1 option
The Special Operations Executive in Burma : jungle warfare and intelligence gathering in World War II / Richard Duckett.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Duckett, Richard (History teacher), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Great Britain. Special Operations Executive--History.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain. Special Operations Executive.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Burma.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Military campaigns.
- History.
- Burma.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 270 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : I.B. Tauris , 2018.
- Contents:
- 1 The Oriental Mission, October 1940-December 1941 27
- FEM: Aims and Intentions 29
- Establishment of FEM in Singapore 32
- Civil and Military Obstruction 34
- The Oriental Mission and Burma 37
- Conclusions 43
- 2 The Oriental Mission and the First Burma Campaign, December 194l-June 1942 47
- Planning 48
- Command and Control 49
- The 'Left-Behind' Scheme 52
- The Recruitment of Burmese 54
- The Oriental Mission and Levy Operations 56
- Tenasserim: Captain Alfred Ottaway MM 57
- Karenni: Major Seagrim 58
- The Southern Shan States: Captains Noel Boyt and Arthur Thompson 60
- Kachin State: Lieutenant Colonel Stevenson 65
- Conclusions 67
- 3 Reorganisation and Early Operations, August 1942-August 1943 71
- Reorganisation 73
- Infrastructure: Training, Personnel, Supply 78
- The Office of Strategic Services 87
- First Operations 92
- Conclusions 95
- 4 Getting Behind the Lines: The India Mission in Burma, September 1943-December 1944 99
- Growth of Infrastructure 102
- Operation Dilwyn: the Kachin Hills 105
- Operation Spiers: Kokang and the Northern Shan States 110
- Operation Hainton: Kengtung and the Southern Shan States 116
- Operation Harlington: the Karen Hills 117
- P Force: the Chindwin River Area 119
- Operation Billet: Arakan and Central and Southern Burma 121
- Conclusions 124
- 5 Operation Character, November 1944-September 1945 127
- Personnel and Mission Objectives 128
- Introduction of European Personnel, Training and Briefing 132
- Operations, February-May 1945 136
- Character under Pressure, May-July 1945 141
- The Japanese Breakout, July-September 1945 144
- Conclusions 147
- 6 The Billet Operations: Nation, Manual and Grain, November 1944-September 1945 151
- Battles 'at Home': Manual Force 136 and CAS(B), September 1944 to February 1945 157
- The Burmese Leadership 165
- Billet Operations in Central and Southern Burma: Grain and Nation 168
- Working with the AFO and BNA 174
- Conclusions 176.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-260) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781784539122
- 1784539120
- OCLC:
- 992433429
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.