Spidermen Nigerian Chindits And Wingates Operation Thursday Burma 1943 1944

Author : John Igbino
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1546296166
Total Pages : 587 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spidermen: Nigerian Chindits and Wingate’s Operation Thursday Burma 1943 – 1944 written by John Igbino and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2018-10-06 with total page 587 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1944 twenty thousand Allied Airborne Special Force troops in five Brigades commanded by Major General Orde Wingate landed behind the Japanese lines in Northern Burma. The Operation was Codenamed Operation Thursday. The Special Force troops were nicknamed ‘Chindits’. Four thousand Nigerian troops fought in the Special Force Brigades as Chindits during Operation Thursday. This book is an account of their operations behind Japanese lines between February and August 1944. The Brigade’s Insignia was the Black African Spider advancing on its prey. Thus, the Brigade called itself the ‘Spider Brigade’; its Battalions, namely the 6th, 7th and 12th Nigeria Regiments, ‘Spider Regiments’, and its troops ‘Spidermen’. The book is a well-written account of the Spider Brigade’s battles against the 18th Division of the Imperial Japanese Army. It should force Chindit Historians to confront the anomalies in Contemporary History’s treatment of Nigerian Chindits. The book is a scholarly and dispassionate excursion into the 14th Army’s Campaigns, putting under the microscope the preconceived assumptions of British and Indian Armies’ Officer Corps about the fighting quality of Nigerian Chindits. Thus, the book is an important and long overdue account of Operation Thursday that will become the standard work on Nigeria’s contributions to Allied Airborne Invasion of Burma.

Author : Chima J. Korieh
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108425801
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nigeria and World War II written by Chima J. Korieh and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-03-26 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sophisticated history of colonial interactions in Nigeria during World War II drawing on hitherto unexplored archival resources.

Author : Andrew Selth
Publisher : ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
ISBN 13 : 9814951781
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Myanmar (Burma) since the 1988 Uprising written by Andrew Selth and published by ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute. This book was released on 2022-01-24 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : John Igbino
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1664118632
Total Pages : 588 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Britain’s Killing Fields written by John Igbino and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2023-01-19 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Britain kept meticulous records of its casualties in Southern Nigeria, but it did not collect and keep any coherent records of the casualties it inflicted on the so-called natives. Britain's failure to collect and keep "natives"' casualty statistics was not an unconscious omission. Instead it was a deliberate policy because it placed considerably less value on the lives of "natives" compared to European lives. It held that a drop of European blood was worth four times more than “natives’” blood. The death of a District Officer on active duty was worth the lives of up to two hundred “natives” and it took twenty “natives” to service a Political Officer on the field. Additionally, it accepted the arguments of its top commander, Colonel Arthur Montanaro, that "natives" were engaged in illegal resistance to His Majesty’s Government, therefore while he had a duty to crush their resistance to the British Government he was not duty bound to account for their deaths. Accordingly, the book explores these untold aspects of British History, particularly the computation of the number of Indigenous people of the landmass which became Southern Nigeria who were killed between 1900 and 1930 during one of the bloodiest periods in the history of Southern Nigeria as British troops of the West African Frontier Force (WAFF) and the West African Service Brigade (WASB) rampaged through Southern Nigeria. In its explorations the book posed and addressed the following questions: how many Indigenous people of Southern Nigeria were killed by the British Army between 1900 and 1930? What were the names of the people who were killed? Were there women and children among the dead? How old were they when they died? Where were they buried? Who buried them there? What were the prevailing political circumstances when they were killed? Under what military circumstances were they killed? Was there a state of war between the Indigenous people of Southern Nigeria and Britain when they were killed? The book’s sources were unpublished original archival documents at the National Archives. These document sources included Ordinances, Proclamations, Admiralty’s and Crown Agents’ papers, High Commissioners’, Governor-General’s and Lieutenant-Governor’s Correspondences and Despatches. The Correspondences and Despatches included field reports compiled by British Army Officers, Field Commanders, British Police Commissioners, Political Officers, District Officers (DO), District Commissioners, Divisional Officers, Divisional Commissioners and Provincial Commissioners. These sources are kept in the following Colonial Office Documents series: Southern Nigeria (CO520/series) and Nigeria (CO583/series).

