Chindits attached to the 26th Indian Infantry Division preparing a meal beside a temple on Ramree Island, Burma, January 1945. This same month, the Battle of Ramree Island, also known Operation Matador (‘Killer’, in Spanish) took place between the XV Indian Corps offensive and several Japanese units under Kanichi Nagazawa. The British attack attempted to recpature Ramree and Cheduba Islands, by that time, under Japanese hands, which had captured it three years before. The battle is most known by a reported incident where Japanese soldiers were eaten in great numbers by saltwater crocodiles living in the inland mangrove swamps.

Original picture: Sgt. Frederick Wackett (IWM SE 2209)