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Author | : Philip Jowett |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword Military |
Total Pages | : 414 |
Release | : 2021-06-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 152677528X |
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The battle for Burma during the Second World War was of vital importance to the Allies and the Japanese. The Allies fought to protect British India and force the Japanese out of Burma; the Japanese fought to defend the north-west flank of their newly conquered empire and aimed to strike at India where anti-British feeling was growing stronger. Yet the massive military efforts mounted by both sides during four years of war are often overshadowed by the campaigns in Europe, North Africa, the Pacific and China. Philip Jowett, using over 200 wartime photographs, many of them not published before, retells the story of the war in Burma in vivid detail, illustrating each phase of the fighting and showing all the forces involved – British, American, Chinese, Indian, Burmese as well as Japanese. His book is a fascinating introduction to one of the most extreme, but least reported, struggles of the entire war. The narrative and the striking photographs carry the reader through each of the major phases of the conflict, from the humiliation of the initial British defeat in 1942 and retreat into India and their faltering attempts to recover the initiative from 1943, to the famous Chindit raids behind Japanese lines, the Japanese offensive of 1944 and their disastrous retreat and ultimate defeat.
Author | : Frank McLynn |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 458 |
Release | : 2011-10-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0300178360 |
Download The Burma Campaign Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This history reveals the failures and fortunes of leadership during the WWII campaign into Japanese-occupied Burma: “a thoroughly satisfying experience” (Kirkus). Acclaimed historian Frank McLynn tells the story of four larger-than-life Allied commanders whose lives collided in the Burma campaign, one of the most punishing and protracted military adventures of World War II. This vivid account ranges from Britain’s defeat in 1942 through the crucial battles of Imphal and Kohima—known as "the Stalingrad of the East"—and on to ultimate victory in 1945. Frank McLynn narrative focuses on the interactions and antagonisms of its principal players: William Slim, the brilliant general; Orde Wingate, the idiosyncratic commander of a British force of irregulars; Louis Mountbatten, one of Churchill's favorites, overpromoted to the position of Supreme Commander, S.E. Asia; and Joseph "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell, a hard-line—and openly anlgophobic—U.S. general. With lively portraits of each of these men, McLynn shows how the plans and strategies of generals and politicians were translated into a hideous reality for soldiers on the ground.
Author | : Raymond Callahan |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : World War, 1939-1945 |
ISBN | : |
Download Burma, 1941-1954 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Graham Dunlop |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 269 |
Release | : 2015-10-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 131731624X |
Download Military Economics, Culture and Logistics in the Burma Campaign, 1942-1945 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Following the fall of Burma to the Japanese in May 1942, reopening and expanding the link from India to China through Burma became the allied force's principal war aim in South-East Asia. This book argues that the campaign's development was driven more by what was logistictically possible than by pure strategic intent.
Author | : Philip Jowett |
Publisher | : Pen & Sword Military |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2021-06-30 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781526775276 |
Download The Battle for Burma, 1942-1945 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The battle for Burma during the Second World War was of vital importance to the Allies and the Japanese. The Allies fought to protect British India and force the Japanese out of Burma; the Japanese fought to defend the north-west flank of their newly conquered empire and aimed to strike at India where anti-British feeling was growing stronger. Yet the massive military efforts mounted by both sides during four years of war are often overshadowed by the campaigns in Europe, North Africa, the Pacific and China. Philip Jowett, using over 200 wartime photographs, many of them not published before, retells the story of the war in Burma in vivid detail, illustrating each phase of the fighting and showing all the forces involved - British, American, Chinese, Indian, Burmese as well as Japanese. His book is a fascinating introduction to one of the most extreme, but least reported, struggles of the entire war. The narrative and the striking photographs carry the reader through each of the major phases of the conflict, from the humiliation of the initial British defeat in 1942 and retreat into India and their faltering attempts to recover the initiative from 1943, to the famous Chindit raids behind Japanese lines, the Japanese offensive of 1944 and their disastrous retreat and ultimate defeat.
Author | : William Joseph Slim Slim (Viscount) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 654 |
Release | : 1956 |
Genre | : Battles |
ISBN | : |
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A personal account of military field command during the Second World War as told by Sir William Slim, who led the British forces in Burma. In Mar. 1942 he took command of the Burma Corps and then led the British 14th Army, formed in 1943. They were British, Australians, Canadians, South Africans, Burmese, Chinese, and African soldiers, but mainly drawn from the volunteer Indian Army. For three years Slim's soldiers tied down tens of thousands of Japanese troops in Burma which keep them from fighting in the Pacific. Slim relates the long retreat through Burma and the final hard-fought victory over the Japanese forces, capturing the harsh realities of war. This narrative was first published during his appointment as the 13th Governor General of Australia, granted by the, then new, Queen Elizabeth II, in May, 1953.
Author | : Bryn Evans |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword |
Total Pages | : 387 |
Release | : 2016-11-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1473858941 |
Download Air Battle for Burma Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
After a long series of crushing defeats by the apparently unstoppable Japanese air and ground forces, the eventual fight back and victory in Burma was achieved as a result of the exercise of unprecedented combined services cooperation and operations. Crucial to this was the Allies supremacy in the air coupled with their ground/air support strategy.Using veterans firsthand accounts, Air Battle For Burma reveals the decisive nature of Allied air power in inflicting the first major defeat on the Japanese Army in the Second World War. Newly equipped Spitfire fighter squadrons made the crucial difference at the turning point battles of the Admin Box, Imphal and Kohima in 1944. Air superiority allowed Allied air forces to deploy and supply Allied ground troops on the front line and raids deep into enemy territory with relative impunity; revolutionary tactics never before attempted on such a scale.By covering both the strategic and tactical angles, through these previously unpublished personal accounts, this fine book is a fitting and overdue tribute to Allied air forces contribution to victory in Burma.
Author | : Robert Sherman La Forte |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 338 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780842024280 |
Download Building the Death Railway Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Generosity amid the greatest cruelty, Building the Death Railway gives the American perspective on events that shocked the world.
Author | : Burma Campaign Memorial Library |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 100 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : World War, 1939-1945 |
ISBN | : 9780728603059 |
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Author | : Julian Thompson |
Publisher | : Pan Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2004-09-18 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780330480659 |
Download The Imperial War Museum Book of the War in Burma 1942-1945 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The campaign in Burma was the longest and biggest ground war fought by the British and Americans against the Japanese. Including 1000 mile-long retreats and the great Allied victory at Kohima-Imphal, Burma brought the Allies a wealth of incomparably bitter combat experiences. Using the Imperial War Museum's archives, Major General Julian Thompson provides a gripping and unforgettable picture of what it was like to fight in this extraordinary conflict.