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Wonderful information, thank you 🌹🕊

1:17 that parade must have been post war as that jeep is an early M38 or even possibly a CJ2a. Either way, the vehicle belongs to the Indian Army as the British never used them, preferring to soldier on with the wartime MBs and GPWs until eventually superseded by the Series 2 Landrover. (We'll ignore the blind alley that was the Austin Champ.)

The 14th Army and Slim really were a special bunch who have never been given the credit they deserve. I've said it before and will say it again. I believe Montgomery would have been an utter failure in the Burma theatre, but Slim would have been just as good, if not better in North Africa and Europe.

Wonderful video! Thanks, I'd not known of this. His wasn't the only VC awarded on the enemy's reccomendation. Lookup HMS Gloworm. Very much in the same vein.

My great uncle fought in the 14th. He came home thankfully

Happy birthday you lion of man. RIP

I’d love to hear about the airborne in Burma, definitely a bunch of guys who never get covered!

Yes indeed the forgotten army. Brave men one and all and lets not forget the Chindits. How many people know about their heroic ventures behind Japanese lines. I know I should wait but I may miss your next video on Kohima. Please for give me for posting the Kohima epitaph. How so few words can mean so much. 'When You Go Home, Tell Them Of Us And Say, For Your Tomorrow, We Gave Our Today.'

Damn, that’s some heavy casualties for the Japanese

For me, the greatest man of the modern era. He is there with Alfred the Great. He founded England, Churchill saved her.

"Quite the career in politics" Wonderfully understated 👏✌️😂

There were so many acts of self-sacrifice like that one to save others that illustrate more than anything the difference between that generation and what we have now where it's all me, me, me and I want it all and I want it yesterday.

That's tragic 😢 Thank you for keeping his name alive 🌹🕊

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Brave man

Tetrach is latin for _better than nothing_ btw. Ironically it wasn't.

The first soldier's to take the battle to the Japanese stilwell wouldn't have abused American soldier's like he did with the British.

Well done

sah- loot !

The best of British stock was wasted in those two world wars , if they were here now to see what our traitor politicians have done to our country and people they wouldn’t have bothered.

What a hero

Freddy Spencer Chapman (The Jungle is Neutral) of Auxiliaries, SOE and explorer is worthy of a mention. He was a contemporary and worked with Calvert, Peter Fleming, Anthony Quayle, and others in building the Auxiliaries our last ditch guerrilla force if the Germans had invaded UK.

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Is the world any better .

Legend o7

Excellent....Mrs C,s da served in the Chindits...one minute he was running a team of horses on the Docks in Liverpool, the next he was a muleteer...he had bouts of malaria all his life...RIP....best wishes from the wirral peninsula,bounded by the mersey and the Dee and the Irish sea...geography and rhyme....E

Used to chat to Mike regularly in the late 70's when he was working as a gardener in Haywards Heath. Hadn't a clue who he was at the time

I see that you have used the post war Canadian version of the Victoria Cross in your video. That version has never been awarded, unlike the New Zealand and Australian versions.

We will remember him, and those who died alongside him.

My father was at that battle....one of the few things he said of Burma....said Calvert was a great field officer...

Absolutely mesmerising. Thank you sir. Where have your like gone x

Great article. My dad was a Chindit and a Desert Rat. He was in The Royal Leicestershire Regiment and prior to Burma had been in Palestine, Syria, North Africa, The relief of Tobruk and Crete. Trained in the then Ceylon and India. He took part in Operation Longcloth and Operation Thursday. He spoke of Wingate, Mad Mike Calvert and Bernard Ferguson. He suffered from recurrent bouts of malaria for the rest of his life. He proudly wore the Desert Rat badge and Chindit badges on his blazers. He was 5' 6", nine stone, shy and unassuming and I simply can't imagine what he and his mates went through. The Chindits simply did not get the recognition they deserved... The Forgotten Fourteenth.

What a warrior. Do one on Sir John Gorman who knocked out a Tiger II tank by ramming it during Operation Goodwood!

In an age when there were real men.

What a great lad.

Thanks for bringing these braves men’s stories to a new light

I think a lot of modern warfare is being looked at with fresh eyes and questioning the reasons for war are always valid and appropriate. However, that should never, in my opinion, degrade the point of valour medals and the type of men who were awarded them. Often the "ordinary soldier" who was fighting for his own life, as well as those men around him. I am, and always will be, against war. But I do watch these men with utter respect and admiration. 🌹🕊

Joe Louis was a fantastic boxer, and a real hero

I’m glad he finally got the recognition in the end he so deserved

What a brave man, RIP George Cairns, thank you for your bravery in the service

Hi everyone, just a quick one, I know the wording of “winning” a Victoria Cross, or any medal of bravery is quite a hot topic. However, my choice of wording for the title of the video, is by no means a disrespectful term. An article from the Australian War Memorial page sums it up best for me, and I’ve linked it here below! ⬇️ www.awm.gov.au/articles/blog/why-it-not-incorrect-speak-winning-victoria-cross#:~:text=It%20is%20often%20asserted%20that,or%20some%20other%20bravery%20award.

It makes sense that they should all be under one Flag but is sad to see them go.

I reckon he'd have made a great centre back! YNWA

‼️ Fun extra fact, my Grandad met Joe during this trip to Liverpool and fondly remembered shaking hands with him! ‼️

That answers the age old question “who is footballs hardest man” 😂

That is very scouse, to be fair! 😂✌️ YNWA ❤

Would like to find out if that's true YNWA