The Jungle, the Japanese and the British Commonwealth Armies at War, 1941-45: Fighting Methods, Doctrine and Training for Jungle Warfare

ISBN-13: 9780415655293 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 296 str.

Timothy Robert Moreman

Opis

This text focuses on the British Commonwealth armies in SE Asia and the SW Pacific during the Second World War, which, following the disastrous Malayan and Burma campaigns, had to hurriedly re-train, re-equip and re-organise their demoralised troops to fight a conventional jungle war against the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA).

Spis treści

Introduction  1. The Opening Rounds: The Malayan Campaign and Retreat from Burma, December 1941 - February 1942  2. India Command and the Lessons of Defeat, February 1942 - October 1942  3. Forging the Weapon: The Lessons of Arakan,
May 1943 - September 1944  4. The Test of Battle: From Arakan to Imphal-Kohima,  November 1943 - June 1944  5. Learning the Lessons of Arakan and Imphal-Kohima, March 1944 - November 1944  6. From the Mountains to the Sea  7. Conclusion: Endgame in Burma

O autorze

Moreman, Tim