Hemant Singh Katoch: Imphal 1944

Cover: 9781472820150 | Imphal 1944 | The Japanese invasion of India | Hemant Singh Katoch

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Beschreibung

In March 1944, the Japanese Fifteenth Army launched an offensive into India from Burma. Named 'U Go', its main objective was the capture of the town of Imphal, which provided the easiest route between India and Burma. Whoever controlled it, controlled access between the two countries. Facing off against the Japanese was the British Fourteenth Army and its Imphal-based 4 Corps. For the next four months, over 200,000 men clashed in the hills and valley of Manipur in what has since been described as one of the greatest battles of World War II.

Although numbers vary, it is estimated that some 30,000 Japanese soldiers died and 23,000 were injured at Imphal-Kohima in 1944 due to fighting, disease and in the retreat back to Burma. It remains the largest defeat on land ever for the Japanese Army. With fully commissioned artwork and maps, this is the complete story of the turning point in the Burma campaign in World War II.

Über den Autor

Hemant Singh Katoch

Zusammenfassung

There have been a number of books and films about the British campaign against Japan in Asia, largely from the point of view of Allied POWs including The Bridge over the River Kwai (1957) and the Man Booker Prize winning novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan (2014).

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Origins of the Campaign
Chronology

Opposing Commanders
Opposing Forces
Opposing Plans
The Japanese Lay Siege, March to Mid-April 1944
A Battle Of Attrition, Mid-April to May 1944
The British Break Through, June 1944
A Japanese Rout, July 1944

Aftermath
The Battlefield Today
Further Reading
Index

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2018
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781472820150
ISBN-10:	1472820150
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Katoch, Hemant Singh
Illustrator:	Dennis, Peter
Hersteller:	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	249 x 182 x 12 mm
Von/Mit:	Hemant Singh Katoch
Erscheinungsdatum:	09.03.2018
Gewicht:	0,313 kg