiences which have been pieced together by my uncle. when the japanese surrounded rangoon, they blocked the road, and he writes that there was a column of over 40 miles long. where is the water coming from? where is the food coming from? what is happening to the injured? the plight of the civilians is terrible. he said that the stage came where they were offering a fistful of rupees for a fistful of rice. burma was about to fall, and he was living through a perilous time. "it was terrible when the wooden houses caught fire and the ammunition dumps started exploding." "i was blown into a trench and thought that i'd been hit and could not open my eyes." the picture that emerges from these pages is of the intensity of this period in burma, and i didn't realise until now what my grandfather faced from the very moment that he arrived. and for him it comes to a very sudden end when an injury to his eyes means he is evacuated back to india in april 1942.

his ship arrived in rangoon in the middle of an airstrike.t was the first of many searing experiences which had been pieced together by my uncle. >> when the japanese surrounde rangoon, they blocked the road and he writes that there was a column of over 14 miles long. where is the water coming from? where is the food coming from? what is happening to the insured? the plight the civilians is terrible. they were offering a fistful of rupees for a fistful of rice. reporter: burma was about to fall and he was living through a perilous time. it was trible when theooden houses caught fire and the ammunition dump started exploding. thought i h been hit and could not open my eyes. the picture that emerges from these pages is the intensity of this period in burma, and i didn't realize until now what my grandfather faced from the moment he arrived. for him, it comes to a very sudden end when annjury to his eyes means he is evacuated back to india in april 1942. the indian army was made up not of conscripts, butol vteers, some of them still with us toda

his ship arrived in rangoon in the middle of an air strike. been pieced together by my uncle, ali. when the japanese surrounded rangoon, they blocked the road, and he writes that there was a column of over 40 miles long. where is the water coming from? where is the food coming from? what is happening to the injured? the plight of the civilians is terrible. he said that the stage came where they were offering a fistful of rupees for a fistful of rice. burma was about to fall, and he was living through a perilous time. "it was terrible when the wooden houses caught fire and the ammunition dumps started exploding. i was blown into a trench and thought that i'd been hit and could not open my eyes." the picture that emerges from these pages is of the intensity of this period in burma, and i didn't realise until now what my grandfather faced from the very moment that he arrived. and for him it comes to a very sudden end when an injury to his eyes means he is evacuated back to india in april 1942. the indian army was made up not of conscripts but vol

his ship arrived in rangoon in the middle of an air strike.ing experiences which have been pieced together by my uncle. when the japanese surrounded rangoon, they blocked the road, and he writes that there was a column of over 40 miles long. where is the water coming from? where is the food coming from? what is happening to the injured? the plight of the civilians is terrible. he said that the stage came where they were offering a fistful of rupees for a fistful of rice. burma was about to fall, and he was living through a perilous time. "it was terrible when the wooden houses caught fire and the ammunition dumps started exploding. i was blown into a trench and thought that i'd been hit and could not open my eyes." the picture that emerges from these pages is of the intensity of this period in burma, and i didn't realise until now what my grandfather faced from the very moment that he arrived. and for him it comes to a very sudden end when an injury to his eyes means he is evacuated back to india in april 1942. the indian army was made up not

but rangoon is the capital of burma and biggest prize of the whole campaign.on‘s recapture by allied forces weakened japan, before its final surrender a few months later. as if war weren't enough, those on the front line had to contend with other, more personal matters. interestingly, there's a telegram here, which he received a few days after his father died, which was sent, and i guess that was the kind of brutal way of receiving that news, and the detail of it he didn't receive some three or four months later. what does it make you feel, looking at this and thinking about him? sort of proud. definitely. everyone in the family is proud of patrick, and we all feel we've got to know him better now, as a result of making this film. and out of the horrors of the war he endured came this token of love. it's a ring that was given to him by a japanese officer. it's got his initials engraved on it, and he wore this as his wedding ring, when he finally married jenny. reeta chakrabarti, with herfamily‘s part in the people's war. that's it from us. have a very good nig