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| Louis Mountbatten observing Mandalay from a distance aboard a WC command car, Burma, 13-18 Jan 1945 | Louis Mountbatten studying a map near Mandalay, Burma aboard a WC command car, 13-18 Jan 1945 |
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| M3 Lee tank passing a burning building in a Burmese village south of Mandalay, Burma, 20 Mar 1945. | Louis Mountbatten addressing men of British Royal Armoured Corps atop a captured Japanese 75mm gun, Mandalay, Burma, 21 Mar 1945 |
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| Soldiers of the Japanese-aligned Indian National Army after their surrender to the British 14th Army at Mount Popa, Mandalay region, Burma, Apr 1945 |
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