The Final Curtain Burma 1941 1945

Author : Jeremy Archer
Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
ISBN 13 : 1399070428
Total Pages : 490 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Final Curtain: Burma 1941–1945 written by Jeremy Archer and published by Pen and Sword Military. This book was released on 2022-09-15 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Final Curtain: Burma 1941-1945 comprises interviews with some of the very few surviving veterans of this most arduous of campaigns. In their own words, soldiers, sailors and airmen now aged between 95 and 101 vividly recount the experiences that they endured more than seventy-five years ago. This is oral history at its best, from officers and men of 14th Army, which comprised some 100,000 British and other Commonwealth personnel, 340,000 from the Sub-Continent and 90,000 East and West Africans. The interviewees include individuals from all these groups. Their accounts cover the retreat from Burma, the Chindit operations behind Japanese lines, the hard-fought struggle in the Arakan, the crucial battles at Kohima and Imphal, and the final advance to Rangoon, culminating in a decisive victory. The veterans featured in this fascinating collection include a Primus (Archbishop) of the Scottish Episcopal Church, a former Chairman of Manchester City Football Club, and the Principal of the Accra Polytechnic in Ghana as well as two career Army officers. Regardless of their post war achievements, all the contributors share the distinction of having served in a hugely demanding and ultimately victorious campaign against a merciless enemy. Their accounts make for inspiring and unforgettable reading.

Author : Jeremy Archer
Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
ISBN 13 : 1399070444
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Final Curtain: Burma 1941–1945 written by Jeremy Archer and published by Pen and Sword Military. This book was released on 2022-09-15 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Final Curtain: Burma 1941-1945 comprises interviews with some of the very few surviving veterans of this most arduous of campaigns. In their own words, soldiers, sailors and airmen now aged between 95 and 101 vividly recount the experiences that they endured more than seventy-five years ago. This is oral history at its best, from officers and men of 14th Army, which comprised some 100,000 British and other Commonwealth personnel, 340,000 from the Sub-Continent and 90,000 East and West Africans. The interviewees include individuals from all these groups. Their accounts cover the retreat from Burma, the Chindit operations behind Japanese lines, the hard-fought struggle in the Arakan, the crucial battles at Kohima and Imphal, and the final advance to Rangoon, culminating in a decisive victory. The veterans featured in this fascinating collection include a Primus (Archbishop) of the Scottish Episcopal Church, a former Chairman of Manchester City Football Club, and the Principal of the Accra Polytechnic in Ghana as well as two career Army officers. Regardless of their post war achievements, all the contributors share the distinction of having served in a hugely demanding and ultimately victorious campaign against a merciless enemy. Their accounts make for inspiring and unforgettable reading.

Author : Mark Forsdike
Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
ISBN 13 : 1399079298
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Battalion in Burma written by Mark Forsdike and published by Pen and Sword Military. This book was released on 2024-07-30 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the Second Suffolk, 5th (Indian) Division during World War II's Burma campaign. Between December 1943 and August 1944, Second Suffolk, as part of the 5th (Indian) Division, played a key role opposing the Japanese in Burma and later at the critical battle at Imphal. The odds could not have been higher or the challenges greater. The Japanese had already earned an awesome reputation as a formidable and ruthless enemy who could only be described as fanatical. The rugged jungle terrain, over which the Battalion had to fight, was tough and unforgiving and pushed all ranks to the limits of their physical and mental endurance. Against them too was the harsh tropical climate and the extremes of the monsoon season. The combination of these three factors called for the highest standards of leadership and discipline. Supplies too were often not forthcoming but despite these difficulties and a lack of appreciation of their efforts in the press at home, morale of the stolid regular Suffolk soldier and his newer drafted comrades, always remained high as they learned to fight their enemy in the way that he fought him. For over seventy-five years their story has remained largely forgotten and untold but, now drawing on previously unpublished accounts of those who served there, together with unpublished photographs, this book describes the Battalion’s outstanding service during the Burma Campaign.

Author : Louis Allen
Publisher : Phoenix
ISBN 13 : 9780753802212
Total Pages : 686 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Burma written by Louis Allen and published by Phoenix. This book was released on 1998 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charting the whole Burma War, this book flows like a novel from the high command to the sharp end, setting out a myriad of facts and considerations in a clear and coherent narrative. Equal attention is paid to both sides of the conflict and the insights made into the Japanese plans and responses make the book uniquely informative, exciting and moving. This classic history is the authoritative and most detailed book on an important part of the second world war.

Author : Bisheshwar Prasad
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788182746602
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Retreat from Burma, 1941-42 written by Bisheshwar Prasad and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 686 pages
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Download or read book Burma, the Longest War, 1941-45 written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James D. Lunt (|d)
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ISBN 13 : 9780715394861
Total Pages : 318 pages
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Download or read book A Hell of a Licking written by James D. Lunt (|d) and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : William Fowler
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 : 9780297853374
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book We Gave Our Today written by William Fowler and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2009-02-26 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lost Voices of our 'Forgotten Army' in the war with Japan 1941-45.

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Total Pages : 646 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Billboard Music Week written by and published by . This book was released on 1946-12 with total page 646 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 1092 pages
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Download or read book The Billboard written by and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 1092 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: