Historian DAVID TANNER is Ralph Tanner's son. Ralph was commissioned as a second lieutenant to the Second Battalion KOYLI on 1 January 1942, joining them for the second part of the Burma campaign and the retreat, suffering from dysentery as the battalion left Burma for good. He was posted to the War Office in 1944, returning to Burma in the British Military Administration. He was demobilised in October 1946.
In December 1941 a Japanese battalion of 143rd Regiment of 55th Division crossed the Burma-Siam border and seized Victoria Point, heralding the invasion of Burma. The first air raids on Rangoon were opposed by only two fighter squadrons - 16 P40s of the American Volunteer Group (AVG)...
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