REspect                     my dad served under Slim in the forgotten army

So now I truly understand why my uncle ( younger brother of my papa ) &  brother both served in 2/7 Gurkha  fought  in Burma campaign  never tired of speaking highly of Slim saheb  ! Their tryst began in Shillong !

Slim's memoir of his time in Burma is a great read, so good in fact it  was hard to put down. His humility and honesty are refreshing and the struggles he faced in the backwater of the war make his achievements all the more laudable.

He was my Father's C.O in Burma. And my oldest sister's God Father.

Excellent presentation. Impressive military career. My late uncle, Captain HRH Hind, paratrooper and jump instructor, served with the 7th Gurkhas during WW2. "Jungle Warfare " in Burma against the Japs. Clearly, he served under Gen. Slim. I learned more about my uncle's involvement during the war from this presentation than he ever spoke of or admitted to after the war. My grand father was from Scarborough. He joined the Army, King's Royal Rifles, after completing school. Stationed at Winchester, where he met and married my grand mother. Deployed to France during WW1. My mother was born in Aldershot, 1920. A few years later, the 60th Battalion KRR was deployed to India. Mother, her two older brothers and parents were off to India. While there, grand dad was promoted to the rank of Captain, Quartermaster of the 60th. They moved around India with the Battalion. My mother often metioned Calcutta, Bombay, Darjeeling, Chittagong, Rawalpindi and Lucknow, to name a few and Rangoon, Maymyo, Mingaladon and Mandalay while in Burma. The 60th also spent time in Egypt, stationed at the Citadel in Cairo. At age 18, my uncles were required to return to England or join the Army. They chose the latter. Uncle Hugh joined up 1936 or 1937. By 1941, when the 60th was evacuated to the Union of South Africa, some sailed to Singapore and were captured by the Japanese, Hugh already held the rank of Captain serving with the 7th Gurkhas. The book ' Helen of Burma ' describes some of the horrors the Japanese inflicted on my mother's friends and acquaintences who remained in Burma. After dropping off women and children in South Africa in 1941, the 60th returned to Egypt for the duration of the war, grand father with the rank of Major. He died with the rank of Lt. Col. in South Africa.

Slim's forcing of the Irrawaddy is a military masterpiece.

Most respected and fearless I think of "From Kent to Kohima" also "The jungle is Neutral" those
brave soldiers fought and survived in the jungle awful conditions, we waited for Truman.

Thank you, John, Bob and Ray for an excellent lecture. Having just returned from an excellent tour of Kohima and the battlefields of Northeast India led by Dr. Robert Lyman, Slim's biographer, I found your comments insightful and illuminating. Good job!

Men like Slim ... rare.. very rare today.... Salute him.

Discipline is the sacrifice of a man's comfort, inclination, safety even life for others, for something greater than himself, it is the refusal to become the weak link in the chain that snaps under strain. Field Marshall viscount Slim. Ex 1 Queens /PWRR (royal west Kent Regiment) (Those who know, know 😂)

First class documentary.  It had me riveted from start to end.  Thank you to those who made it and put it in the public domain.  I'm ashamed to admit that I hadn't heard of Bill Slim until today.  In Britain we concentrate too much on the European war with the far East just being remembered as a calamity which was finally sorted by the US.

IMHO William Slim was the best British 💯✨general in WW2.

it was he who broke the myth of the invincible Japanese army. The victories in kohima and Imphal was die to the fact that the British did not budge even though surrounded, unlike in Malaya/ Burma. This one move frustrated the japanese to defeat

Excellent presentation on a most excellent leader.  Slim Sahib .... he really earned that most honorable title.

A Great General Slim.

What an educational treat

There's a more than a substantial reason that Monty 'churlishly' refused  to endorse Slim.

I enjoyed the presentation.   I understand some of these troops are Para 's.  When I saw the picture I wondered how many drops did they do?

Slim was educated at King Edward's School, Edgbaston in Birmingham. Not St Philip's.

He was a great general. He was also an abuser of children not just in India. But also in Australia during his time there. Many victims of slim were able to come out and talk about their abuse at his hands much later.