Burma 1942 - Couverture souple

Tanner, R E S; Tanner, D A

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0750992360 ISBN 13 : 9780750992367

Editeur : The History Press, 2019

Synopsis

IN DECEMBER 1941 a Japanese battalion crossed the Burma-Siam border and seized Victoria Point, heralding the invasion of Burma. The first air raids on Rangoon were opposed by only two fighter squadrons. What followed was a fighting retreat as the British forces struggled to the Indian border, harried by an experienced Japanese force.Burma 1942 is a unique assessment of this disastrous episode in British military history, taken for the most part from the diary and maps kept by Ralph Tanner, who served with 2nd Battalion The Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry during the retreat, and from the official battalion war diary by Major Chadwick. It serves as a tribute to the strength of the men of the battalion, a fifth of whom were killed and have no known grave.

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À propos de l?auteur

Ralph Tanner was commissioned as a second lieutenant to the Second Battalion KOYLI on 1 January 1942, joining them for the second part of the Burma campaign and the retreat. He was posted to the War Office in 1944, returning to Burma in the British Military Administration. He was demobilized in October 1946. Historian David Tanner is Ralph's son.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The History Press
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0750992360
• ISBN 13: 9780750992367
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 224
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