This photograph shows Mandalay Hill, sacred to Burmese Buddhists and crowned with pagodas and covered stairways, with an Allied military encampment set up at its base. The 1945 Battle of Mandalay, part of the Burma Campaign, saw fierce fighting around this hill and Fort Dufferin below, as Allied forces fought to liberate the city from Japanese occupation during the China-Burma-India Theater of World War II. Project: 218075