Burma 1942: The Road from Rangoon to Mandalay

ISBN-13: 9781441152503 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 296 str.

Alan Warren

Opis

In December 1941 Japan set out to seize South-East Asia and the western Pacific to complete the building of a self-sufficient empire. The rapid loss of all of Britain's possessions in the Far East was the culmination of a failed attempt to deal with the rise of Japanese imperialism. Britain's bluff was called and millions of Britain's 'protected' subjects in Asia fell into the hands of a brutal occupying power. The British fought the Second World War in Burma and India against the backdrop of nationalist unrest and revolt. The appalling Bengal famine of 1943, brought about by the loss of Burma's rice crop and the dislocation of government, would cause the deaths of many. Alan Warren provides a new study of the series of battles that made up the Burma campaign, including first-hand accounts of the conflict and a fresh examination of the armies and commanders of the major combatants. Burma 1942 powerfully demonstrates how victory or defeat in particular battles altered the trajectory of the conflict, affecting the lives of millions.

Recenzje

Following his excellent account of Japanese success in the Malaya/Singapore campaign, Alan Warren has produced a first-rate operational study of the 1942 Burma campaign. Japanese fighting quality emerges clearly as does poor British military leadership. An important work. Professor Jeremy Black, University of Exeter

Spis treści

Introduction \ Maps \ 1 British Burma \ 2 Imperial Japan and Preparations for War \ 3 War comes to South-East Asia \ 4 The Invasion of Burma and the loss of Tenasserim \ 5 Across the Salween River \ 6 The Battle of Bilin River \ 7 Retreat from Bilin River \ 8 The Sittang Bridge \ 9 The Demolition of the Sittang Bridge \ 10 Rangoon in the Firing Line \ 11 The Royal Navy in South-East Asia \ 12 Retreat from Rangoon \ 13 The Imperial Japanese Navy and the Royal Navy's Eastern Fleet \ 14 Admiral Nagumo's Raid on Ceylon \ 15 The Oilfields of Yenangyaung \ 16 Retreat to India \ 17 The Consequences of Defeat \ Appendix \ Index

O autorze

Alan Warren is a lecturer in history at Monash University, Australia. He is also the author of Wazirista, The faqir of Ipi and the Indian Army.