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The OSS in Burma, 1942-1945 : jungle war against the Japanese / Troy J. Sacquety.

Van Pelt Library D767.6 .S27 2013
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Sacquety, Troy J.
Series:
Modern war studies
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
World War, 1939-1945--Burma.
World War, 1939-1945.
World War, 1939-1945--Secret service--United States.
United States. Office of Strategic Services. Detachment 101.
United States.
Burma--History--Japanese occupation, 1942-1945.
Burma.
History.
Physical Description:
ix, 320 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Place of Publication:
Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2013]
Contents:
Before the storm
The fall of Burma
Laying the groundwork: 1941-January 1943
Creating the detachment out of an undefined problem
Deconfliction
OSS and SOE
Finding a location
Detachment 101 sets up the Jungle School
Communications
Moving toward the first operations
Long-range penetration operations
A Group
B Group
W Group
BALLS, BALL's #1, and REX
The evaluations
Short-range penetrations meet success
The first short-range effort, Operation FORWARD
Group
KNOTHEAD
Rethinking operations: the detachment evolves, February 1943-January 1944
The detachment reevaluates its personnel situation
Finances
Communications and coding
Developing liaison
Supplies remain a problem
New additions to Detachment 101
Peers takes over: Detachment 101 comes of age, January-May 1944
Existing force structure
New OSS branches arrive
Detachment 101 and the campaign for Myitkyina: February-August 1944
Postscript
Peers continues his reforms: June-August 1944
Reorganizing after Myitkyina: September-December 1944
A new organization of sorts
The last OSS branches arrive: January-March 1945
New branches arrive
The Shan states: August 1944-March 1945
The push after Myitkyina
The Arakan field unit: February-June 1945
The Arakan field unit (AFU)
Rangoon
The last months: April-July 1945
Field operations
The detachment
Detachment 101 disbands.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-309) and index.
ISBN:
9780700619092
0700619097
OCLC:
818985476

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