Battle of the Sittang Bend
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The Battle of the Sittang Bend and the Japanese Breakout across Pegu Yomas were linked Japanese military operations during the Burma Campaign, which took place nearly at the end of World War II. Survi
5.5-inch guns of the Royal Artillery firing on Japanese troops attempting to break out of the Sittang Bend in early August 1945
Royal West Kents making an armed patrol deep in flooded paddy fields during the battle. Painting by Leslie Cole
A Supermarine Spitfire Mark VIII of No 607 Squadron is prepared by an RAF crew during monsoon conditions at Mingaladon for a sortie against the Japanese break-out attempt at Sittang
Japanese prisoners from the battle are searched, 30 July 1945.
No. 273 Squadron RAF
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No. 273 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force squadron formed as reconnaissance unit in World War I, and re-formed in World War II in Ceylon - initially as a torpedo bomber and reconnaissance unit. In mi
Squadron Leader Robert Hayes, Commanding Officer of No. 273 Squadron, chats with Air Marshal Sir Guy Garrod, the Allied Air Commander in Chief, Air Command South East Asia, by a Spitfire Mark VIII at Cox's Bazar, 1944