The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Rangoon, Burma. 5 January 1945. Among objectives of paratroops who landed south of Rangoon were heavy gun emplacements guarding river approach to Rangoon. Aerial view of defence points are indicated by ill-camouflaged circular embankments, which appear at first glance to be bomb craters.
Rangoon, Burma. 5 January 1945. Among objectives of paratroops who landed south of Rangoon were heavy gun emplacements guarding river approach to Rangoon. Aerial view of defence points are indicated b
Akyal, Burma. 5 January 1945. Indian paratroops, making their first operational jump, captured a number of heavy gun emplacements guarding the river approach to Rangoon. RAAF members were among aircre
Akyab, Burma. 5 January 1945. Douglas C47 Dakota transport aircraft waiting for the signal to take off and drop supplies to British and Indian paratroopers who landed south of Rangoon to capture heavy
Akyab, Burma. 5 January 1945. Line up of Douglas C47 Dakota transport aircraft waiting for the signal to take off and drop supplies to British and Indian paratroopers who landed south of Rangoon to ca
Burma. 1 May 1945. Parachutes slowly falling in the sky, suspending paratroops who landed at strategic points around the town and port of Rangoon, the capital of Burma. The paratroops of South East As
Burma. 1 May 1945. The seaborne invasion steaming towards the river and port. Landing barges of the Royal Navy landed on both banks of the Rangoon river, south of the town. Fires in the background wer
