General Editor
Bisheshwar Prasad, D. Litt.
Combined Inter-Services Historical Section
(India & Pakistan)
1959
CONTENTS
Preface ix Higher Strategy and Plans 1 II. The Northern Sector--Allied Offensive and the Recapture of Ukhrul 12 III. Tamu Regained 38 IV. The Pursuit to Tiddim and Kalemyo 63 V. Allied Plans--November 1944 108 VI. Fourteenth Army Crosses the Chindwin (November-December 1944) 127 VII. IV Corps Advance to the Irrawaddy 160 VIII. XXXIII Corps Advance to the Irrawaddy 193 IX. XXXIII Corps Advance to the Irrawaddy (Cont'd.) 215 X. Crossing the Irrawaddy 255 XI. Meiktila Recaptured 289 XII. To the City of the Kings 342 XIII. The Dash to Rangoon--XXXIII Corps 366 XIV. The Dash to Rangoon--IV Corps 388 XV. Operation DRACULA and the Fall of Rangoon 411 XVI. Completing the Conquest 428 Appendices 1. Chain of Command--After the Creation of Headquarters Allied Land Forces SEAC--12 November 1944 463 2. Order of Battle--33 Indian Corps--1 August 1944 465 3. 4 Corps Operation Instruction No. 100--23 June 1944 481 4. 5 Indian Division Location Statement--19 August 1944 482 5. Withdrawal Behind the Irrawaddy, 1944 (Japanese View as Disclosed in Interrogations) 485 6. Tasks of the Lushai Brigade--33 Ind Corps Operation Instruction No. 20 Dated 6-10-44 487 7. 33 Indian Corps Operation Instruction No. 23, Dated 1-12-44 488 8. Tasks of 33 Indian Corps--December 1944 490 9. 33 Ind Corps Operation Instruction No. 24, Dated 17-1-45 491 10. Appreciation of the Situation by Commander 4 Corps--19 January 1945 495 11. Deception Scheme CLOAK 499 12. 33 Corps Plan for Capturing Mandalay--33 Corps Operation Order No. 13, Dated 2-2-45 503 13. 4 Corps Operation Instruction No. 125, Dated 5 February 1945 508 14. Japanese Strength--15th Army, March 1945 512 15. 63 Brigade Operation Instruction No. 1, Dated 9 March 1945 514 16. 4 Corps Deception Scheme CONCLAVE 515 17. Order of Battle--33 Ind Corps--31 March 1945 518 18. 4 Corps Operation Instruction No. 139, Dated 5 April 1945 519 19. 33 Corps Operation Instruction No. 21, Dated 30 April 1945 521 20. Order of Battle--33 Ind Corps--1 May 1945 524 21. Extract From Intelligence Summary No. 15, Dated 18 May 1945 525 22. Japanese Plan for Break-Out--July 1945 526 Bibliography 529 Index 531 MAPS & CHARTS ILLUSTRATIONS
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