The Campaign in Burma

 

Prepared for SOUTH-EAST ASIA COMMAND by the CENTRAL OFFICE OF INFORMATION

 

HIS MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE · LONDON

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LIST OF CONTENTS

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I. The Retreat
1. The Bridge 7
2. The Shield of India 10
3. Burma Falls 17
4. Lean Days 26
5. Repulse in Arakan 31
6. Wingate's First Mission 34
II. Build Up
7. The Birth of S.E.A.C. 43
8. Second Attack from Arakan 47
9. The Battle of the Admin Box 56
10. Operation THURSDAY 66
11. The War of the Chindits 73
12. Stilwell's Road 79
13. The March on Delhi 89
III. The Road Back
14. The Stand at Kohima 99
15. Marching South 108
16. The Road to Mandalay 118
17. War in the Chaungs 125
18. The Fall of Rangoon 132
19. Journey's End 147
IV. Epilogue
20. Life-line Men 154
21. Reconquest of the Indian Ocean 167
 
The Maps
1. Burma the Road-Block 12-13
2. Retreat from Burma 19
3. The Three Fronts 28-29
4. The Southern Front 55
5. The Northern Front 74-75
6. The Central Front 90-91
7. The Reconquest of Burma 133

 

The Pictures

The book contains 93 photographs taken during the campaign. (For the pictures on pp. 22, 38-39, 40-41, 42, 80-81, 85, 86-87, the editors are indebted to Time and Life.)

The Men

Of the various strengths in the field there were: Indian 340,000, British 100,000, West and East African 90,000, Chinese 65,000, American 10,000. 47 U.S. Air Squadrons took part and 51 British (including R.A.F., I.A.F., R.C.A.F., and R.A.A.F. units). The traditional composition of an Indian Division is two Indian Army brigades and one British Army brigade.


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