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The Generals - From Defeat to Victory, Leadership in Asia 1941-1945 (Paperback)
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The Generals - From Defeat to Victory, Leadership in Asia 1941-1945 (Paperback)
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In December 1941, as the Japanese army led by Yamashita scythed
through Malaya to capture Singapore, Britain's defence of its Asian
colonies collapsed. Poor preparation and inadequate leadership saw
the British exposed to a new type of warfare in the Far East, a
Japanese blitzkrieg that proved every bit as effective as Hitler's
in France the previous year. When the Japanese advanced into Burma
and approached the gates of India and China, Churchill and his
generals had little idea how to counter the seemingly unstoppable
offensive. Defeat seemed inevitable. Yet only four years later, the
Japanese army would be in full-scale retreat. A crushing victory
would be achieved by Britain and her allies. From Malaya and Burma
to India and China - across jungle, mountain and desert prairie -
the Burma campaign proved the longest continuous campaign of the
Second World War. In The Generals, highly acclaimed military
historian Dr Robert Lyman examines the role of military leaders on
both sides and analyses the roles they played in the desperate
struggle that has become known as 'The Forgotten War'. The
personality of each commander directly influenced the outcome of
battles, the formulation of strategy and the determination or
otherwise of troops to fight to the bitter end. Through the stories
of Yamashita, Percival, Hutton, Irwin, Mountbatten, Stilwell,
Mutaguchi and Slim, Lyman tells the gripping and heroic story of
the war in the Far East.
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