Images Of War: The Real Story Of World War Ii - Burma: The Chindits, January 1943 To March 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 Burma, a daring and unconventional military force carved its way behind enemy lines in one of the most audacious campaigns of the Second World War. Issue 35 of Images of War: The Real Story of World War II chronicles the legendary Chindits — the long-range penetration groups led by the eccentric General Orde Wingate — as they fought the Imperial Japanese Army deep within occupied Burma from January 1943 to March 1944. Presented through a compelling combination of rare archival photographs, period newspaper reproductions, and a detailed campaign map, this instalment reconstructs the brutal realities of jungle warfare, supply drops, and the staggering human cost of operations far beyond conventional front lines. Published by Marshall Cavendish in association with the Imperial War Museum, the Images of War partwork series stands as an authoritative visual record of the global conflict, drawing on one of the world's foremost collections of wartime documentation. This issue balances the grand strategic narrative — detailing the first and second Chindit expeditions — with a vivid home front section that illustrates how the Burma campaign was perceived and reported back in Britain. The inclusion of original newspaper facsimiles and a full campaign map transforms this from a mere magazine into a primary-source document, leaving the reader to wonder: how much of the true cost of the Burma campaign was ever fully told?
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 Burma, a daring and unconventional military force carved its way behind enemy lines in one of the most audacious campaigns of the Second World War. Issue 35 of Images of War: The Real Story of World War II chronicles the legendary Chindits — the long-range penetration groups led by the eccentric General Orde Wingate — as they fought the Imperial Japanese Army deep within occupied Burma from January 1943 to March 1944. Presented through a compelling combination of rare archival photographs, period newspaper reproductions, and a detailed campaign map, this instalment reconstructs the brutal realities of jungle warfare, supply drops, and the staggering human cost of operations far beyond conventional front lines. Published by Marshall Cavendish in association with the Imperial War Museum, the Images of War partwork series stands as an authoritative visual record of the global conflict, drawing on one of the world's foremost collections of wartime documentation. This issue balances the grand strategic narrative — detailing the first and second Chindit expeditions — with a vivid home front section that illustrates how the Burma campaign was perceived and reported back in Britain. The inclusion of original newspaper facsimiles and a full campaign map transforms this from a mere magazine into a primary-source document, leaving the reader to wonder: how much of the true cost of the Burma campaign was ever fully told?