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Burma '44

- The Battle That Turned Britain's War in the East
Af: James Holland Engelsk Paperback

Burma '44

- The Battle That Turned Britain's War in the East
Af: James Holland Engelsk Paperback
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''A thrilling blow-by-blow account'' The Times
''A first-rate popular history of a fascinating and neglected battle... a veritable page-turner'' BBC History

In February 1944, a rag-tag 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.

What became know as 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.

Burma ''44 is a tale of incredible drama. As gripping as the story of Rorke''s drift, as momentous as the battle for the Ardennes, the Admin Box was a triumph of human grit and heroism and remains one of the most significant yet undervalued conflicts of World War Two.

The new, sweeping World War II book from James Holland, THE SAVAGE STORM, is available now.

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''A thrilling blow-by-blow account'' The Times
''A first-rate popular history of a fascinating and neglected battle... a veritable page-turner'' BBC History

In February 1944, a rag-tag 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.

What became know as 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.

Burma ''44 is a tale of incredible drama. As gripping as the story of Rorke''s drift, as momentous as the battle for the Ardennes, the Admin Box was a triumph of human grit and heroism and remains one of the most significant yet undervalued conflicts of World War Two.

The new, sweeping World War II book from James Holland, THE SAVAGE STORM, is available now.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 448
ISBN-13: 9780552172035
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0552172030
Kategori: British Empire
Udg. Dato: 20 apr 2017
Længde: 29mm
Bredde: 129mm
Højde: 197mm
Forlag: Transworld Publishers Ltd
Oplagsdato: 20 apr 2017
Forfatter(e): James Holland
Forfatter(e) James Holland

Kategori British Empire

ISBN-13 9780552172035

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 448

Udgave

Længde 29mm

Bredde 129mm

Højde 197mm

Udg. Dato 20 apr 2017

Oplagsdato 20 apr 2017

Forlag Transworld Publishers Ltd