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Book Synopsis Japanese Conquest of Burma 1942 by : Tim Moreman
Download or read book Japanese Conquest of Burma 1942 written by Tim Moreman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-11-24 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a fascinating exploration of the Japanese conquest of Burma, as the Allied forces were forced back in disarray to India and China. The Japanese invasion of Burma in January 1942 marked the beginning of the single longest campaign of World War II. In the Burmese jungles, the battle-hardened, highly trained and lightly equipped Imperial Japanese Army quickly proved itself a vastly superior fighting force in clashes against the British, Indian and Gurkha troops that formed Burma Army and Chinese nationalist forces deployed in eastern Burma. This superbly illustrated book narrates Burma Corps' epic fighting retreat northwards, carried out mostly in contact with the enemy and across hundreds of miles of highly malarial and extremely difficult terrain, to safety in India. Among the battles covered are the disaster at the Sittang Bridge on 22 February 1942 (where 17th Indian Division was all but destroyed), the fall of Rangoon in March 1942 and the clashes at Yenangyaung, Monywa and Shwegyin. The performance of the opposing commanders and forces is also examined in detail, highlighting the success of Japanese aggressive light infantry tactics, which ruthlessly exploited the cover and concealment provided by the jungle to outflank, bypass and encircle their bewildered enemy.
Download or read book Burma 1942 written by Ian Lyall Grant and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Denne bog, der bl.a. støtter sig til både britiske og japanske kilder, analyserer det mindre kendte 1. Burma slag under 2. Verdenskrig. Den britiske tilbagetrækning er beskrevet som den længste og mest krævende i britisk militærhistorie og med total japansk luftoverlegenhed i de sidste 2 måneder. De britiske erfaringer fra tilbagetrækningen skabte grundlaget for tilbageerobringen af Burma 2 år senere ... Se også NYT FRA KGB nr. 2/1999, bog nr. 54.
Download or read book First Burma Campaign written by and published by Frontline Books. This book was released on 2020-08-30 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The British Army’s report on the Japanese invasion of Burma during WWII—based on firsthand accounts by the officers who survived it. In 1942, the Japanese military drove British and Indian forces out of Burma. Colonel E.C.V. Foucar, M.C., was given the task of discovering what happened. Seeking information and documentary evidence from officers of the First Burma Campaign, Foucar wrote this detailed account for the Director of Military Training. This volume describes the challenging geographical, climatic, and political conditions in Burma before turning to the devastating Japanese ground assault. He describes harrowing episodes such as the ‘Disaster’ at Sittang Bridge, the evacuation of Rangoon, and the march to the River Irrawaddy in an attempt to secure the north of Burma and its oilfields. With the Japanese closing in on the beleaguered British force, the decision was taken to abandon Burma and try to reach India. The ragged, disease-ridden troops battled their way west just as the monsoons broke. General Wavell, wrote that, “operations were now a race with the weather as with the Japanese and as much a fight against nature as against the enemy.”
Book Synopsis First Burma Campaign by : Colonel E C V Foucar MC
Download or read book First Burma Campaign written by Colonel E C V Foucar MC and published by Frontline Books. This book was released on 2020-08-30 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shortly after the British and Indian forces had withdrawn from Burma in the face of the Japanese onslaught in 1942, Colonel E.C.V. Foucar MC was instructed to undertake a ‘special duty’, namely seek out documentary material and information from the various officers involved in the First Burma Campaign. The final element of Foucar’s task was to write an account of the fighting, based on these many eyewitness accounts, for the Director of Military Training. This fascinating narrative sets out the challenging geographical, climatic and political conditions the British were faced with in Burma as war became an increasing possibility throughout 1940 and 1941, before turning its attention to the dramatic events when the Japanese launched their ground assault on the country in January 1942. There followed the ‘Disaster’ at Sittang Bridge, the fateful evacuation of Rangoon, and the march to the River Irrawaddy in an attempt to try and secure the north of Burma and its oilfields. But the loss of Rangoon meant the army was cut off from its supply base and the troops faced starving to death. With the Japanese closing in on the beleaguered British force, the decision was taken to abandon Burma and try to reach India. ‘The odds were we might escape either the Japanese, the failure of our supplies, or the monsoon, but our chances of avoiding all three were slender,’ declared General Alexander. His commander, General Wavell, wrote that, ‘operations were now a race with the weather as with the Japanese and as much a fight against nature as against the enemy’. Along nothing more than rough country tracks up rugged hills and across rickety bridges constructed only of brushwood or bamboo the ragged, disease-ridden troops battled to reach India just as the monsoons broke. This, one of the most dramatic tales of the Second World War, was first described in detail by Colonel Foucar just after the events described and is now available for all to read.
