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EPISODE · Aug 25, 2025 · 58 MIN

14. Elephants, and novelising the retreat

from The Forgotten War Podcast: Burma Campaign WW2

This week Rob and Jack were joined by the brilliant journalist and novelist John Sweeney. Aside from his work all over the world and covering all sorts of topics, including Trump and Putin, John also wrote the novel Elephant Novel, set during the retreat from Burma in 1942, and partly inspired by 'Elephant Bill' Williams. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Rob and Jack were joined by the brilliant journalist and novelist John Sweeney. Aside from his work all over the world and covering all sorts of topics, including Trump and Putin, John also wrote the novel Elephant Novel, set during the retreat from Burma in 1942, and partly inspired by 'Elephant Bill' Williams. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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