India and Pakistan between 1947 and 1949 fight their first war against each other for control of Kashmir.  The population of the area was mainly Muslim but its ruler was not., he tried to keep Kashmir independent but when Pakistani troops invaded he was forced to call for help from India, which sent troops and airplanes to fight for control of the area.

In 1947 India was to gain its independence but it had to broken up into two nations, India and Pakistan known as Partition.  In the run up to this the India was to witness an outbreak of murder, rape and the following out from their homes of millions of people.  A biography of the first leader of Pakistan, Muhammad Jinnah is given.

This is a special one off tribute to Queen Elizabeth the Second who died in September.  It tells of her life and the British armed forces which she commanded from 1952 to 1965, when British troops, sailors and airmen were active in fighting in several parts of the world.

In this episode I will tell of the rule of Mao over China following the Communist victory in the civil war to his death.  It was a very bloody period with millions of Chinese dying during this time.  Purges would be a regular event.