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Battle of the Box by Patrick Turnbull

Battle of the Box by Patrick Turnbull

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    Battle of the Box by Patrick Turnbull
    FIRST EDITION.  Hard cover
    .  Ian Allan, 1979.  144
    pages. Fine
    book
    in fine dust jacket.  Great copy!
    In January 1942 the Japanese army advanced into the jungles of Burma and forced their British opponents into the 'longest retreat' back to the borders of India and behind the Chindwin River. Opposing the Japanese was the 'Forgotten Army' the 14th, and bearing the brunt of the attack was XV Indian Corps, a mixture of Britons, Indians and Gurkhas. In 20 days' bloody fighting in the Arakan, the Battle of the Box, as the victory became known, XV Corps inflicted on the Japanese their first major defeat. They did so against the odds owing to the lack of railways and roads, the enormous monsoon rainfall and the countryside being renowned as one of the world's worst malarial areas. The author skilfully portrays this battle and the preceding and succeeding campaigns. Numerous appendices and over 70 photographs and maps add detail to this superb account.
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