The jungle war : mavericks, marauders, and madmen in the China-Burma-India theater of World War II /

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Main Author: Astor, Gerald, 1926-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2004.
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245 1 4 |a The jungle war :  |b mavericks, marauders, and madmen in the China-Burma-India theater of World War II /  |c Gerald Astor. 
260 |a Hoboken, N.J. :  |b John Wiley & Sons,  |c c2004. 
300 |a viii, 392 p. :  |b ill., maps ;  |c 25 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a The venues and opening shots -- The Japanese enlarged their war -- First strikes -- War comes into Burma -- Further additions to the cast -- "We got a hell of a beating" -- CBI doldrums -- Enter the Chindits -- Detachment 101, the Burma Road, and the hump -- Offensive preparations -- Long-rang penetrations and Arakan revisited -- Marauders and Thursday -- Chindits and Imphal -- The northern Burma campaign -- Imphal and Kohima besieged, Chindits beset, marauders perturbed -- Myitkyina Morass -- Finales for Maruders and Chindits -- Matterhorn -- The prisoners of war -- The tide turns -- Death throes of an army -- Final bloody days -- After-action report. 
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650 0 |a World War, 1939-1945  |x Campaigns  |z Burma. 
650 0 |a World War, 1939-1945  |x Campaigns  |z India. 
650 0 |a World War, 1939-1945  |x Jungle warfare. 
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