A fascinating exploration of the dramatic battles and Allied
operations to wrest back control of Burma (Myanmar) from the Japanese.
The Allied reconquest of Burma was not part of Allied Grand Strategy in
1944 and 1945. It happened despite it - in particular, because of the
dramatic failure of the Japanese invasion of India (Operation U-Go),
which ended ignominiously for the Japanese Empire in August 1944. The
reconquest was one of the longest campaigns of World War II. It
comprised 11 distinct battles and offensives that were part of the
overall continuum of operations that resulted in the Allied victory.
Written by a foremost expert on the British Army in World War II, this
superbly illustrated work details the Allied operations to retake Burma
from Japanese control. Accounts of Operation Capital, the capture of
Meiktila and Mandalay, the Allied advance in the Arakan, the race for
Rangoon, Operation Dracula, the Battle of the Sittang Bend and
Japanese breakout operations across the Pegu Yomas are supported by easy
to follow 2D maps and 3D diagrams. Among the events brought to life in
vivid battlescene artworks are an SOE-led ambush in Operation
Character, and the famous Defence of Hill 170 in the Arakan.