After the newspaper article Hussain rightly declares his pride in his grandfather but he has not quite got the point here. The statue is to celebrate personally this very special leader. Hussain worries that the asian troops are not sufficiently remembered and yet they were the overwhelming majority of the victorious – and now famous - "Forgotten Army". The story might have mentioned the large body of colonial African troops that took part, lest we forget them too. The Royal Air Force played a most important part in the victory, both firstly by cutting the supply lines to the Japanese who might otherwise have overwhelmed the defenders of Imphal and Kohima and then by supplying our advancing forces. These airmen often felt that, in theatre at the time and even in the published official histories, they were the Forgotten Air Force. Slim's leadership depended on (and made the most of) a general understanding at all levels that the allied fighters were doing the right thing. Iraq now shows (as the Viet Nam war showed) how, without such leadership and such general conviction, no amount of money and equipment can assure victory. Rupert Butler -----Original Message----- From: india-british-raj-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:india-british-raj-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar Sent: 30 April 2008 09:43 To: india-british-raj@rootsweb.com Subject: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] REMEMBERING THE FORGOTTEN ARMY Snipped from http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=144913&command=display Content&sourceNode=231190&home=yes&more_nodeId1=144922&contentPK=20497561 REMEMBERING THE FORGOTTEN ARMY Date : 29.04.08 Up to one million troops faced death, injury and disease every day during the long campaign to push the Japanese out of Burma. They were the Forgotten Army - out of sight and, to most of the British public, out of mind. Their leader, General Bill Slim, is only now being properly remembered in Bristol, the city of his birth. TORBEN LEE tells the story of Slim's Heroes. Huge distances, appalling weather, difficult terrain, tortuous lines of communication, rampant diseases, the strange jungle environment and the seemingly unbeatable Japanese. That, along with the low priority his campaign held in Allied strategy, is how Bristol-born Bill Slim, commander of the 14th Army, remembered the Burma Campaign of 1943-45. [snip] ======================= ----- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar Nagpur, India ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.6/1404 - Release Date: 29/04/2008 18:27 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.6/1404 - Release Date: 29/04/2008 18:27