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The Forgotten War Podcast: Burma Campaign WW2

The Forgotten War Podcast: Burma Campaign WW2

By: Robert Lyman and Jack Bowsher
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 The definitive podcast about the Burma Campaign of World War Two. Join historians and authors Dr Robert Lyman MBE & Jack Bowsher as they take you through dripping monsoon and jungles, across parched plains, and over rivers and mountains sharing the incredible and often brutal story of the war against Japan in Southeast Asia.


In Series One (Spring 2025) Rob and Jack did a general broad brush narrative of the campaign.


Series Two began in June 2025 and includes interviews with historians, relatives of veterans, and plenty of narratives by Jack and Rob, all about the retreat in 1942.
Later series will be much of the same, covering anything and everything related to the Burma Campaign - or the China-Burma-India Theatre as it is known in the USA.


Sponsored by The Burma Star Memorial Fund, Sampan Travel, The Kohima Educational Trust, and Guidl.
You can follow the pod on Bluesky, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter (X), the handle for all is @forgottenwarpodYou can also email Rob and Jack at forgottenwarpod@gmail.com
By the hosts:Robert Lyman - Slim Master of War (2003), Japan's Last Bid for Victory (2016), A War of Empires (2021), Victory to Defeat (with General Lord Dannatt, 2023), Korea War Without End (with General Lord Dannatt, 2025), and many more.Jack Bowsher - Forgotten Armour: Tank Warfare in Burma (2024), Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945 (2025)


Produced and Edited by Robbie Maguire


*Note from the hosts: In some episodes there may be the use of language that is outdated in the modern world. This is only ever said in the show as quotations by individuals who lived at the time when those phrases were in common usage across the world.*

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Episodes
  • 3. Rangoon Falls

    3. Rangoon Falls
    Jun 16 2025
    After the Sittang Bridge disaster, Rangoon was the next. Rob and Jack now look at the decision to abandon the capital, followed by the famous roadblock action at Taukkyan, and the retreat north to Prome.

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    58 mins
  • 2. Disaster at the Sittang Bridge

    2. Disaster at the Sittang Bridge
    Jun 9 2025
    This week Jack and Rob dissect the disastrous decision to destroy the Sittang Bridge - the crucial moment in the 1942 Campaign where defeat became practically inevitable.

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    59 mins
  • 1. Lord Slim and the making of Bill Slim

    1. Lord Slim and the making of Bill Slim
    Jun 2 2025
    The Forgotten War Pod is back with a bang! Rob and Jack exclusively interview Lord Mark Slim, Field Marshal Bill Slim's grandson. Talking about his childhood and early military career, and also what it was like growing up with (confusingly) 'Uncle' Bill.

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    56 mins
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I love it because it keeps you entertained even if you don’t know about it. Keep it up I will listen to every one you post ( if I can ) thank you. Ps it’s really cool how you have made a podcast that is on something people don’t really know about

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