The Snapshots in Time Collection
Aerial View of Grounded Riverboat and Riverside Pagoda, Irrawaddy River near Katha, Burma – CBI Theater, WWII
An aerial view over the Irrawaddy River near Katha, Burma, taken during World War II as part of the China-Burma-India Theater campaign. A grounded riverboat lies wrecked on a sandbar beside a riverside Buddhist pagoda, illustrating the wartime disruption of civilian river transport along this vital Burmese waterway. Project: 218029