Burma, 1942-1945
Author : Raymond Callahan
Publisher :
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 36,2 MB
Release : 1979
Category : History
ISBN :
Author : Raymond Callahan
Publisher :
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 36,2 MB
Release : 1979
Category : History
ISBN :
Author : Frank McLynn
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 20,39 MB
Release : 2011-10-04
Category : 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 : Philip Jowett
Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 20,63 MB
Release : 2021-06-09
Category : 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 : Graham Dunlop
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 18,32 MB
Release : 2015-10-06
Category : 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
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 13,68 MB
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : 9780842024280
Generosity amid the greatest cruelty, Building the Death Railway gives the American perspective on events that shocked the world.
Author : Philip Jowett
Publisher : Pen & Sword Military
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 23,22 MB
Release : 2021-06-30
Category :
ISBN : 9781526775276
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 : Troy J. Sacquety
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 30,24 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Burma
ISBN : 9780700619092
The first and only book to cover the World War II exploits and contributions of Detachment 101--considered by many to be the forerunner of today's Special Forces--in Burma against the Japanese Imperial Army.
Author : Julian Thompson
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 22,54 MB
Release : 2004-09-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780330480659
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.
Author : Burma Campaign Memorial Library
Publisher :
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 46,2 MB
Release : 2001
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : 9780728603301
Author : Clayton R. Newell
Publisher : Department of the Army
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 23,75 MB
Release : 1995-12-21
Category : History
ISBN :
This 23-page pamphlet showcases the strategic setting, operations, and analysis of American commitment to China that drew the United States Army into the Burma Campaign of 1942. The loss of Burma was a serious blow to the Allies. It completed the blockade of China, and without Allied aid, China’s ability to oppose the Japanese invasion was extremely limited. In the larger picture however, the conflicting goals of the countries involved made the loss of Burma almost inevitable. Neither the defenders nor invaders saw Burma as anything other than a country to be exploited. To Britain, Burma was simply a colony and a useful buffer between China and India; to China, Burma was the life-line for national survival; to the United States, Burma was the key to keeping China in the war against Japan, which in turn would keep large numbers of Japanese tied up on the Asian mainland nad away from American operations in the Pacific.