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The extraordinary firsthand account of an American special forces unit in the jungles of southeast Asia and their guerilla operations against the Japanese during World War II! In early 1942, with World War II going badly, President Roosevelt turned to General William Wild Bill” Donovan, now known historically as the Father of Central Intelligence,” with orders to form a special unit whose primary mission was to prepare for the eventual reopening of the Burma Road linking Burma and China by performing guerilla operations behind the Japanese lines. Thus was born OSS Detachment 101, the first clandestine special force formed by Donovan and one that would play a highly dangerous but vital role in the reconquest of Burma by the Allies. Behind Japanese Lines , originally published in 1979, is the exciting story of the men of Detachment 101, who, with their loyal native alliesthe Kachin headhuntersfought a guerilla war for almost three years. It was a war not only against a tough and unyielding enemy, but against the jungle itself, one of the most difficult and dangerous patches of terrain in the world. Exposed to blistering heat and threatened by loathsome tropical diseases, the West

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Author

Richard Dunlop

Publisher

Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9781626365384

Category

history

Subjects

History, Military History, American Studies

Rating

4.15 / 5 (95 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13