Burma Day

Join us for a special day of talks and activities to celebrate the opening of our new exhibition, ‘Beyond Burma’, and to mark the 80th anniversary of VJ Day.
Royal Artillery gun detachment preparing to fire a 3.7 in howitzer during the Battle of the Ngakyedauk Pass, Arakan, February 1944

Join us for a special day of talks and activities to celebrate the opening of our new exhibition, ‘Beyond Burma’, and to mark the 80th anniversary of VJ Day.

This day of lectures aims to shine a light on the remarkable multinational army that fought in some of the toughest conditions of the Second World War.

Headline speakers will include Rob Lyman, Lucy Betteridge Dyson and the National Army Museum’s own Alan Jeffreys - the lead curator of our new exhibition Beyond Burma: Forgotten Armies.

There will also be a chance to engage with the Burma Star Memorial Fund, the Kohima Educational Trust, as well as representatives from regimental museums and associations.

Further programme details and booking links will be added soon. 

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Exhibition

Beyond Burma: Forgotten Armies

Marking the 80th anniversary of VJ (Victory over Japan) Day, this exhibition shines a light on the remarkable multinational army that fought in some of the toughest conditions of the Second World War.

Talk

Half a Banana: The Diary of a Gurkha Officer, 1942-45

Join Richard and David Kemmis Betty as they recount their father’s experiences as a British Indian Army officer fighting in Malaya and imprisoned in Singapore during the Second World War.