Burma 1942 : the Road from Rangoon to Mandalay.
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...
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC,
2011
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Table of Contents:
- Intro; Preface; List of Maps; List of Illustrations; 1; British Burma and Imperial Japan; 2; Preparations for War; 3; The Outbreak of War in South-east Asia; 4; The Invasion of Burma; 5; Battle of Moulmein; 6; The Defence of the Salween River; 7; The Battle of Bilin River; 8; Confusion at Kyaikto; 9; The Sittang Bridge; 10; The Demolition of the Sittang Bridge; 11; Rangoon in the Front Line; 12; Wavell Takes Charge; 13; Retreat from Rangoon; 14; The Imperial Japanese Navy and the Indian Ocean; 15; Admiral Nagumo's Raid on Ceylon; 16; The Oilfields of Yenangyaung; 17; The Retreat to India; 18.
- The Consequences of DefeatNotes; Bibliography; Index.
