143. Battleground 44' - The Battle of Shangshak

Battleground

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4.6 • 703 Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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In this episode of Battleground 44' Saul takes us through the extraordinary but relatively unknown story of the heroic stand made by the 50th Indian Parachute Brigade at the Battle of Shangshak. This crucial battle took place in the mountainous frontier between India and Burma, as Japanese forces sought to invade India, in the lead up to the battle of Imphal 80 years ago. If you have any thoughts or questions, you can send them to - podbattleground@gmail.com Producer: James Hodgson X (Twitter): @PodBattleground Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:00.0	Hello and welcome to another episode of Battleground 44 with me, Patrick Bishop and Saul David.
1:19.1	It's now nearly three months since we began the series and we've had a very gratifying reaction from listeners.
1:24.7	So thanks to everyone who's emailed to say they're enjoying listening to it,
1:28.4	we're certainly enjoying making it. We've got some great material in the pipeline, including a series
1:33.8	within a series, if you like, on the warlords who dominated the conflict, explained and illuminated
1:40.0	for you by some great masters of contemporary history. So in the coming weeks, we're bringing you Simon Seabag Montefiore on Stalin,
1:48.2	Andrew Roberts on Churchill, Roger Morehouse on Hitler, and so forth.
1:53.4	It's going to be great.
1:54.9	But today we're discussing one of the most significant but little-known battles of the war in the Far East.
2:00.4	That is the gallant stand of the 50th
2:02.7	Indian Parachute Brigade against a numerically superior Japanese force at Sengshak in the Manipur district
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