Battle of Elephant Point: Airborne forces, Gurkha, Yangon, Fourteenth Army (United Kingdom), 26th Indian Infantry Division, 44th Airborne Division (India), Operation Dracula - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 6130645287 ISBN 13 : 9786130645281

Editeur : Alphascript Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.The Battle of Elephant Point was an airborne operation conducted by a composite Gurkha airborne battalion that took place on 1 May 1945. In March 1945, plans were made for an assault on Rangoon, the capital of Burma, as a stepping-stone on the way to recapturing Malaya and Singapore. Initial plans for the assault on the city had called for a purely land-based approach by British Fourteenth Army, but concerns about heavy Japanese resistance led to this being modified with the addition of a joint amphibious-airborne assault. This assault, led by 26th Indian Division, would sail up the Rangoon River, but before it could do so, the river would have to be cleared of Japanese and British mines. In order to achieve this, coastal defences along the river would have to be neutralized, including a battery at Elephant Point. This task was given to 44th Indian Airborne Division, but the divisions was in the middle of a reorganization, and as such a composite battalion was formed from two Gurkha parachute battalions. The battalion assembled and then trained throughout April, and then early in the morning of 1 May was dropped near Elephant Point.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Alphascript Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 6130645287
• ISBN 13: 9786130645281
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 84
• Éditeur: Miller Frederic P., Vandome Agnes F., McBrewster John
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