Burma '44 : the battle that turned the war in the Far East
Holland, James, 1970-2016
Book
Back in February 1944, a rag-taggle collection of clerks, drivers, doctors, muleteers, and other base troops, stiffened by a few dogged Yorkshiremen and a handful of tank crews managed to hold out against some of the finest infantry in the Japanese Army, and then defeat them in what was one of the most astonishing battles of the Second World War. The Defence of the Admin Box, fought amongst the paddy fields and jungle of Northern Arakan over a fifteen-day period, turned the battle for Burma. Not only was it the first decisive victory for British troops against the Japanese, more significantly, it demonstrated how the Japanese could be defeated. The lessons learned in this tiny and otherwise insignificant corner of the Far East, set up the campaign in Burma that would follow, as General Slim's Fourteenth Army finally turned defeat into victory. This book tells the amazing and thrilling story.
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bury Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 940.542591 | Available |
Main title:
Burma '44 : the battle that turned the war in the Far East / James Holland.
Author:
Holland, James, 1970-, author
Imprint:
London : Bantam Press, 2016.London : Bantam Press, 2016.
Collation:
xxiv, 319 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780593075852 (hbk)
Dewey class:
940.542591940.542
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2273245