Jungle Commandos : The Battle for Arakan, Burma 1945, Lucy Betteridge-Dyson

Jungle Commandos : The Battle for Arakan, Burma 1945, Lucy Betteridge-DysonNew Hardback Drawing on unpublished first hand accounts, this is a gripping history of the experiences of the Commandos and their unsung allies in one of the bloodiest battles of the Burma Campaign. Following the battles of Kohima and Imphal in mid 1944, the tide was turning against the Imperial Japanese Army. By the end of that fateful year, the Allies were preparing to launch an offensive in the Arakan region of Burma, to deliver a knockout blow to

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