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Author : Alan Warren
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2011-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781441152503
A comprehensive study of one of the key conflicts of the Second World War.
Author : Graham Dunlop
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317316237
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 : Frank McLynn
Publisher : Random House
Page : 555 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2011-10-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781446449318
A vivid, brutal and enthralling account of the Burma Campaign – one of the most punishing and hard-fought military adventures of World War Two. The Burma Campaign was one of the most punishing and protracted military adventures of World War Two. Impenetrable jungle, poor transport infrastructure, seasonal monsoon rains, as well as famine, disease, snakes and crocodiles all bore heavily on the troops. Against this extraordinary backdrop, Frank McLynn constructs the dramatic story of the four larger-than-life commanders directing the Allied effort: Louis Mountbatten, Orde Wingate, Joseph Stilwell and William Slim, and explores the Campaign through their often stormy relationship. The Burma Campaign is a strikingly original account from one of our most celebrated historians. ‘Magnificent...a closely woven, tightly argued and beautifully written account of the extraordinary men and women who were responsible for the higher direction of the war...This book delights, page after page. McLynn held me spellbound’ BBC History Magazine
Author : Clayton R. Newell
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Burma
ISBN : 0160882605
Author : Raymond Callahan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015011372326
Author : Alan Warren
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2011-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781441133700
In December 1941 Japan set out to seize South-East Asia and the western Pacific to complete the building of a self-sufficient empire. The rapid loss of all of Britain's possessions in the Far East was the culmination of a failed attempt to deal with the rise of Japanese imperialism. Britain's bluff was called and millions of Britain's 'protected' subjects in Asia fell into the hands of a brutal occupying power. The British fought the Second World War in Burma and India against the backdrop of nationalist unrest and revolt. The appalling Bengal famine of 1943, brought about by the loss of Burma's rice crop and the dislocation of government, would cause the deaths of many. Alan Warren provides a new study of the series of battles that made up the Burma campaign, including first-hand accounts of the conflict and a fresh examination of the armies and commanders of the major combatants. Burma 1942 powerfully demonstrates how victory or defeat in particular battles altered the trajectory of the conflict, affecting the lives of millions.
Author : R E S Tanner,D A Tanner
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2011-11-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752475509
In December 1941 a Japanese battalion of 143rd Regiment of 55th Division crossed the Burma-Siam border and seized 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' meagre 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 known grave.
Author : Felicity Goodall
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2011-10-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752466644
Until a few weeks before the fall of Rangoon, the British had not dreamt the Japanese would invade Burma. So in early 1942, British soldiers trained for desert warfare fought a Japanese Army trained and equipped for the jungle. Those who survived this fierce fighting faced malaria, air attack, and lack of food and water, on the long walk out through the Valley of Death. Ragged groups of soldiers and civilians were forced to trek out of Burma through some of the most inhospitable terrain in the world. They hacked their way through jungle, forded rivers, and climbed steep mountainsides to escape. Many did not survive the journey. Among these incredible stories was that of Bill Williams, who led refugees out on a herd of elephants. Other civilians who had enjoyed an idyllic colonial lifestyle were ill-equipped for the journey. Setting off with the family silver and their pets, they soon had to abandon all but the essentials in order to survive. Thousands died, but many more crossed the border into India and safety.
Author : Clayton R. Newell
Publisher : Department of the Army
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1995-12-21
Category : History
ISBN : UCR:31210017975812
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.
Author : Philip Jowett
Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526775283
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 : Clayton R. Newell
Publisher : Department of the Army
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1995-12-21
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015034256621
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.
Author : Julian Thompson
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2004-09-18
Category : History
ISBN : 0330480650
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 : Clayton R. Newell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1051065537
Author : Alfred Draper
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1987-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780850521313
Dawns Like Thunder' is a complete appraisal of the retreat from Burma using accounts from people who were there and not just the statements of commanding officers.
Author : Ian Lyall Grant,Kazuo Tamayama
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Burma
ISBN : UOM:39015022886074
Denne bog, der bl.a. støtter sig til både britiske og japanske kilder, analyserer det mindre kendte 1. Burma slag under 2. Verdenskrig. Den britiske tilbagetrækning er beskrevet som den længste og mest krævende i britisk militærhistorie og med total japansk luftoverlegenhed i de sidste 2 måneder. De britiske erfaringer fra tilbagetrækningen skabte grundlaget for tilbageerobringen af Burma 2 år senere ... Se også NYT FRA KGB nr. 2/1999, bog nr. 54.