Author : John Igbino
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 334688290X
Total Pages : 859 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Britain's Killing Fields. Southern Nigeria 1900 - 1930 written by John Igbino and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2023-06-01 with total page 859 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Document from the year 2023 in the subject History - Africa, grade: 5, , language: English, abstract: During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the British Empire expanded its colonial ambitions to the southern territories of present-day Nigeria. The use of force by the British military in campaigns, expeditions, and in quelling resistance often resulted in significant loss of life – the true extent of which has too often been swept under the rug. For although the casualties on the British side were thoroughly documented, the number of the Nigerian victims remains largely unknown. Who were these people who died under the occupation? Were there women and children among the dead? And under which prevailing political circumstances were they killed? John Igbino intends to fill this knowledge gap with this publication. He has sourced and analyzed a vast number of mainly unpublished archival documents, examining the complicated relationship between Indigenous opposition and occupiers and the ensuing misconduct. Igbino’s research facilitates a more thorough and nuanced understanding of Britain’s malpractice in British West Africa and the political situation at the time, and tells the stories of those, who have been disregarded in British historiography.

Author : Ashley South
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113412953X
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ethnic Politics in Burma written by Ashley South and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-06-30 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the ideas which have structured half a century of civil war in Burma, and the roles which political elites and foreign networks - from colonial missionaries to aid worker activists - have played in mediating understandings of ethnic conflict in the country. The book includes a brief overview of precolonial and colonial Burma, and the emergence ethnic identity as a politically salient characteristic. It describes the struggle for independence and the parliamentary era (1948-62), and the quarter century of military-socialist rule that followed (1962-88). The book analyses the causes, dynamics and impacts of on-going armed conflict in Burma, since the 1988 'democracy uprising' through to the 2007 'saffron revolution' (when monks and ordinary people took to the streets in protest against the military regime). There is a special focus on the plight of displaced people, and the ways in which local and international agencies have responded. The book also examines one of the most significant, but least well-understood, political developments in Burma over the last twenty years: the series of ceasefires agreed since 1989 between the military government and most armed ethnic groups. The positive and negative impacts of the ceasefires are analysed, including a study of civil society among ethnic nationality communities. This analysis leads to a discussion of the nature of social and political change in Burma, and a re-examination of some commonly held assumptions regarding the country, including issues of ethnicity and federalism. The book concludes with a brief Epilogue, taking account of Cyclone Nargis, which struck Burma on 2 and 3 May 2008, resulting in a massive humanitarian crisis.

Author : Paul H. Kratoska
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 9780824818890
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.9X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Japanese Occupation of Malaya written by Paul H. Kratoska and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Japan attacked British-ruled Malaya on 8 December 1941 as part of a wave of military actions that toppled the British, Dutch and American colonial regimes in Southeast Asia. Within seventy days, the conquest of Malaya was complete, and British forces in Singapore surrendered on 15 February 1942. The three and a half years of Japanese rule are generally considered to mark a profound transition in the history of the Malay peninsula, but little is known about this period. This book uses the limited administrative papers that survived in Malaya, oral sources, and accounts written by Japanese officers involved in the Malayan campaign to flesh out the story.

Author : Wilfred G. Burchett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wingate's Phantom Army written by Wilfred G. Burchett and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jec Aristotle Ballou
Publisher : Storey Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1603426698
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Equine Fitness written by Jec Aristotle Ballou and published by Storey Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2009-12-09 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get your horse in shape and maintain his overall fitness, regardless of his age or abilities. Equine Fitness will have your horse looking and feeling his best with a series of fun exercise routines specifically designed to enhance his strength, stamina, and agility. Clear step-by-step instructions and detailed illustrations make the exercises easy to follow, and the book includes a handy set of pocket-sized cards that you can use in the ring. Jec Ballou’s simple conditioning program promises lasting results for healthy horses and satisfied riders.

Author : Michael Calvert
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473817358
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Prisoners of Hope written by Michael Calvert and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2004-11-01 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of the many thousands of books that have been written about the Second World War, Prisoners of Hope is one of the very few acknowledged masterpieces. A devoted disciple of Wingate, of Chindit fame, Calvert accompanied him on the first controversial journey behind the Japanese lines, and after Wingate's tragic death, became the lading protagonist on behalf of Wingate's ideas and the staunchest defender of his reputation. Prisoners of Hope is the classic work on Guerilla warfare as experienced by the commander in action.