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This latest book in the highly successful Images of War series covers the dramatic events that saw ultimate Allied victory over the Japanese in remote Northern Burma on the Chinese border. The plan involved two separate but concurrent operations. US Army General Joseph Stilwell was ordered to train up two Chinese divisions and together with a US special force (Merrill’s Marauders) advance to seize the key Japanese base at Myitkyina. At the same time Brigadier Orde Wingate and his 77 Brigade (known as the Chindits) penetrated and fought deep behind Japanese lines. While the success of this Operation (LONG STOP) remains debatable, the Chindits’ courage and determination destroyed the myth of Japanese invincibility. Despite terrible deprivation a second much larger operation (THURSDAY) went ahead. As this highly informative and well illustrated book reveals, the concept was ultimately successful with Myitkyina falling to Stilwell’s Chinese/US force in mid 1944. The Chindits and Maranders, now greatly depleted by enemy action, malnutrition and disease were evacuated to India but became legends. ** Front Cover 1 Title Page 2 Copyright Page 3 Contents 4 About the Author 1 Introduction 1

Author

Jon Diamond

Publisher

Pen & Sword Military; Pen and Sword Military

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9781473838710

Subjects

History, Humanities