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    Burma Victory: Imphal, Kohima and the Chindits - March 1944 to May 1945

    By David Rooney

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    In the final years of World War II, the campaign against Japan stepped up in a series of bloody battles with each side having much to lose. While much of the history of the period focuses on the Pacific Campaign and the American island hopping, this book studies the ‘forgotten war’ and the Allied fight to push the Japanese out of Burma. The Allies (British, American, Indian and Chinese soldiers) saw the battles of Imphal and Kohima as a way to avenge the crushing defeats of 1942, while the Japanese viewed the battles as the precursor to a victorious drive into India and domination of Asia.
    David Rooney examines the aims of both sides alongside the battles themselves, which secured victory in Burma, and the roles of Wingate, Stilwell and the Chindits.
    Following the defeats of 1942 the Allies re-emerged to fight the Japanese; their troops had seen a revival of morale with the new Fourteenth Army under General Slim and the development of new tactics and and Allied air and firepower superiority.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
    Release dateMay 21, 2013
    ISBN9781782006114
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    Burma Victory: Imphal, Kohima and the Chindits - March 1944 to May 1945
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    David Rooney

    David Rooney saw war service in India and West Africa as a Captain in the Queen's Royal Regiment. After the war he read history at Keble College, Oxford, and went on to a teaching career in Belfast, Germany and England, including four years as a Senior Lecturer at Sandhurst. He is a Life Member of Clare Hall, Cambridge, and continues to lecture and write.

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      I like this book. Over the years, I had read about the Japanese reaching the borders of India during World War II but never did get the chance to learn how they were defeated. David Rooney has written an excellent book that brings the events of the times to light. David has written this book for the lay public, and not for military historians. The writing style is concise. He has done justice to a gentleman who went named Wingate. His book inspired me to get another book called “Wingate and the Chindits.”The only thing that I will ask for, in a later edition of the book, is that the author includes some maps. This will help to bring the events to life, as will some photographs.