The Forgotten War Pod: Burma Campaign WW2
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The definitive podcast about the Burma Campaign of WW2. Robert Lyman & Jack Bowsher take you through the incredible & often brutal war in SE Asia, out Feb 2025
Thank you for listening to our Remembrance Day Special with @LevisonWood & @AlexBescoby on their moving doc The Last Burma Star. Aside from a couple more specials, we will return in January for Series 3 to cover the events of late 1942 and 1943. Make sure to follow us for updates #ForgottenWarPod
November 15, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Thank you for listening to our Remembrance Day Special with @LevisonWood & @AlexBescoby on their moving doc The Last Burma Star. Aside from a couple more specials, we will return in January for Series 3 to cover the events of late 1942 and 1943. Make sure to follow us for updates #ForgottenWarPod
How does this 80-year-old war live on? In a refugee camp school - the Phoenix School. Lev & Alex met a young boy named 'Japan'. He was named in honour of his grandfather, a hero of what the family calls "the Japan War". Hear this amazing story on the pod, and catch The Last Burma Star on Sky History
November 14, 2025 at 6:02 AM
How does this 80-year-old war live on? In a refugee camp school - the Phoenix School. Lev & Alex met a young boy named 'Japan'. He was named in honour of his grandfather, a hero of what the family calls "the Japan War". Hear this amazing story on the pod, and catch The Last Burma Star on Sky History
What happened to the local allies who fought for Britain? Many were forgotten. We discuss the tragic story of a Chindit veteran's son, whose father was cited for two medals including an MC, but never got them.The official reply? "Sent to Rangoon". Listen in & catch The Last Burma Star on Sky History
November 13, 2025 at 6:21 AM
What happened to the local allies who fought for Britain? Many were forgotten. We discuss the tragic story of a Chindit veteran's son, whose father was cited for two medals including an MC, but never got them.The official reply? "Sent to Rangoon". Listen in & catch The Last Burma Star on Sky History
For many in Burma, the war never ended. The current civil war is a direct aftershock of the 1940s. In our chat, @LevisonWood & @AlexBescoby describe meeting refugees who just fled the fighting —including some who remember being bombed in the Second World War. Catch our pod & The Last Burma Star now.
November 12, 2025 at 6:10 AM
For many in Burma, the war never ended. The current civil war is a direct aftershock of the 1940s. In our chat, @LevisonWood & @AlexBescoby describe meeting refugees who just fled the fighting —including some who remember being bombed in the Second World War. Catch our pod & The Last Burma Star now.
In their doc, Lev & Alex find Con Herh, a 100-year-old veteran. He joined the British Army twice but never received his medal, and even crossed an active warzone to meet them. Hear about the moving moment he received his Burma Star & a letter from the King. Catch The Last Burma Star on Sky History.
November 11, 2025 at 6:46 AM
In their doc, Lev & Alex find Con Herh, a 100-year-old veteran. He joined the British Army twice but never received his medal, and even crossed an active warzone to meet them. Hear about the moving moment he received his Burma Star & a letter from the King. Catch The Last Burma Star on Sky History.
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Such a fantastic listen today …
and such an important listen today 🙏
Make sure you tune in to the @forgottenwarpod.bsky.social 🎧
and to @historyuk.bsky.social this evening at 9pm to see Levison Wood & @alexbescoby.bsky.social incredible film documentary
‘The Last Burma Star’
🎥🎬🎖️
and such an important listen today 🙏
Make sure you tune in to the @forgottenwarpod.bsky.social 🎧
and to @historyuk.bsky.social this evening at 9pm to see Levison Wood & @alexbescoby.bsky.social incredible film documentary
‘The Last Burma Star’
🎥🎬🎖️
November 9, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Such a fantastic listen today …
and such an important listen today 🙏
Make sure you tune in to the @forgottenwarpod.bsky.social 🎧
and to @historyuk.bsky.social this evening at 9pm to see Levison Wood & @alexbescoby.bsky.social incredible film documentary
‘The Last Burma Star’
🎥🎬🎖️
and such an important listen today 🙏
Make sure you tune in to the @forgottenwarpod.bsky.social 🎧
and to @historyuk.bsky.social this evening at 9pm to see Levison Wood & @alexbescoby.bsky.social incredible film documentary
‘The Last Burma Star’
🎥🎬🎖️
Why is the campaign so personal for Levison Wood? His grandfather served in the 36th Div from 1944 and told Lev gruesome stories of the war, including surviving an ambush that killed his entire patrol . Lev retraces his steps in the doc. Listen to our pod & see The Last Burma Star on Sky History.
