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Stories categorised in '1941-1945 Eastern Travels'. These stories may contain references to other themes.
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1941-1945 Eastern Travels Part 1

In stormy weather some of us would go up on deck, as far forward as possible, and watch the ship carve her...

1941-1945 Eastern Travels Part 2

The majority of Drivers and Dispatch Riders were Indians, with a few British. The Indian driver, hurrying...

1941-1945 Eastern Travels Part 3

December 7th Japan declares War on Britain and America Air raid on Hong Kong Japanese landings on East...

1941-1945 Eastern Travels Part 4

From Signals HQ at Kandy detachments were posted to several locations around the island, including Colombo,...

1941-1945 Eastern Travels Part 5

'Admiral Nagumo of Pearl Harbour fame, had sailed into the Indian Ocean with a Battle Fleet of 5...

1941-1945 Eastern Travels Part 6

One of the roads going out of Kandy ran alongside the River Mahaweli, through a small village called...

1941-1945 Eastern Travels Part 7

Following the overwhelming Japanese invasion of Burma in 1942, the British Burma Army made a fighting...

1941-1945 Eastern Travels Part 8

The main enemy force had rolled forward across the frontier into India with surprising speed and by March...

1941-1945 Eastern Travels Part 9

Late in 1943, a weekly Service Newspaper was produced and issued free, called "SEAC". It's...

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