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In 1945, the Indian British XIV Army inflicted on the Imperial Japanese Army in Burma the worst defeat in its history. That campaign, the most brilliant and original operational maneuver conducted by any British general in the twentieth century, largely forgotten until now, is a full and fresh account utilizing a full range of materials, from personal accounts to archival holdings—including the bits the official historians left out, such as the attempt by a jealous British Guards officer to have Slim sacked at the conclusion of the campaign. After the retreat from Burma in 1942, Lieutenant General Sir William Slim, commander of the British XIV Army, played a crucial role in the remarkable military renaissance that transformed the Indian Army and then, with that reborn army, won two defensive battles in 1944, and in the 1945 campaign shredded his Japanese opponents. Behind this dramatic story was another: the war marked the effective end of the Raj. This great... Half Title 2 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Dedication 6 Table of Contents 7 Preface 8 Introduction 11 1 A Professional Force: The XIV Army at the End of 1944 36 2 Endless Frustration: The Arakan 60 3 Operation Capital to Op

Author

Raymond Callahan & Daniel Marston

Publisher

University Press of Kansas

Language

EN