November 10, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Why is the campaign so personal for Levison Wood? His grandfather served in the 36th Div from 1944 and told Lev gruesome stories of the war, including surviving an ambush that killed his entire patrol . Lev retraces his steps in the doc. Listen to our pod & see The Last Burma Star on Sky History.
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It was a lovely chat sitting down and talking to Levison & Alex about their new doc The Last Burma Star - you can watch the show tonight on @skyhistory.bsky.social at 9pm. In the pod we dug into the making of the doc, & much more.
Listen on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, or wherever else you get your pods
Listen on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, or wherever else you get your pods
OUT NOW: Our Remembrance Day Special! Jack & Rob talk to Levison Wood & Alex Bescoby about their powerful new doc, The Last Burma Star. They discuss Lev's grandfather, finding a 100-year-old veteran, & the war's living legacy. Watch the film TONIGHT, 9pm on @skyhistory.bsky.social ! #remembranceday
November 9, 2025 at 8:17 AM
It was a lovely chat sitting down and talking to Levison & Alex about their new doc The Last Burma Star - you can watch the show tonight on @skyhistory.bsky.social at 9pm. In the pod we dug into the making of the doc, & much more.
Listen on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, or wherever else you get your pods
Listen on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, or wherever else you get your pods
OUT NOW: Our Remembrance Day Special! Jack & Rob talk to Levison Wood & Alex Bescoby about their powerful new doc, The Last Burma Star. They discuss Lev's grandfather, finding a 100-year-old veteran, & the war's living legacy. Watch the film TONIGHT, 9pm on @skyhistory.bsky.social ! #remembranceday
November 9, 2025 at 8:15 AM
OUT NOW: Our Remembrance Day Special! Jack & Rob talk to Levison Wood & Alex Bescoby about their powerful new doc, The Last Burma Star. They discuss Lev's grandfather, finding a 100-year-old veteran, & the war's living legacy. Watch the film TONIGHT, 9pm on @skyhistory.bsky.social ! #remembranceday
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I will definitely be tuning in 🎧
@historyuk.bsky.social 🎬
@historyuk.bsky.social 🎬
November 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I will definitely be tuning in 🎧
@historyuk.bsky.social 🎬
@historyuk.bsky.social 🎬
Out tomorrow! Our Remembrance Day Special: The Last Burma Star with Levison Wood and Alex Bescoby.
Jack and Rob interview the two adventurers on their brilliant new documentary - out tomorrow evening at 9pm on Sky History!
Jack and Rob interview the two adventurers on their brilliant new documentary - out tomorrow evening at 9pm on Sky History!
November 8, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Out tomorrow! Our Remembrance Day Special: The Last Burma Star with Levison Wood and Alex Bescoby.
Jack and Rob interview the two adventurers on their brilliant new documentary - out tomorrow evening at 9pm on Sky History!
Jack and Rob interview the two adventurers on their brilliant new documentary - out tomorrow evening at 9pm on Sky History!
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Last day of the Thunder Run Meiktila 1945 flash sale with code IWM20.
Get your copy, or maybe one for a Christmas present, here👇
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Get your copy, or maybe one for a Christmas present, here👇
www.chiselbury.co.uk/bookstore/p/...
November 8, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Last day of the Thunder Run Meiktila 1945 flash sale with code IWM20.
Get your copy, or maybe one for a Christmas present, here👇
www.chiselbury.co.uk/bookstore/p/...
Get your copy, or maybe one for a Christmas present, here👇
www.chiselbury.co.uk/bookstore/p/...
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⚡️20% flash sale of Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945 - only at Chiselbury.co.uk using code IWM20.
