Images Of War: The Real Story Of World War Ii - Imphal & Kohima: October 1943 To July 1944
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image; souvenir newspaper and campaign included
In the steaming jungles of northeast India, two battles — Imphal and Kohima — would decide the fate of the entire Burma Campaign and, with it, the future of the British Empire in Asia. This gripping wartime partwork issue of Images of War: The Real Story of World War II chronicles the dramatic struggle from October 1943 to July 1944, focusing on General Slim's first decisive victory against the Japanese Imperial Army and the brutal, months-long Siege of Imphal — a clash that historians now recognise as one of the largest defeats ever inflicted upon Japan in the Second World War. Produced by Marshall Cavendish in association with the Imperial War Museum, each issue combines a full magazine, a period newspaper reproduction, and an original campaign map to place the reader at the very heart of the action. Images of War stands as a landmark in popular military history publishing, drawing on the unrivalled photographic and documentary archives of the Imperial War Museum to present an authoritative and viscerally immediate account of the conflict. The series is celebrated for its unflinching authenticity, weaving together front-line photography, firsthand testimony, and meticulous cartography to illuminate the human cost behind the strategic headlines. For anyone who thought the war in Burma was a forgotten sideshow, this issue's final revelation — the sheer scale of the Japanese collapse at Kohima — will prove unforgettable.
Author: -
Format: Paperback
Genre: WW2
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image; souvenir newspaper and campaign included
In the steaming jungles of northeast India, two battles — Imphal and Kohima — would decide the fate of the entire Burma Campaign and, with it, the future of the British Empire in Asia. This gripping wartime partwork issue of Images of War: The Real Story of World War II chronicles the dramatic struggle from October 1943 to July 1944, focusing on General Slim's first decisive victory against the Japanese Imperial Army and the brutal, months-long Siege of Imphal — a clash that historians now recognise as one of the largest defeats ever inflicted upon Japan in the Second World War. Produced by Marshall Cavendish in association with the Imperial War Museum, each issue combines a full magazine, a period newspaper reproduction, and an original campaign map to place the reader at the very heart of the action. Images of War stands as a landmark in popular military history publishing, drawing on the unrivalled photographic and documentary archives of the Imperial War Museum to present an authoritative and viscerally immediate account of the conflict. The series is celebrated for its unflinching authenticity, weaving together front-line photography, firsthand testimony, and meticulous cartography to illuminate the human cost behind the strategic headlines. For anyone who thought the war in Burma was a forgotten sideshow, this issue's final revelation — the sheer scale of the Japanese collapse at Kohima — will prove unforgettable.