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Burma '44
- The Battle That Turned Britain's War in the East
Engelsk Paperback
Burma '44
- The Battle That Turned Britain's War in the East
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.

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Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
448
ISBN-13:
9780552172035
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0552172030
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
20 apr 2017
Længde:
29mm
Bredde:
129mm
Højde:
197mm
Forlag:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Oplagsdato:
20 apr 2017
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