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Chindit Affair : A Memoir of the War in Burma by Frank Baines; [edited by Brian Mooney and Antony Edmonds] is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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In March 1944, some 2,200 battle trained men of 111 Brigade flew from India into northern Burma to land on improvised airstrips cleared from the jungle, They were part of General Orde Wingate’s Chindit force sent to fight the Japanese deep behind their lines. Five months later, 111 Brigade was down to 118 fit men – eight British officers, a score of British soldiers and 90 Gurkhas. One of those eight officers was Frank Baines, and in Chindit Affair he tells, in vivid language and with shrewd insight, what happened. Frank commanded two platoons of young Gurkhas and was attached to 111 Brigade Headquarters, serving under John Masters, where he had a close-up view for most of the time. His account throws new light on the leadership of the Chindit campaign, but above all it is a soldier’s story. All the horrors of jungle warfare are here – bodies blood-sucked by leeches and corpses impaled by bamboo; Japanese soldiers reduced to eating human flesh; a court martial and execution; soldiers falling sick and dropping by the wayside, and being killed and wounded in action. He also captures the atmosphere of the jungle; its watercourses, trees, birds and the Kachin villagers’ simple way of l

Who reads Chindit Affair : A Memoir of the War in Burma?

Author

Frank Baines; [edited by Brian Mooney and Antony Edmonds]

Publisher

Pen & Sword; Pen and Sword Military

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9781848844483

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Biography, Memoir

Rating

3.8 / 5 (421 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14