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THE YALE LIBRARY OF MILITARY HISTORY Donald Kagan and Dennis Showalter, Series Editors ALSO BY FRANK MCLYNN FranceandtheJacobiteRisingof1745 TheJacobiteArmyinEngland TheJacobites Invasion:FromtheArmadatoHitler CharlesEdwardStuart CrimeandPunishmentinEighteenth-CenturyEngland Stanley:TheMakingofanAfricanExplorer SnowUpontheDesert:TheLifeofSirRichardBurton FromtheSierrastothePampas:RichardBurton’sTravelsin theAmericas1860–69 Stanley:Sorcerer’sApprentice HeartsofDarkness:TheEuropeanExplorationofAfrica FitzroyMcLean RobertLouisStevenson C.G.Jung Napoleaon 1066:TheYearoftheThreeBattles VillaandZapata Wagon’sWest:TheEpicStoryofAmerica’sOverlandTrails 1759:TheYearBritainBecameMasteroftheWorld LionheartandLackland:KingRichard,KingJohnandthe WarsofConquest Heroes&Villains MarcusAurelius:Warrior,Philosopher,Emperor FRANK McLYNN The Burma Campaign Disaster into Triumph 1942–45 NEW HAVEN & LONDON First published in the United States in 2011 by Yale University Press. First published in hardcover in Great Britain in 2010 by The Bodley Head. First published in paperback by Vintage Books in 2011. Copyright © 2010 by Frank McLynn. All rights reserved. This book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, including illustrations, in any form (beyond that copying permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the U.S. Copyright Law and except by reviewers for the public press), without written permission from the publishers. Yale University Press books may be purchased in quantity for educational, business, or promotional use. For information, please e-mail [email protected] (U.S. office) or [email protected] (U.K. office). Library of Congress Control Number: 2011930214 ISBN 978-0-300-17162-4 (hardcover: alk. paper) Printed in the United States of America. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. This paper meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (Permanence of Paper). 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 To Pauline This page intentionally left blank Contents Illustrations and maps ix Preface xi Chapter One 1 Chapter Two 16 Chapter Three 42 Chapter Four 69 Chapter Five 90 Chapter Six 110 Chapter Seven 136 Chapter Eight 159 Chapter Nine 183 Chapter Ten 209 Chapter Eleven 232 Chapter Twelve 258 Chapter Thirteen 293 Chapter Fourteen 328 Chapter Fifteen 364 Chapter Sixteen 386 Chapter Seventeen 412 Epilogue 446 Notes 457 Index 501 Illustrations and maps Illustrations 1. Burning camp © Keystone, Hulton Archive, Getty Images 2.Archibald Wavell and Joseph W. Stilwell © William Vandivert, Time & Life Pictures, Getty Images 3. W.J. Slim © Keystone, Time & Life Pictures, Getty Images 4.Burma campaign © William Vandivert, Time & Life Pictures, Getty Images 5. Strategy meeting on the Burmese border © William Vandivert, Time & Life Pictures, Getty Images 6. Chindits in Burma © Hulton Archive, Getty Images 7. Military briefing © Keystone, Hulton Archive, Getty Images 8. Joseph W. Stilwell, Chiang Kai-shek and Madame Chiang © Fred L. Eldridge, Time & Life Pictures, Getty Images 9. General Stilwell pictured with a group in the Burmese jungle © Haynes Archive, Popperfoto, Getty Images 10. British forces behind Japanese lines © William Vandivert, Time & Life Pictures, Getty Images 11.Cairo Conference © Keystone, Hulton Archive, Getty Images 12.Louis Mountbatten © Central Press, Hulton Archive, Getty Images 13.Wounded at casualty clearing station © William Vandivert, Time & Life Pictures, Getty Images 14.Chinese infantry during Burma campaign © William Vandivert, Time & Life Pictures, Getty Images 15. Dead Japanese soldiers lying next to road © William Vandivert, Time & Life Pictures, Getty Images 16.General Slim in London © Keystone, Hulton Archive, Getty Images 17.William Joseph Slim and Bernard Montgomery © Hulton Archive, Getty Images Maps 1. Physical map of Burma; 2. Political map of Burma; 3. Japanese invasion of Burma 1942; 4. Chindit operations 1943 & 1944; 5. Battle of Kohima-Imphal 1944; 6. ‘Capital’ & ‘Extended Capital’ 1944–1945 ix

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