Forgotten Voices of Burma; A New History of the Second World War's Forgotten Conflict in the Words of Those Who Were There

by Unknown

• ISBN13: 9780091932367
• ISBN10: 009193236X
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2009-10-01
• Publisher: Ebury Press

Summary

They cut in behind us and we could hear the runner screaming as they killed him with swords and bayonets' Book jacket.

Author Biography

JULIAN THOMPSON served in the Royal Marines for 34 years, retiring as Major General. He commanded 3 Commando Brigade, which carried out the initial landings in the Falklands conflict and fought most of the subsequent land battles. He is now Visiting Professor in the Department of War Studies, King's College, London and is the author of the critically acclaimed The Imperial War Museum Book of the War in Burma 1942-1945.


From the Trade Paperback edition.

Table of Contents

Maps	p. vi
Author's Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgements	p. xii
Introduction	p. xiii
Retreat	p. 1
Striking Back: The Arakan - Round One	p. 43
Striking Back: The First Chindit Expedition	p. 61
Struggle for the Arakan: Round Two	p. 109
Operation Thursday: The Second Chindit Expedition	p. 149
Crisis Point: Kohima	p. 205
The Turning Point: Imphal	p. 249
On to Rangoon	p. 305
Final Words	p. 359
Glossary	p. 369
Index of Contributors	p. 384
General Index	p. 387
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