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Timewatch · S16E6 — Forgotten Allies
Season 16 episodes
1. Love StoryFeb 25, 19972. Before ColumbusMar 4, 19973. Secret MemoriesMar 11, 19974. The Boer War: The First Media WarMar 18, 19975. Birth StoryMar 25, 19976. Forgotten AlliesApr 1, 19977. Back to the Iron AgeApr 18, 19978. The True Story of the Bridge on the River KwaiOct 28, 19979. Lords of the MayaNov 4, 199710. Alison: A Personal HistoryNov 11, 199711. The Gentlemen SpiesNov 18, 199712. The African TradeNov 25, 199713. Lenin's Secret FilesDec 2, 199714. Remember the Ugandan AsiansDec 9, 199715. In Search of CleopatraDec 16, 1997
Synopsis
When war broke out in South East Asia in 1941, one hill tribe - the Christian, English-speaking Karen - distinguished itself in the fight against Japan. Karen helped halt the Japanese, taught British Army regulars to fight in the jungle, and worked with Force 136 - the British sabotage unit immortalised in the fiction film 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'. Fifty years later they are fighting for their independence. Using newly unearthed archive material and documents, Timewatch tells why the Karen feel abandoned by the British and how they remain in a brutal civil war with the Burmese.
