Rangoon, Burma. 15 June 1945. A victory parade was held to celebrate the defeat of the Japanese ...

Accession Number P02491.097
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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Rangoon, Burma. 15 June 1945. A victory parade was held to celebrate the defeat of the Japanese armies. Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia, reads His Majesty The King George VI's address to the assembled troops. In the background, are, Air Marshal Sir Keith R. Park, Allied Air Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C), centre, and Admiral Sir Arthur Power, C-in-C East Indies Fleet, left.

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