Author: Bisheshwar Prasad
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788182746602
Category : Burma
Languages : en
Pages : 500

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Author: Bisheshwar Prasad
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 501

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Author: Bisheshwar Prasad
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 500

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Author: Bisheshwar Prasad
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781474539791
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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The Retreat from Burma narrates the circumstances under which Burma was lost to the Japanese in 1942.

Author: Bisheshwar Prasad
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 500

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Author: James Lunt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 336

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In 1942, the British army was pushed out of Burma by the Japanese and embarked on the longest retreat in the history of British warfare. The men of this unit narrowly escaped death as they made their way to India. This book describes their ordeals.

Author: James Lunt
Publisher: Millefleurs
ISBN: 9780809575770
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 328

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Author: James Lunt
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 336

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Militærhistorie, krigshistorie, 2. Verdenskrig, sydøstasien, de allieredes tilbagetog, tilbagetrækning fra Burma, i 1941 og 1942. Titlen refererer til en udtalelse fra General Joe "Vinegar" Stilwell om den sejrrige japanske fremtrængen i Burma, sydøstasien og hele stillehavsområder i 1941-1942.

Author: R E S Tanner
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0752475509
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 141

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In December 1941, a Japanese battalion of 143rd Regiment of 55th Division crossed the Burma-Siam border and siezed Victoria Point, heralding the invasion of Burma. The first air raids on Rangoon were opposed by only two fighter squadrons - 16 P40s of the American Volunteer Group (AVG) and 16 Buffaloes of the RAF. What followed was a fighting retreat as the British forces struggled to the Indian border, harried by an experienced Japanese force which was supported by at least 200 aircraft against the Allies' meagure fifty. 'Burma 1942' is a unique assessment of this disastrous episode in British military history, taken in part from the diary and maps kept by Ralph Tanner, who served with 2nd Battalion The Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry during the retreat, and from the official Battalion war diary by Major Chadwick. It includes background to the mobilisation of the Battalion in 1941, who they were, their equipment and what they were trained for, and considers the series of disasters at Moulmein, Sittang, Toksan and Yenangyaung which left them increasingly unable to fight as a unit. It also addresses the factors which prevented optimum military performance, includes discussions with the author's one-time enemies, and serves as a tribute to the strength of the men of the battalion - most of whom were conscripts - and of whom a fifth were killed and have no grave.

Author: James D. Lunt (|d)
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780715394861
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 318

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