War in the wilderness : the Chindits in Burma, 1943-1944 / Tony Redding.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Redding, Tony.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain. Army. Indian Infantry Brigade, 77th.

Great Britain.

World War II.

United Kingdom.

Myanmar.

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Burma.

World War, 1939-1945.

Medical Subjects:

World War II.

United Kingdom.

Myanmar.

Genre:

Quelle.

Physical Description:

448 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Stroud : Spellmount, 2011.

Summary:

War in the Wilderness offers the disturbing and harrowing first-hand accounts of no less than 50 veterans of Major-General Orde Wingate's two bitterly-fought campaigns in North Burma in 1943-44. Chindit service in the Burmese jungle was widely acknowledged as the most demanding ground combat role given to any Allied troops in the Second World War, yet the men who made up Special Force were ordinary soldiers, trained in an extraordinary regime to accomplish and survive the impossible. Landed by Glider or Dakota on rough and remote jungle airstrips, hundreds of miles behind Japanese lines, the men lived on emergency rations for months, battling the monsoon conditions, disease and a ruthless enemy. They marched for 1000 miles in tropical conditions, across some of the wildest country on Earth, with half their bodyweight on their backs. The Burma campaign left thousands dead and virtually all survivors were hospitalised. But those who did return remained Chindits for the rest of their lives. Their suffering and achievements were recognised by their place of honour, at the head of the annual Cenotaph parade for many years after the war. In this book Tony Redding has gathered together the memories of those men, who came from every walk of life to fight alongside one another in the most punishing infantry campaign of the conflict.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1.An Exceptional Man ... an Extraordinary Personality

2.Operation Longcloth: an Experiment in Chindit Warfare

3.Behind Japanese Lines

4.Getting Out: the Struggle to Survive

5.A Costly yet Convincing Demonstration

6.Operation Thursday Takes Shape

7.The Men who Became the Chindits

8.Training for War in the Wilderness

9.The Toughest March

10.When Sunday Became Thursday

11.The Fly-in Continues

12.White City: Establishing the Block

13.Aberdeen Garrisoned ... White City Held

14.Engaging the Enemy

15.Reinforcing Success

16.The First Phase Ends

17.Attacking Supply Lines

18.A Shift of Emphasis

19.Moving North to Blackpool Block

20.111 Brigade Under Siege

21.Isolated and Overwhelmed

22.Mokso Sakan

the Rallying Point

23.Saving the Wounded and Sick

24.Calvert Continues

25.Taking Mogaung

26.New Objectives

27.Point 2171 and Hill 60

28.Coming Back From Hell

29.Aftermath

30.Remembering.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page [443]) and index.

ISBN:

0752460781

9780752460789

OCLC:

751797328

Publisher Number:

99953469670