Raid on Sabang and Lhenga airfields.

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General view from one of attacking planes shows a blazing oil tank, burning docks wharehouses and ships. A Japanese destroyer is in foreground.

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Series of British Official War Photographs from World War IICP1727

MediterraneanCP1727/1

Eastern FrontCP1727/2

Far EastCP1727/3

Far EastCP1727/3/1

RAF Bombers attack airfield at Pokokkn.CP1727/3/1/1

Allied air attack over BurmaCP1727/3/1/2

RAF Lysanders part of Madagascan Campaign.CP1727/3/1/3

Short cut to Tokio. US Alaskan Military highway opens.CP1727/3/1/4

USAAF attack Japanese supply ship.CP1727/3/1/5

Australian and American commanders in New Guinea.CP1727/3/1/6

RAF went to aid Wingate raiding column. 17 sick and wounded men brought back. ChinditsCP1727/3/1/7

RAF went to aid Wingate raiding column.CP1727/3/1/8

RAF went to aid Wingate raiding column.CP1727/3/1/9

Brigadier Charles Orde Wingate D.S.O. and Bar. ChinditsCP1727/3/1/10

RAF went to aid Wingate raiding column.CP1727/3/1/11

Camouflaged Houseboats are a Japanese HQ.CP1727/3/1/12

RAF attack Japanese rolling stock in Burma.CP1727/3/1/13

Chinese troops attack on central front.CP1727/3/1/14

NZ Artillery pieces await loading on landing craft.CP1727/3/1/15

Three power conference in N. Africa agrees on future operations against Japan.CP1727/3/1/16

