Burma Road 1943 44

Author : Jon Diamond
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472811264

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Burma Road 1943–44 by Jon Diamond Pdf

Myitkyina was a vital objective in the Allied re-conquest of Burma in 1943–44. Following the disastrous retreat from Burma in April 1942, China had become isolated from re-supply except for the dangerous air route for US transports over the Himalaya Mountains. The Burma Road, which ran from Lashio (south of Myitkyina) through the mountains to Kunming was closed as a supply route from Rangoon after the Japanese conquest. Without military assistance, China would be forced to surrender and Imperial Japanese Army forces could be diverted to other Pacific war zones. This is the history of the ambitious joint Allied assault led by American Lt. Gen. Joseph W Stilwell and featuring British, American and Chinese forces as they clashed with three skilled regiments of the Japanese 18th Division. Packed with first-hand accounts, specially commissioned artwork, maps and illustrations and dozens of rare photographs this book reveals the incredible Allied attack on Myitkyina.

Author : Jon Diamond
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2016-01-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472811271

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Burma Road 1943–44 by Jon Diamond Pdf

Myitkyina was a vital objective in the Allied re-conquest of Burma in 1943–44. Following the disastrous retreat from Burma in April 1942, China had become isolated from re-supply except for the dangerous air route for US transports over the Himalaya Mountains. The Burma Road, which ran from Lashio (south of Myitkyina) through the mountains to Kunming was closed as a supply route from Rangoon after the Japanese conquest. Without military assistance, China would be forced to surrender and Imperial Japanese Army forces could be diverted to other Pacific war zones. This is the history of the ambitious joint Allied assault led by American Lt. Gen. Joseph W Stilwell and featuring British, American and Chinese forces as they clashed with three skilled regiments of the Japanese 18th Division. Packed with first-hand accounts, specially commissioned artwork, maps and illustrations and dozens of rare photographs this book reveals the incredible Allied attack on Myitkyina.

Author : Armed Forces Medical Library (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 952 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1955
Category : Library catalogs
ISBN : IND:30000098636776

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Military Medicine by Armed Forces Medical Library (U.S.) Pdf

Author : Jon Diamond
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2014-08-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473838710

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Stilwell and the Chindits by Jon Diamond Pdf

This latest book in the highly successful Images of War series covers the dramatic events that saw ultimate Allied victory over the Japanese in remote Northern Burma on the Chinese border. The plan involved two separate but concurrent operations. US Army General Joseph Stilwell was ordered to train up two Chinese divisions and together with a US special force (Merrill's Marauders) advance to seize the key Japanese base at Myitkyina.At the same time Brigadier Orde Wingate and his 77 Brigade (known as the Chindits) penetrated and fought deep behind Japanese lines. While the success of this Operation (LONG STOP) remains debatable, the Chindits' courage and determination destroyed the myth of Japanese invincibility. Despite terrible deprivation a second much larger operation (THURSDAY) went ahead.As this highly informative and well illustrated book reveals, the concept was ultimately successful with Myitkyina falling to Stilwell's Chinese/US force in mid 1944. The Chindits and Maranders, now greatly depleted by enemy action, malnutrition and disease were evacuated to India but became legends.

Author : Andrew Selth
Publisher : ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2022-01-24
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9789814951784

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Myanmar (Burma) since the 1988 Uprising by Andrew Selth Pdf

Updated by popular demand, this is the fourth edition of this important bibliography. It lists a wide selection of works on or about Myanmar published in English and in hard copy since the 1988 pro-democracy uprising, which marked the beginning of a new era in Myanmar’s modern history. There are now 2,727 titles listed. They have been written, edited, translated or compiled by over 2,000 people, from many different backgrounds. These works have been organized into thirty-five subject chapters containing ninety-five discrete sections. There are also four appendices, including a comprehensive reading guide for those unfamiliar with Myanmar or who may be seeking guidance on particular topics. This book is an invaluable aid to officials, scholars, journalists, armchair travellers and others with an interest in this fascinating but deeply troubled country.

