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Burma Victory, 1944-1945 - Photographs from Wartime Archives (Paperback)
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Burma Victory, 1944-1945 - Photographs from Wartime Archives (Paperback)
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General Stilwell's ad hoc force of Merrill's Marauders,
American-trained Chinese divisions, Kachin guerrillas and General
Wingate's Chindits conducted a northern Burmese offensive that led
to the coup de main seizure of Myitkyina's airfield in May 1944. In
August 1944, after a protracted siege, Myitkyina town on the
Irrawaddy River fell to the Allies. At the same time elements of
General Slim's 14th Army were mounting a defence of northeastern
India at Imphal and Kohima against Imperial Japan's 15th Army;
Operation U-Go, led by General Mutaguchi, from March to July 1944.
Thereafter, the Allies began two major campaigns. First, the
northern Burmese Sino-American offensive re-opened the land supply
route to China via a newly-built Burma Road, which replaced the
American Air Transport Command's Hump' airlift that had kept
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's Chinese forces supplied. The second
offensive was by General Bill Slim's multi-national British 14th
Army under, which advanced south-east through the Arakan. The
Forgotten Army' eventually re-occupied Mandalay and Rangoon. These
legendary campaigns are superbly described in words and images in
this fine addition to the Images of War series.
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