• 10.00am - 5.30pm
  • FREE
  • Chelsea, London
  • 10.00am - 5.30pm
  • FREE
  • Chelsea, London

Jungle Warfare in the Asia-Pacific Theatre

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Date

4 September 2020

Audience

Adults

Location

At home

Admission

FREE
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Subjects

Second World War
Asia
1900s

Bren gunner, 7th Gurkha Rifles, Burma, c1944
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Bren gunner, 7th Gurkha Rifles, Burma, c1944

Join Robert Fleming in this live online talk to discover the unconventional methods of warfare used in the Asia-Pacific theatre of the Second World War.

Robert Fleming of the National Army Museum examines how the use of unconventional warfare during the Second World War significantly undermined the Japanese and helped turn the tide in the Far East

He explores tactics such as winning over local populations, becoming expert in jungle warfare and survival, as well as the use of raids, sabotage and guerrilla attacks.

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