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Forgotten Voices of Burma - The Second World War's Forgotten Conflict (Paperback)
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Forgotten Voices of Burma - The Second World War's Forgotten Conflict (Paperback)
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From the end of 1941 to 1945 a pivotal but often overlooked
conflict was being fought in the South-East Asian Theatre of World
War 2 - the Burma Campaign. In 1941 the Allies fought in a
disastrous retreat across Burma against the Japanese - an enemy
more prepared, better organised and more powerful than anyone had
imagined. Yet in 1944, following key battles at Kohima and Imphal,
and daring operations behind enemy lines by the Chindits, the
Commonwealth army were back, retaking lost ground one bloody battle
at a time. Fighting in dense jungle and open paddy field, this
brutal campaign was the longest fought by the British Commonwealth
in the Second World War. But the troops taking part were a
forgotten army, and the story of their remarkable feats and their
courage remains largely untold to this day. The Fourteenth Army in
Burma became one of the largest and most diverse armies of the
Second World War. British, West African, Ghurkha and Indian
regiments fought alongside one another and became comrades. In
Forgotten Voices of Burma - a remarkable new oral history taken
from Imperial War Museum's Sound Archive - soldiers from both sides
tell their stories of this epic conflict.
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