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.
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.
Between December 1941 and August 1945, British Commonwealth troops and their allies fought a bitter war across the vast expanses of Asia and the Pacific Ocean against a tenacious and often brutal enemy.
A collection of flags captured during the Second World War sheds light on the tough close-quarter combat of the Burma campaign and provides some rare insights about soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army.