Book Synopsis Reconsidering the Japanese Military Occupation in Burma (1942-45) by : Kei Nemoto
Download or read book Reconsidering the Japanese Military Occupation in Burma (1942-45) written by Kei Nemoto and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis First Burma Campaign by : Colonel E. C. V. Foucar MC
Download or read book First Burma Campaign written by Colonel E. C. V. Foucar MC and published by Frontline Books. This book was released on 2020-11-19 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shortly after the British and Indian forces had withdrawn from Burma in the face of the Japanese onslaught in 1942, Colonel E.C.V. Foucar MC was instructed to undertake a 'special duty', namely seek out documentary material and information from the various officers involved in the First Burma Campaign. The final element of Foucar's task was to write an account of the fighting, based on these many eyewitness accounts, for the Director of Military Training.This fascinating narrative sets out the challenging geographical, climatic and political conditions the British were faced with in Burma as war became an increasing possibility throughout 1940 and 1941, before turning its attention to the dramatic events when the Japanese launched their ground assault on the country in January 1942.There followed the 'Disaster' at Sittang Bridge, the fateful evacuation of Rangoon, and the march to the River Irrawaddy in an attempt to try and secure the north of Burma and its oilfields. But the loss of Rangoon meant the army was cut off from its supply base and the troops faced starving to death. With the Japanese closing in on the beleaguered British force, the decision was taken to abandon Burma and try to reach India. 'The odds were we might escape either the Japanese, the failure of our supplies, or the monsoon, but our chances of avoiding all three were slender,' declared General Alexander. His commander, General Wavell, wrote that, 'operations were now a race with the weather as with the Japanese and as much a fight against nature as against the enemy'.Along nothing more than rough country tracks up rugged hills and across rickety bridges constructed only of brushwood or bamboo the ragged, disease-ridden troops battled to reach India just as the monsoons broke. This, one of the most dramatic tales of the Second World War, was first described in detail by Colonel Foucar just after the events described and is now available for all to read.
Book Synopsis War in the Tenasserim by : Alastair Shephard
Download or read book War in the Tenasserim written by Alastair Shephard and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The entry of Japan into the Second World War with its attack on Pearl Harbour found the British defense of Burma very much unprepared. No invasion threat from the east had been envisaged. The British deemed the jungle and precipitous mountain ranges surrounding three sides of Burma to be impassable by any invader. At that time Britain was more concerned with the war against Hitler in Europe. The Japanese invaded southern Burma - "the Tenasserim" - in order to protect the flank of their invasion of Malaya. And they subsequently occupied the rest of the country because they viewed it as the western bastion of the "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere", their name for their conquered territories... The book begins by tracing the initial Japanese thrust by two relatively small forces to tak the key airfields of southern Burma. The book then follows the advance of the main invasion force under Lt-General Shojiro Iida which crossed the border of Myawaddy. The arrival of the newly-formed 17th Indian Division under Major-General "Jackie" Smyth did little to arrest the momentum of the Japanese advance, culminating at the Sittang bridge. The author has recently visited many of the battle sites of southern Burma, places where numerous British, Indian, Burmese and Japanese soldiers lost their lives and which today sadly have been largely forgotten. His colour photographs along with rarely seen black and white images of wartime Burma - both British and Japanese - vividly augment the story of the first phase of the Burma Campaign."--Book cover.
Download or read book Burma Road written by Donovan Webster and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1941, as the Imperial Japanese Army swept across Asia and the Pacific, no country seemed able to defend itself against its rapid and brutal aggression. China in particular was the target of increasing Japanese invasion and occupation until it no longer had any active seaports under its control. To give themselves an artery to trade with the outside world, more than 200,000 Chinese laboureres cut a 700 mile overland route - the Burma Road - from the southwestern Chinese city of Kunming to Lashio, Burma, in less than a year. Lashio was connected by rail to the Burmese port of Rangoon, and through this tenuous system fo conveyances the Chinese people were kept briefly supplied with goods from the outside world. But when Burma fell to Japan in early 1942, the Burma Road was severed. largeley unknown stories of the war in Burma from the perspective of the soldiers who fought and sometimes died there, and whose recollections bring a largely forgotten chapter of World War II into focus.
Download or read book Japan Triumphant written by Philip Jowett and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2019-09-30 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imperial Japan’s ambitious offensive at the beginning of WWII is captured in dramatic detail in this pictorial history featuring rare wartime photographs. The Japanese offensive in the Far East in 1941-1942 was extraordinary in its ambition, for their aim was to advance across the entire region. They clashed with an array of forces in a series of lightning campaigns that included famous episodes like the raid on Pearl Harbor and the conquest of Singapore. In this vivid photographic history, historian Philip Jowett covers the whole course of the offensive, portraying not only the Japanese military which achieved such incredible success but the armies they overwhelmed. In a sequence of over 200 wartime photographs—many of which have never been published before—Jowett covers the land, sea, and air fighting as the Japanese occupied so much of the region. Rare images of the Japanese forces as they prepared for war and then made seemingly unstoppable progress are matched with images of the armies they surprised and vanquished. Japan Triumphant captures the character of the war in the Far East, showing the appearance, equipment, and weaponry of the armies involved as well as the conditions in which they fought.
Book Synopsis Narrative of the Japanese Occupation of Burma by : Hla Pe (U.)