Perfect time to grab your copy now, or get ahead as a Christmas gift 🎄 🎁
@chiselbury @I_W_M @forgottenwarpod
Perfect time to grab your copy now, or get ahead as a Christmas gift 🎄 🎁
@chiselbury @I_W_M @forgottenwarpod
November 4, 2025 at 6:01 AM
⚡️20% flash sale of Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945 - only at Chiselbury.co.uk using code IWM20.
Perfect time to grab your copy now, or get ahead as a Christmas gift 🎄 🎁
@chiselbury @I_W_M @forgottenwarpod
Perfect time to grab your copy now, or get ahead as a Christmas gift 🎄 🎁
@chiselbury @I_W_M @forgottenwarpod
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As a thank you to those who came to the @forgottenwarpod.bsky.social talk at IWM podcast festival & also for those who couldn’t make it, @chiselbury.bsky.social have Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945 with 20% off using code IWM20 - only available at tinyurl.com/2s4bvp6p ending at 23:59 on 8 Nov 25
November 2, 2025 at 8:40 AM
As a thank you to those who came to the @forgottenwarpod.bsky.social talk at IWM podcast festival & also for those who couldn’t make it, @chiselbury.bsky.social have Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945 with 20% off using code IWM20 - only available at tinyurl.com/2s4bvp6p ending at 23:59 on 8 Nov 25
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Thank you to everyone who came to watch - great to see so many wanting to hear about the Burma Campaign too!
Jack and guest host Lucy managed Burma 45 in 45 minutes perfectly at the IWM Podcast Live festival today. Amphibious ops and manoeuvre warfare the order of the day - and lots of lovely comments at the end.
November 1, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Thank you to everyone who came to watch - great to see so many wanting to hear about the Burma Campaign too!
Jack and guest host Lucy managed Burma 45 in 45 minutes perfectly at the IWM Podcast Live festival today. Amphibious ops and manoeuvre warfare the order of the day - and lots of lovely comments at the end.
November 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Jack and guest host Lucy managed Burma 45 in 45 minutes perfectly at the IWM Podcast Live festival today. Amphibious ops and manoeuvre warfare the order of the day - and lots of lovely comments at the end.
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Peak Animals and War content
The last survivor of the Crimean War died in 2004.
"Timothy" spent 40 years in the Navy. After retirement, having moved in with the Earl of Devon, she revealed she was a girl.
She would wander round his garden wearing a sign that said. "My name is Timothy. I am very old. Pease do not pick me up".
"Timothy" spent 40 years in the Navy. After retirement, having moved in with the Earl of Devon, she revealed she was a girl.
She would wander round his garden wearing a sign that said. "My name is Timothy. I am very old. Pease do not pick me up".
October 31, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Peak Animals and War content
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On my way!
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#ww2 #burma #india #tanks #history #author #sww #myanmar #historian #writer #podcast #live
November 1, 2025 at 9:47 AM
It’s tomorrow! Jack & Lucy are doing The Forgotten War Pod’s Burma 45 in 45 at the IWM Podcast Live Festival. Today is your last chance to get your tickets for a day of live talks - 🎟️🔗👇
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After their talk Jack & Lucy will also be signing copies of Thunder Run & Jungle Commandoes
tinyurl.com/3e49ut2d
After their talk Jack & Lucy will also be signing copies of Thunder Run & Jungle Commandoes
October 31, 2025 at 6:38 AM
It’s tomorrow! Jack & Lucy are doing The Forgotten War Pod’s Burma 45 in 45 at the IWM Podcast Live Festival. Today is your last chance to get your tickets for a day of live talks - 🎟️🔗👇
tinyurl.com/3e49ut2d
After their talk Jack & Lucy will also be signing copies of Thunder Run & Jungle Commandoes
tinyurl.com/3e49ut2d
After their talk Jack & Lucy will also be signing copies of Thunder Run & Jungle Commandoes
Just two days until IWM’s Podcast Live Festival - make sure you get your tickets in the link below to hear from a number of great pods, and of course Jack and guest host Lucy Betteridge-Dyson. They’ve boldly challenged themselves to do Burma 45 in 45 minutes 😬
