The second map: The battered suitcase

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While the Allies celebrated victory in Europe, war was not over for the men and women on the Asian front in World War Two. This episode traces those final months of war - from the prisoner of war camps on the so-called ‘death railway’, to the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, devastated by nuclear bombs. We explore how memory and forgetting have shaped our war narrative in the 80 years since the World War Two, and we meet descendants of those who were there, discovering new stories, even now. With thanks to Dr Diya Gupta, Dr Vikki Hawkins, Dr Peter Johnston, Professor Rana Mitter and Tejpal Singh Ralmill. The original interview with Maurice Naylor was by Monica Whitlock, for Witness History. Presenter/writer: Kavita Puri Script editor: Ant Adeane Sound engineer: James Beard Production co-ordinators: Sabine Scherek, Maria Ogundele Original music: Felix Taylor Archive Curator: Tariq Hussain (Photo: The USS Nevada in flames. Credit: Reuters)