Operation Dracula was a World War II-airborne and amphibious attack on Rangoon by British and Anglo-Indian forces during the Burma Campaign.
Landing craft carry troops up the Rangoon River
A Stuart light tank of an Indian cavalry regiment during the advance on Rangoon, April 1945
A field gun is bought ashore at Elephant Point, 2 May 1945.
Indian paratroops jumping over Rangoon, Burma, 1945.
Fourteenth Army (United Kingdom)
The British Fourteenth Army was a multi-national force comprising units from Commonwealth countries during the Second World War. As well as British Army units, many of its units were from the Indian Army and there were also significant contributions from the British Army's West and East African divisions. It was often referred to as the "Forgotten Army" because its operations in the Burma campaign were overlooked by the contemporary press, and remained more obscure than those of the corresponding formations in Europe for long after the war. For most of the Army's existence, it was commanded by Lieutenant-General William Slim.
Portrait of William Slim, as commander of the Fourteenth Army, commissioned by the Ministry of Information.
Lt.-Gen. Slim, commanding the Fourteenth Army, chatting to a Gurkha rifleman. Near Pallel, November 1944.
Fourteenth Army memorial in Bristol