Listeners will know Mad Mike Calvert, this week we follow his less well-known audacious raid at Henzada with Force Viper. Facing a sudden ambush, Calvert’s commandos & Force Viper Royal Marines fought back to the boats in a classic display of pirate spirit. Hear the full story today! #Chindits #WW2

Just found a photo of my grandad. Tommy , fought in Burma in #WW2 with the #Chindits , died from malaria complications after the war. Looks like a film star.

#ww2 #Burma, 1944. Bearded chap is Brg Ricketts, CO West #African Frontier Force and is an unknown soldier from #Nigeria.

3rd West African Division was all-Nigerian, 6th, 7th, & 12 Bt. 🇳🇬 Regt inc 3 Engineers and 3 Field Ambulance.

Part of the #chindits @historybowsh.bsky.social

My grandfather fought with the #chindits in #Burma he suffered with malaria all his life

The personnel of both Force 136 and the #Chindits were both incredibly brave, although they had varied degrees of success. Jack and Rob outline their views on Op Character and Op Thursday in Ep 8 Rumbles in the Jungles, out now!

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Rumbles in the Jungles: Special Ops in Burma - Ep 8 of our overview of the Burma Campaign is out now!
We've got #Chindits (Calvert,Lumley&Rutherford in pic)in Op Thursday&the genuinely forgotten SOE/Force 136 OpCharacter.
(Coincidentally, this is also the 81st Anniversary of Orde Wingate's death).

Sigo con CHINDITS. Por Robin Hood con dibujos de Rezzonico. #historietaargentina #comic #robinhood #rezzonico #chindits

Revisitando. Chindits por Robin Hood con dibujos de Rezzonico. Oro. #robinhood #rezzonico #chindits #comic #historietaargentina

Goldurn it - the Mailman delivered!! Took a $42 stab at @ebay - Won. @peterpiguk Minis - 7 Italian Packs 3 Packs of Brits 3 packs of Cossacks and 4 Assorted Not too bad...#FinallyMiniContent #Bersaglieri #Chindits #8thArmy #Cossacks #GreatPatrioticWar #PacificWar #WWII #SWW #FlamesOfWar

I want to recommend a very interesting book.
'Another Man's War' by Barnaby Phillips.
The story of a Burma Boy in Britain's forgotten African army.
Nigerians fighting for Britain in Burma.
#BlackHistory #ForgottenArmy
#Chindits #Burma
#WorldWarII

Martin Koenigsberg’s review of Mad Mike: A Life of Brigadier Michael Calvert This biography of Mad Mike Calvert is written by a Veteran of the Asian campaigns, and a big fan of the most famous of Orde Wingate's disciples. David Rooney was a Veteran and a Scholar of WWII, as we...

Just finished my 55th Book Review of the Year!! #WhatAreYouReading #BookReviews #20thCenturyHistory #MilitaryHistory #BritishImperialHistory #JapaneseImperialHistory #RajHistory #LongRangePenetration #BehindEnemyLines #Chindits #Burma #CBI #PacificWar #WWII #SWW
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