Saturday, June 23, 2007

LIFE - The Rat-Trap of Burma

LIFE magazine stories and pictorial from the May 18, 1942 issue reporting the early days of the war in Burma.

"The Japanese Sweep Through Burma" describes the invasion of 1942.

"How British in Burma Escaped a Jap Trap," is a first-hand report by correspondent Jack Belden of his experience escaping the invading Japanese.

Photos show aftermath of Japanese bombing of Stilwell's Maymyo headquarters and Allied withdrawal along the Burma Road.

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