Ledo Road lifeline to China.CP1727/3/1/17

Supplying ChinditsCP1727/3/1/18

Supply convoy Burma Chin hills area.CP1727/3/1/19

Howitzer firing with 14th ArmyCP1727/3/1/20

Supply lorries crossing pontoon bridge Chin Hills.CP1727/3/1/21

Carrying a wounded man out of the jungle.CP1727/3/1/22

Jemaldar Bombardier Gurune.CP1727/3/1/23

New Zealand Airmen in the SolomonsCP1727/3/1/24

New Zealanders in Solomons.CP1727/3/1/25

New Zealanders in Landing craft Solomons.CP1727/3/1/26

Battle of Changteh (Chinas Stalingrad).CP1727/3/1/27

Battle of Changteh (Chinas Stalingrad).CP1727/3/1/28

Invasion of Marshall IslandsCP1727/3/1/29

Invasion of Marshall Islands.CP1727/3/1/30

Supply 14th Army on Arakan front.CP1727/3/1/31

RAF Flight Mechanics at work.CP1727/3/1/32

14th Army in Maungdaw Area Arakan front.CP1727/3/1/33

Arakan front. Man of Burma Intelligence Corps.CP1727/3/1/34

Arakan front A mule train.CP1727/3/1/35

The Argonaut Cruiser.CP1727/3/1/36

HMS Bowie.CP1727/3/1/37

HMS Victorious.CP1727/3/1/38

Raid on Sabang and Lhenga airfields.CP1727/3/1/39

Gordon HighlandersCP1727/3/1/40

Machine gun nest on Namur Kwajalein Atoll Marshall Islands.CP1727/3/1/41

Chinese and American Troops.CP1727/3/1/42

B24 bombing Vinh 160 miles south of Hanoi.CP1727/3/1/43

New Zealand troops form human chains.CP1727/3/1/44

Anti-aircraft fire Marshall Islands.CP1727/3/1/45

Chinese troops march against Japanese in Burma.CP1727/3/1/46

US soldiers cross New Guinea stream.CP1727/3/1/47

US soldiers press attack on Kwajalein.CP1727/3/1/48

Beaufighters strike at Japanese rivercraftCP1727/3/1/49

Train busting Far East.CP1727/3/1/50

An Australian manned Beaufort bomber.CP1727/3/1/51

Goods train attacked by Beaufighter.CP1727/3/1/52

Beaufighters hit hard at transport and supplies.CP1727/3/1/53

Beauforts on way to attack.CP1727/3/1/54

British South countrymen on Arakan front.CP1727/3/1/55

Arakan wounded evacuated by air.CP1727/3/1/56

Gurka patrol Arakan front.CP1727/3/1/57

Arakan front crossing a ditch at full speed.CP1727/3/1/58

Arakan front firefightersCP1727/3/1/59

Arakan front 7th division Ngayedauk pass.CP1727/3/1/60

Arakan front 7th division Ngayedauk pass.CP1727/3/1/61

Air supply saves 7th division. Supplied by air for 11 days.CP1727/3/1/62

Tanks in use Arakan area.CP1727/3/1/63

Vultee 'Vengeance' Dive bomber in Burma.CP1727/3/1/64

British troops mopping up on the Imphal-Ukhrul front.CP1727/3/1/65

Tough terrain in Arakan.CP1727/3/1/66

Oil tanks being built by Indian engineers.CP1727/3/1/67

Tanks in action in Arakan.CP1727/3/1/68

US incediary bombs burst over Japanese airfieldCP1727/3/1/69

Burma road open to China.CP1727/3/1/70

West African troops on Burma Front supplied by air.CP1727/3/1/71

West African Troops in Kaladan Valley.CP1727/3/1/72

Beaufighters fire Japanese oil.CP1727/3/1/73

Beaufighters bomb Japanese oil pipe line.CP1727/3/1/74

Beaufighters attack in BurmaCP1727/3/1/75

Beaufighters attack Burma pipeline.CP1727/3/1/76

War in the Imphal hills.CP1727/3/1/77

Scenes from aircraft carrier during operation against Sourabaya.CP1727/3/1/78

British aircraft carrier during Sigli raid.CP1727/3/1/79

Carrier borne aircraft attack on Pedang.CP1727/3/1/80

British troops in Burma.CP1727/3/1/81

British troops in Burma.CP1727/3/1/82

The road to Pinbaw Burma.CP1727/3/1/83

Monsoon fighting on Burma frontier.CP1727/3/1/84

Camp site of the 5th Indian Division.CP1727/3/1/85

Gurkhas clearing the position at Scraggy.CP1727/3/1/86

The winding road to Tamu.CP1727/3/1/87

RAF Hurri-Bombers ground attack.CP1727/3/1/88

Arakan Front delivering supplies.CP1727/3/1/89

Battle field broadcast to Japs.CP1727/3/1/90

Looking down on Tiddim.CP1727/3/1/91

Moving towards Tiddim.CP1727/3/1/92

Indian troops capture Kennedy Peak.CP1727/3/1/93

Patrol of the 36th Division advances through razor edged grasses on way to Mchnyin.CP1727/3/1/94

Burma - jungle patrol attacks a native 'Basha'CP1727/3/1/95

Royal Scots Fusiliers manning forward positions on the road to Hawlu.CP1727/3/1/96

Two men of 36th Division wading through river.CP1727/3/1/97

A Battery fires a 3.7 Howitzer at enemy in Burma hills.CP1727/3/1/98

Lieutenant General Sir Oliver Leese being driven in jeep.CP1727/3/1/99

British Advancing into Jungle.CP1727/3/1/100

Aircraft droping supplies.CP1727/3/1/101

The 14th cross the Chinwin in the Sittsung area.CP1727/3/1/102

British Eastern Fleet Operations against Sabang.CP1727/3/1/103

Convoy in Indian OceanCP1727/3/1/104

Thunderbolts are being serviced by ground crews.CP1727/3/1/105

Seaborne invasion approaching Akyab.CP1727/3/1/106

Landings at Akyab.CP1727/3/1/107

Attack on Japanese airfields near Ragoon.CP1727/3/1/108

Battle for Pinwe - battery fire.CP1727/3/1/109

Battle for Pinwe moving up to the front.CP1727/3/1/110

Sherman and Lee tanks make their way along Bipadon River bed.CP1727/3/1/111

British troops attack at Mudalin into the flames of battle.CP1727/3/1/112

Bombs released from RAF Liberator during daylight attack.CP1727/3/1/113

Clouds of smoke from supply base at Armapura.CP1727/3/1/114

Pacific - Australian manned Matilda tanks being landed at Tokio beach.CP1727/3/1/115

A Kachin patrol moving through burning village of Tonnges.CP1727/3/1/116

Allied Airstrip Burma as seen from control tower.CP1727/3/1/117

Two members of the South Wales Borderers patrolling the village of Bahe immediately after capture.CP1727/3/1/118

Sherman tank of the 25th Indian Division.CP1727/3/1/119

HMS Indefatigable passing through Suez canal.CP1727/3/1/120

Fleet Air Arm forming up to attack Japanese oil refinery.CP1727/3/1/121

Heavy attack on Malay Rail yards taken from RAF Liberator.CP1727/3/1/122

British troops take Ywathitgyi.CP1727/3/1/123

British troops take Meiktila.CP1727/3/1/124

British 2nd Division nearing Mandalay.CP1727/3/1/125

British troops take Meiltila.CP1727/3/1/126

Liberation of Burmas wonder city.CP1727/3/1/127

Capture of Mandalay.CP1727/3/1/128

Karnaphuli Rapids.CP1727/3/1/129

19th Indian 'Dagger' division.CP1727/3/1/130

Britains East India Fleet in action off Sumatra.CP1727/3/1/131

RAF Liberators cripple Bangkok Canal.CP1727/3/1/132

RAF Liberators bomb bridges on Burma-Siam railway.CP1727/3/1/133

Attack.on Japanese supplies by RAF Liberators.CP1727/3/1/134

RAF Liberators attack road bridges.CP1727/3/1/135

RAF Liberators attack road bridges.CP1727/3/1/136

Fort Dufferin falls to 'Dagger' Division.CP1727/3/1/137

Le Grants go forward into battle.CP1727/3/1/138

14th Army Rangoon.CP1727/3/1/139

Borneo front Australians advance.CP1727/3/1/140

Fires rage on Tarakan.CP1727/3/1/141

Allied POWs freed from Camps in Burma.CP1727/3/1/142

Rangoon from the air.CP1727/3/1/143

Pegu liberated by 14th army.CP1727/3/1/144

Prime 3rd city in Burma liberated armoured column ambushed.CP1727/3/1/145

RAF Regiment in Burma.CP1727/3/1/146

Battle of the AtlanticCP1727/4

Home FrontCP1727/5

Liberation of EuropeCP1727/6