Author : National Library of Medicine (U.S.),Library of the Surgeon-General's Office (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1602 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1955
Category : Incunabula
ISBN : UOM:39015070981462

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Index-catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon General's Office, United States Army (Armed Forces Medical Library). by National Library of Medicine (U.S.),Library of the Surgeon-General's Office (U.S.) Pdf

"Collection of incunabula and early medical prints in the library of the Surgeon-general's office, U.S. Army": Ser. 3, v. 10, p. 1415-1436.

Author : Robert Lyman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2023-07-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472854056

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The Reconquest of Burma 1944–45 by Robert Lyman Pdf

A fascinating exploration of the dramatic battles and Allied operations to wrest back control of Burma (Myanmar) from the Japanese. The Allied reconquest of Burma was not part of Allied Grand Strategy in 1944 and 1945. It happened despite it – in particular, because of the dramatic failure of the Japanese invasion of India (Operation U-Go), which ended ignominiously for the Japanese Empire in August 1944. The reconquest was one of the longest campaigns of World War II. It comprised 11 distinct battles and offensives that were part of the overall continuum of operations that resulted in the Allied victory. Written by a foremost expert on the British Army in World War II, this superbly illustrated work details the Allied operations to retake Burma from Japanese control. Accounts of Operation Capital, the capture of Meiktila and Mandalay, the Allied advance in the Arakan, the race for Rangoon, Operation Dracula, the Battle of the Sittang Bend and Japanese breakout operations across the Pegu Yomas are supported by easy to follow 2D maps and 3D diagrams. Among the events brought to life in vivid battlescene artworks are an SOE-led ambush in Operation Character, and the famous Defence of Hill 170 in the Arakan.

Author : National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1602 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1955
Category : Incunabula
ISBN : MINN:319510004221524

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Index-catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-General's Office, United States Army by National Library of Medicine (U.S.) Pdf

Author : Maurice Matloff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 670 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Strategy
ISBN : RUTGERS:39030008955538

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Strategic planning for coalition warfare by Maurice Matloff Pdf

Author : Maurice Matloff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Strategy
ISBN : UOM:39015010453937

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Strategic Planning for Coalition Warfare, 1943-1944 by Maurice Matloff Pdf

Author : Maurice Matloff,Edwin Marion Snell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 670 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Strategy
ISBN : OSU:32435019471226

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Strategic Planning for Coalition Warfare, 1941-1942 [--1943-1944] by Maurice Matloff,Edwin Marion Snell Pdf

Author : Robert W. Coakley,Richard M. Leighton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 928 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : UOM:39015008797618

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Global Logistics and Strategy by Robert W. Coakley,Richard M. Leighton Pdf

Author : Jon Diamond
Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2022-06-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781399008549

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Burma Victory, 1944–1945 by Jon Diamond Pdf

General Stilwell’s ad hoc force of Merrill’s Marauders, American-trained Chinese divisions, Kachin guerrillas and General Wingate’s Chindits conducted a northern Burmese offensive that led to the coup de main seizure of Myitkyina’s airfield in May 1944. In August 1944, after a protracted siege, Myitkyina town on the Irrawaddy River fell to the Allies. At the same time elements of General Slim’s 14th Army were mounting a defence of northeastern India at Imphal and Kohima against Imperial Japan’s 15th Army; Operation U-Go, led by General Mutaguchi, from March to July 1944. Thereafter, the Allies began two major campaigns. First, the northern Burmese Sino-American offensive re-opened the land supply route to China via a newly-built Burma Road, which replaced the American Air Transport Command’s ‘Hump’ airlift that had kept Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek’s Chinese forces supplied. The second offensive was by General Bill Slim’s multi-national British 14th Army under, which advanced south-east through the Arakan. The ‘Forgotten Army’ eventually re-occupied Mandalay and Rangoon. These legendary campaigns are superbly described in words and images in this fine addition to the Images of War series.

Author : United States. National Archives and Records Administration
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Military architecture
ISBN : UIUC:30112067899309

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World War II Records in the Cartographic and Architectural Branch of the National Archives by United States. National Archives and Records Administration Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Archives
ISBN : UOM:39015072466686

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Reference Information Paper by Anonim Pdf