Burma, 1942-1945
Author | : Raymond Callahan |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Raymond Callahan |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Philip Jowett |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword Military |
Total Pages | : 414 |
Release | : 2021-06-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 152677528X |
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 |
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 | : Graham Dunlop |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 261 |
Release | : 2015-10-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1317316231 |
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 | : Robert Sherman La Forte |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 338 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780842024280 |
Generosity amid the greatest cruelty, Building the Death Railway gives the American perspective on events that shocked the world.
Author | : J. B. Chaplin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : World War, 1939-1945 |
ISBN | : |
Author | : William Joseph Slim Slim (Viscount) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 654 |
Release | : 1956 |
Genre | : Battles |
ISBN | : |
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 | : Julian Thompson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 456 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Burma |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Daniel Berke |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword Military |
Total Pages | : 197 |
Release | : 2021-12-30 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 139901689X |
This WWII biography vividly recounts one man’s experience as a Special Ops soldier and POW in Japanese occupied Burma. In his postwar life, Frank Berkovitch was a quiet, reserved tailor. But during World War II, he served with the legendary Chindits in Burma and endured years of Japanese captivity. He fought as a Bren-gunner on Operation LONGCLOTH, the first mission to take them deep behind enemy lines. He was even General Orde Wingate’s batman. The Chindits were Wingate’s inspired idea. Under his dauntless leadership, they dispelled the myth that the Imperial Japanese Army was invincible. Outnumbered, outgunned, and reliant on RAF air drops for supplies, the 3,000 men of the Chindit columns overcame harsh jungle terrain to take the fight to the enemy. They wreaked havoc with enemy communications and caused heavy enemy casualties while gathering vital intelligence. During the desperate race to escape from Burma, Frank was captured crossing the Irrawaddy river. He spent two years imprisoned by notoriously cruel captors. Superbly researched, this inspiring book vividly describes the Chindits’ first operation and the heroism of Frank and his comrades, many of whom never returned.
Author | : Burma Campaign Memorial Library |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 100 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : World War, 1939-1945 |
ISBN | : 9780728603059 |