| Collation |
viii, 392 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The venues and opening shots -- The Japanese enlarged their war -- First strikes -- War comes into Burma -- Further additions to the cast -- "We got a hell of a beating" -- CBI doldrums -- Enter the Chindits -- Detachment 101, the Burma Road, and the hump -- Offensive preparations -- Long-rang penetrations and Arakan revisited -- Marauders and Thursday -- Chindits and Imphal -- The northern Burma campaign -- Imphal and Kohima besieged, Chindits beset, marauders perturbed -- Myitkyina Morass -- Finales for Maruders and Chindits -- Matterhorn -- The prisoners of war -- The tide turns -- Death throes of an army -- Final bloody days -- After-action report. |
| Note |
Gift of Nadine and Harmon Wilkinson. |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- China.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Burma.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- India.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Jungle warfare.
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| ISBN |
0471273937 (alk. paper) |
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