OTD 3rd Carabiniers climb 1k ft up Nunshigum massif,8 miles from
Imphal-it is the closest 🇯🇵 gets.8 Lee tanks of B sqn climb the steep slope. Knife edge ridge means to cmdrs lean out their turrets,soon all the officers are dead. SSM Craddock&Sbdr Singh(7 Dogras) finish the job.

And the great books keep on coming...
chiselbury.co.uk/bookstore/p/fo…

Thank you WW2TV Paul Woodadge for having me back to talk about tanks at Imphal & Kohima.I had a blast!Big one to remember: at the tennis court there were 39 days&hundreds of casualties from the beginning of the siege to the end. 13th May it took 80mins for 1 tank & 2 Dorsets to clear it,1 KIA

I’m on in about an hour, 7pm UK time, for my dramatically titled Armoured Fist: How tanks defeated the invasion of India youtube.com/live/S3S-aLqaL… join us!

Great kit, loved making it. Classic tamiya, perfect fit throughout. Just left off a few accessories, stowage etc that I’ll paint separately.

I’ve been somewhat busy with other projects recently, so it’s nice to settle down, chuck on a WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk (finishing Cassino 44) and get going on this Christmas present, ready for WHWFest Vrei #kitoff Finleys Touch 💚 Simon (@redfivemodels on Bluesky) Al Murray - DKMS.ORG.UK 🇺🇦 James Holland

Don’t forget that crazy guy WW2TV Paul Woodadge is having me back for a full show tomorrow (Thursday) at 7pm: Armoured Fist: How tanks defeated the invasion of India. Looking at the role tanks played at Imphal and Kohima. youtube.com/live/S3S-aLqaL… #history #tanks #ww2 #youtube #sww #milhist

This afternoon I finished the (very) first draft of Forgotten Armour:Tank Warfare in Burma.~100k words in 15 weeks whilst being a full time teacher. Lots of full evenings&weekends
😅this extract is not quite the end, I don’t want to spoil the final part. Book is out this Summer!

Its a great poster, but let’s be clear, Japanese tanks were woeful, and poorly handled … almost all were 1930s designed, and were outclassed by tanks considered obsolete in the western theatres eg Lee/Grant. WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk James Holland Al Murray - DKMS.ORG.UK 🇺🇦 Robert Lyman 🇺🇦

I’m speaking to this man’s family-Sgt Gerry Waterhouse,who got his tank on the tennis court at Kohima&cleared it w/ 2 Dorsets.We’d love to track down relatives of his crew-we’ve ID’d three possibles:Jack Gill,Sydney Bull&Lou Morris.(Not including Snagger Highett of Dorsets)Pls RT

The beginning of the end 😬 it’s March 1945 and 17th Division and 255th Tank Brigade, moving at great speed, have isolated Meiktila. I’m down to the last 10% of the first draft of the book. The Easter holiday has come at the perfect moment! #history #writing #ww2 #sww #tanks

The #39Hours walk from Jessami to Kohima begins this midnight. We wish the walkers and all others involved in this event a grand success. Photo by Robert Lyman 🇺🇦
This is the 80th year of #battleofjessami #battleofkohima and #battleofimphal

Wehavewaysfest.co.uk
July 19-21
Join @james1940 and me for a weekend of prime warwaffle.
The WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk brought to life for a weekend of fascinating history.

Talks, tanks, planes, pints... see you there

Looking forward to being back on WW2TV Paul Woodadge on Thursday 11 April at 7pm to talk about tanks at Imphal & Kohima. The tennis court, Nunshigum, pots and pans, pimples, bunker busting, it’s all there! If you love a Lee/Grant tank this is the show for you 🤜 #tanks #ww2 #india

Top pod, thank you WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk Al Murray - DKMS.ORG.UK 🇺🇦 James Holland and John Orloff! Going to have to binge MotA now. Or, do the Band/Pacific/Mota über binge (not my creation btw, can’t remember where I saw it originally 🤦‍♂️). I have got the Easter holiday soon 🤔