Wasn't #BAAG (SIS:MI9) more active in the Pearl River estuary than MI6? And in CBI/SEAC generally, #SIS sidelined by #SOE?

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From eating raw onions to unconventional hygiene habits, Orde Wingate was far from your average soldier. But behind the eccentricities was a man who gained the ear of Churchill & Roosevelt. We examine the personality that drove a military revolution in the jungle #History #WW2 #Wingate

Join us for an Asian Heritage Month Celebration at Mabel’s Fables.

Thursday, May 7
6:30pm - 7:30pm
540 Mount Pleasant Road

Canadian History You Never Knew: Japanese Canadians Fought at Vimy, Too (Hybrid Online) This page is for online participation. If you wish to join the program in-person, please visit the Hybrid In-person page. "The 200 men go not only as soldiers to fight in the Canadian war. They go to ...

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EVENT: They Fought at Vimy, Too
May 13, 1:30-3:30 PM
Richmond Public Library | Zoom
100 – 7700 Minoru Gate, Richmond, BC

The Japanese Canadians in #WWI story is similar to the Chinese Canadians in #WWII. Event details at yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/events/69be0...

Advertisement for an Asian Heritage Month Event, Talking History, featuring Catherine Little, the author of the acclaimed children's book, "Endgame: The Secret Force 136".

Children's book cover for "Endgame: The Secret Force 136" by Catherine Little and illustrated by Sean Huang.

#histbookchat #force136

EVENT: Talking History
April 30, 6:30 - 8:30 PM
WongAvery Asia Pacific Peace Museum
1775 Lawrence Ave E, Scarborough, ON

Catherine Little shares her fascinating story on writing "Endgame: The Secret Force 136". More details at www.asiapacificpeacemuseum.com/event-detail...

Out now! Join Jack and Rob on S3 E13 on The Forgotten War Podcast as we explore Operation Longcloth, the first Chindit expedition of 1943. Discover how Wingate’s bold vision revitalized Allied morale in the brutal Burma campaign. Listen now on all podcast platforms today #Chindits #WW2 #History

Tomorrow Jack and Rob are going for one of the biggies of the Burma Campaign: Operation Longcloth - the first Chindit expedition. We’ve got Wingate, Calvert, Bernard Fergusson and the incredible endurance of the men themselves.

Jungle commandos the battle for araken Burma 1945. Shows the book cover for jungle comamndos in kindle, audio and ahrdback

'Jungle Commandos: The Battle for Arakan, Burma 1945' by Lucy Betteridge-Dyson is included in Amazon's Kindle Monthly deals and you can get the ebook for only £3.99!

This is a gripping history of the experiences of the Commandos and their unsung allies.

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"Exploding Rats and Other Devious Devices of SOE" contains thirty years of previously classified records detailing the SOE’s Camouflage Section!

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#SOE #WWIIhistory #WWII

Modern war also came to #Dayak headhunters in #Sarawak, Borneo, when the Australian Services Reconnaissance Department launched Operation #Semut, which 5 #Force136 Chinese #Canadians joined in August 1945. #SRD trained, supplied, and supported the Dayak in guerrilla warfare against the Japanese.

Wang Jingwei and supporters at the 30 March 1940 National Assembly Hall inauguration ceremony of the Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China in Nanjing. (courtesy Wikimedia Commons)

#OTD in 1940, Wang Jingwei formally announced formation of his Reorganized National Government of the Republic of #China (中華民國國民政府) in Nanjing. Backed by #Japan, the collaborationist regime deepened China's fragmentation, creating a rival nationalist centre that further weakened resistance.

Tomorrow, join historians Rob Lyman and Jack Bowsher as they explore the remote Naga Hills. Discover the story of Pangsha village, where British authority met fierce headhunting tribes. Join us for this unique part of the Second World War #Burma #History #WW2

By 1944, the IAF had transformed into a professional spearhead with over 200 airfields built across India. Using Hurricanes and Vengeance dive bombers, they provided the close air support essential for the 14th Army’s success. Hear the full story. #Military #History #IAF

Why was India’s role in WWII suppressed after 1947? Historian KS Nair discusses the complex reasons why the service of 2.5 million Indians was underplayed and how we are finally rediscovering this vital chapter of global history. Listen to the full episode. #India #WWII

Just came across a recipe for a CINCPAC Special that I'm excited to try.

Members of the Lytton Commission inspect track on the South China Railway at the site of the Mukden Incident, an explosion which the Japanese used as justification for occupying Manchuria. (courtesy Wikimedia Commons)

#OTD in 1933, Japan announced its withdrawal from the League of Nations in reaction to the Lytton Commission report on Japan's seizure of #Manchuria. This symbolized increasing Japanese militarism, expansionist ambitions, and the dismantling of democratic governance in Japan—precursors to #WWII.