🎟️ tinyurl.com/3e49ut2d
🎟️ tinyurl.com/3e49ut2d
October 30, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Just two days until IWM’s Podcast Live Festival - make sure you get your tickets in the link below to hear from a number of great pods, and of course Jack and guest host Lucy Betteridge-Dyson. They’ve boldly challenged themselves to do Burma 45 in 45 minutes 😬
🎟️ tinyurl.com/3e49ut2d
🎟️ tinyurl.com/3e49ut2d
Just a couple more days until IWM Podcast Live Festival - see Jack & guest host Lucy Betteridge-Dyson doing Burma 1945 in 45 (ish), & a book signing afterwards. Don’t miss this and lots of other great podcasts presenting on Sat 1 Nov
Get your tickets here👇
tinyurl.com/3e49ut2d
@lmdburns.bsky.social
Get your tickets here👇
tinyurl.com/3e49ut2d
@lmdburns.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Just a couple more days until IWM Podcast Live Festival - see Jack & guest host Lucy Betteridge-Dyson doing Burma 1945 in 45 (ish), & a book signing afterwards. Don’t miss this and lots of other great podcasts presenting on Sat 1 Nov
Get your tickets here👇
tinyurl.com/3e49ut2d
@lmdburns.bsky.social
Get your tickets here👇
tinyurl.com/3e49ut2d
@lmdburns.bsky.social
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The Last Burma Star is brilliant, and if you want to see the premier get yourselves to the National Army Museum on 6 Nov. Tickets available here 👇
www.nam.ac.uk/whats-on/las...
www.nam.ac.uk/whats-on/las...
October 26, 2025 at 7:55 AM
The Last Burma Star is brilliant, and if you want to see the premier get yourselves to the National Army Museum on 6 Nov. Tickets available here 👇
www.nam.ac.uk/whats-on/las...
www.nam.ac.uk/whats-on/las...
Great fun at FWP Towers today recording our Remembrance Day Special with Lev & Alex about The Last Burma Star - it’s a wonderful piece and a reminder of why the Burma Campaign is so fascinating - catch it’s premier at the NAM on 6 Nov👇 nam.ac.uk/whats-on/last-…
or on SkyHistory at 9pm Sun 9 Nov.
or on SkyHistory at 9pm Sun 9 Nov.
October 27, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Great fun at FWP Towers today recording our Remembrance Day Special with Lev & Alex about The Last Burma Star - it’s a wonderful piece and a reminder of why the Burma Campaign is so fascinating - catch it’s premier at the NAM on 6 Nov👇 nam.ac.uk/whats-on/last-…
or on SkyHistory at 9pm Sun 9 Nov.
or on SkyHistory at 9pm Sun 9 Nov.
Whilst we are between series,Jack&Rob are still working on new content&we’re very excited to say we’ve seen Levison Wood & Alex Bescoby’s wonderful doc The Last Burma Star. Looking forward to having them on for Remembrance Day.
Premier at the NAM, London on 6 Nov
Released on Sky History 9 Nov.
Premier at the NAM, London on 6 Nov
Released on Sky History 9 Nov.
October 26, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Whilst we are between series,Jack&Rob are still working on new content&we’re very excited to say we’ve seen Levison Wood & Alex Bescoby’s wonderful doc The Last Burma Star. Looking forward to having them on for Remembrance Day.
Premier at the NAM, London on 6 Nov
Released on Sky History 9 Nov.
Premier at the NAM, London on 6 Nov
Released on Sky History 9 Nov.
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Never listened!
Madness!
Get on it folks.
I usually listen to pods when exercising or washing up or driving. Or doing housey things like painting or gardening or sorting out the garage/hiking gear.
Madness!
Get on it folks.
I usually listen to pods when exercising or washing up or driving. Or doing housey things like painting or gardening or sorting out the garage/hiking gear.
Missing The Forgotten War Pod? Never listened? Why not charge into Series 1 and hear our overview of the campaign - the highs and lows of in India and Burma covered in 11 episodes. Find us on Apple, Spotify, and anywhere else you get podcasts.
October 25, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Never listened!
Madness!
Get on it folks.
I usually listen to pods when exercising or washing up or driving. Or doing housey things like painting or gardening or sorting out the garage/hiking gear.
Madness!
Get on it folks.
I usually listen to pods when exercising or washing up or driving. Or doing housey things like painting or gardening or sorting out the garage/hiking gear.