Download or read book Narrative of the Japanese Occupation of Burma written by Hla Pe (U.) and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The War in Burma written by Roy McKelvie and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-21 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, first published in 1948, is an in-depth examination of the campaigns in Burma following the Japanese invasion in 1942 until after the surrender in 1945. The author, a military observer under Admiral Mountbatten, offers here impartial judgements and an objective narrative. He analyses the initial British failures, the straining of Anglo-American relations, the overcoming of military difficulties and the final victory of the combined British, Indian, American and Chinese forces. The book gives a clear and comprehensive look at the Burma war, puts it into perspective, and does not shy away from controversy over the management of the Allied campaign.
Book Synopsis The Battle for Burma, 1942–1945 by : Philip Jowett
Download or read book The Battle for Burma, 1942–1945 written by Philip Jowett and published by Pen and Sword Military. This book was released on 2021-06-09 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The battle for Burma during the Second World War was of vital importance to the Allies and the Japanese. The Allies fought to protect British India and force the Japanese out of Burma; the Japanese fought to defend the north-west flank of their newly conquered empire and aimed to strike at India where anti-British feeling was growing stronger. Yet the massive military efforts mounted by both sides during four years of war are often overshadowed by the campaigns in Europe, North Africa, the Pacific and China. Philip Jowett, using over 200 wartime photographs, many of them not published before, retells the story of the war in Burma in vivid detail, illustrating each phase of the fighting and showing all the forces involved – British, American, Chinese, Indian, Burmese as well as Japanese. His book is a fascinating introduction to one of the most extreme, but least reported, struggles of the entire war. The narrative and the striking photographs carry the reader through each of the major phases of the conflict, from the humiliation of the initial British defeat in 1942 and retreat into India and their faltering attempts to recover the initiative from 1943, to the famous Chindit raids behind Japanese lines, the Japanese offensive of 1944 and their disastrous retreat and ultimate defeat.
Book Synopsis Burma, 1942, 7 December 1941 - 26 May 1942: The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II (Pamphlet) by : Clayton R. Newell
Download or read book Burma, 1942, 7 December 1941 - 26 May 1942: The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II (Pamphlet) written by Clayton R. Newell and published by Department of the Army. This book was released on 1995-12-21 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 23-page pamphlet showcases the strategic setting, operations, and analysis of American commitment to China that drew the United States Army into the Burma Campaign of 1942. The loss of Burma was a serious blow to the Allies. It completed the blockade of China, and without Allied aid, China’s ability to oppose the Japanese invasion was extremely limited. In the larger picture however, the conflicting goals of the countries involved made the loss of Burma almost inevitable. Neither the defenders nor invaders saw Burma as anything other than a country to be exploited. To Britain, Burma was simply a colony and a useful buffer between China and India; to China, Burma was the life-line for national survival; to the United States, Burma was the key to keeping China in the war against Japan, which in turn would keep large numbers of Japanese tied up on the Asian mainland nad away from American operations in the Pacific.
Author :Lieutenant Colonel Kurt M. Frey Publisher :Pickle Partners Publishing ISBN 13 :1782897224 Total Pages :30 pages Book Rating :4.7/5 (828 download)
Book Synopsis Burma Campaigns: Battles Over Lines Of Communication by : Lieutenant Colonel Kurt M. Frey
Download or read book Burma Campaigns: Battles Over Lines Of Communication written by Lieutenant Colonel Kurt M. Frey and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 19 January 1942, two Japanese divisions invaded Burma and within five months defeated a numerically superior Allied Army. The Japanese conquest of Burma completely isolated China from lend-lease equipment support provided to it via the Burma Road. Over the course of the next three years, Allied forces engaged in ground campaigns designed to re-establish this land communications link with China. This is a description of the Allied campaigns in Burma and the importance that secure supply lines played in each of those campaigns. Information was gathered by historical review of a variety of reference materials. The lessons of Burma related to the campaigns launched there can be applied today in that country and in similar areas of operation around the world.
Book Synopsis Burma, 1942-1945 by : Raymond Callahan
Download or read book Burma, 1942-1945 written by Raymond Callahan and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Re-conquest of Burma, 1943-1945 by : Geoffrey Frank Matthews
Download or read book The Re-conquest of Burma, 1943-1945 written by Geoffrey Frank Matthews and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Burma, 1942, 7 December 1941 - 26 May 1942: The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II (Pamphlet) by : Clayton R. Newell
Download or read book Burma, 1942, 7 December 1941 - 26 May 1942: The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II (Pamphlet) written by Clayton R. Newell and published by Department of the Army. This book was released on 1995-12-21 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 23-page pamphlet showcases the strategic setting, operations, and analysis of American commitment to China that drew the United States Army into the Burma Campaign of 1942. The loss of Burma was a serious blow to the Allies. It completed the blockade of China, and without Allied aid, China’s ability to oppose the Japanese invasion was extremely limited. In the larger picture however, the conflicting goals of the countries involved made the loss of Burma almost inevitable. Neither the defenders nor invaders saw Burma as anything other than a country to be exploited. To Britain, Burma was simply a colony and a useful buffer between China and India; to China, Burma was the life-line for national survival; to the United States, Burma was the key to keeping China in the war against Japan, which in turn would keep large numbers of Japanese tied up on the Asian mainland nad away from American operations in the Pacific.