USNS Fred C. Ainsworth (T-AP-181) off San Francisco, CA, 11 August 1955. (courtesy the collections of the US Naval Historical Center via Wikimedia Commons)

#OTD in 1945, a second group of 16 #Force136 Chinese Canadians arrived by ship in Brisbane, Australia, from San Francisco. Since the #SOE Hong Kong #Oblivion mission had been canceled, they trained for deployment to Sarawak on the island of Borneo instead, including learning to speak Malay.

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signs the Tydings-McDuffie Act on March 24, 1934. Standing behind him (from left to right) are Wyoming Democratic Sen. Joseph O'Mahoney, Secretary of War George H. Dern, Filipino Senator Elpidio Quirino, Filipino leader and future president Manuel Quezon, Maryland Democratic Senator Millard E. Tydings, and Chief of the Bureau of Insular Affairs C.F. Cox. (courtesy Encyclopædia Britannica)

#OTD in 1934, Franklin Roosevelt signed the Tydings-McDuffie Act into law, which established a ten-year transition period for the Philippines to achieve independence set for July 4, 1946. Unlike other Southeast Asian countries, this mitigated the conditions for a war of independence after #WWII.

Dunrobin’s Bay on Lake Okanagan in 1944, location of the temporary #SOE training camp for the 13 Chinese Canadians recruited for Operation Oblivion. Today, it is an historic site known as Commando Bay. (courtesy Rick Wong)

Wing Wong, John Ko Bong, Norman Mon Low, and Tom Lock pose with pistols drawn at the #SOE Commando Bay paramilitary training camp on Lake Okanagan in British Columbia. (courtesy Keith Lock)

#OTD in 1944, British Security Co-ordination opened a temporary Special Operations Executive training camp at Dunrobin’s Bay on Lake Okanagan. Here, the first 13 #Force136 volunteers for Operation #Oblivion undertook paramilitary training. Today, the site is known as Commando Bay.

#OTD in 1944, SOE's India Mission, also known as GSI(K) or General Service Intelligence, was renamed Force 136.

#WWII Mike Kendall's Z Force was conceived as a stay-behind party for Hong Kong. Almost exclusively comprised of Whites, it failed because they could not blend in with locals in a limited area, as demonstrated by the British Army Aid Group's success. This led to the recruiting of Chinese Canadians.

History is often written by the elite, but Gautam Hazarika used 20,000 interrogation reports to hear the actual voices of the sepoys and sergeants. Discover their personal accounts of the Burma campaign in our new episode. These stories are there to be told. #History #WWII

#WWII Some anti-colonial movements in Asia sided with the #Japanese, while some local guerrilla groups co-operated with #Force136 against them; only many were pro-independence and would turn against their colonizers at the end of the war.

🚨 NEXT WEEK🚨
Explore the forgotten SOE war in Burma in this History Rage episode with Richard Duckett and Duncan Gilmour. From Peacock’s jungle brilliance to vast guerrilla forces, this hidden campaign shaped victory in the Far East. 🌿🔥
#HistoryRage #WW2 #SOE #Podcast @chiselbury.bsky.social

New from Danny Orbach, due out Sept 2026 #histbookchat for the Japan specialists!!

Out now! Gautam Hazarika joins us to discuss his new book on the 62,000 Indian soldiers captured in 1942. We explore the birth of the INA and the brutal reality of captivity across the Far East. Listen today for this truly gripping story #ForgottenWar #MilitaryHistory #WW2Podcast

Cover of the book Jungle Warrior by Richard Duckett, a biography of Lt.Col. Edgar Peacock DSO MC & Bar

#OTD in 1945, Major Peacock and his Special Group were poised for their second attempt to parachute behind the lines into Burma.
What followed was probably SOE's most successful mission of the entire Second World War: Operation Character.

The homepage for the Canadian letters and images project. It shows soldiers posing for a photograph and there is a search bar in the centre. In the about section below, which cannot be seen in this image, it provides this information: The Canadian Letters and Images Project, created in 2000, is an online digital archive of the Canadian war experience, both home front and battlefront, from any conflict in which Canadians have participated. The focus of the project is on the personal materials of participants, such as letters and photographs, which permit us to experience the war through their eyes and their words. These are very often the stories of ordinary Canadians, largely forgotten and overlooked. Our mission is to digitally preserve and continue to make freely accessible this important part of Canada’s heritage for this generation and future generations. The vision of the project is to continue to expand this repository of Canadian archival materials by collaborating with Canadians to preserve and share the individual and collective stories that have shaped our past Accessibility to the past is key to understanding who we are as a nation. We are committed to free access for everyone to the materials of the project.

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The Canadian Letters & Images Project is an online digital archive of Canadians’ experience during wartime at home & in battle. It contains thousands of personal letters & photos that reveal people’s experience through their own words & eyes.
www.canadianletters.ca/content/abou...

Hello. Some of you may have been on the WHW livestream last night and heard Al talking about our podcast @newsofthewar.bsky.social

We try not to hang off others coattails but, well they brought it up! (we’re overwhelmed by the kindness)
Interested? here’s the link

linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar