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9. Flying Tigers to Dakotas: Air Power and the Burma Campaign

Author
Robert Lyman and Jack Bowsher
Published
Mon 31 Mar 2025
Episode Link
https://shows.acast.com/the-forgotten-war-pod/episodes/9-flying-tigers-to-dakotas-air-power-and-the-burma-campaign

This week Jack and Rob discuss one of the most important aspects of the Burma Campaign: the air war. Success was built on air power, Slim's strategy from the end of 1943 to the of the war relied on aerial resupply in an air supremacy environment. The Hump, Admin Box, Kohima, Imphal, and the thunder run to Meiktila in 1945 all relied this all important supply line.

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