Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945. The Greatest Combined Arms Manoeuvre Battle of WWII

Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945. The Greatest Combined Arms Manoeuvre Battle of WWII With Jack Bowsher Part of our Burma (Myanmar) in WWII series    • Burma (Myanmar) in WWII   Part of our 1945 series on WW2TV    • 1945   Also part of our British Army ongoing series    • British Army in WWII   And our Tanks and Armoured Vehicles series    • Tanks and Armoured Vehicles   And our 80th Anniversary series    • 80th Anniversary Special   Thunder Run: looks at how the 17th Indian Division and 255th Indian Tank Brigade charged across the central dry belt of Burma to the Japanese supply hub of Meiktila, 80 miles behind enemy lines, and on the far side of the mighty Irrawaddy River. After a vicious battle to capture it, they held it for a month, surrounded, outnumbered, and supplied only by air. They sent out columns of tanks, mechanised infantry and self-propelled artillery to destroy Japanese formations before they had a chance to concentrate. Jack's publisher's page https://www.chiselbury.co.uk/bookstor... The Forgotten War Podcast: Burma Campaign WW2 is a new podcast featuring Dr Robert Lyman and Jack Bowsher that started in February 2025. The Forgotten War Podcast: Burma Campaign WW2: https://x.com/forgottenwarpod https://bsky.app/profile/forgottenwar... Jack Bowsher is a Head of History at a UK Secondary School (11-18y/o), who has recently finished his Masters in Military History at the University of Wolverhampton. He is @historybowsh on Twitter, BlueSky and Instagram. https://historybowsh.com/ You can become a YouTube Member and support us here    / @ww2tv   You can become a Patron here   / ww2tv   Please click subscribe for updates also "like" the video - it really helps! Social Media links -   / ww2tv     / ww2tv     / ww2tv   WW2TV Merchandise https://ww2tv.creator-spring.com/ WW2TV Bookshop - where you can purchase copies of books featured in my YouTube shows. Any book listed here comes with the personal recommendation of Paul Woodadge, the host of WW2TV. For full disclosure, if you do buy a book through a link from this page WW2TV will earn a commission. UK - https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/WW2TV USA - https://bookshop.org/shop/WW2TV Patreon Brigadiers: Susan Yu, David Keahey, Tom Mullen and Jim Walsh Become a WW2TV Brigadier and become part of this Hall of Fame   / ww2tv