Author(s): Robert Lyman; Johnny Shumate (Illustrator)

Military

Accounts of history's greatest conflicts, detailing the command strategies, tactics and battle experiences of the opposing forces throughout the crucial stages of each campaign, The Reconquest of Burma 1944-45 From Operation Capital to the Sittang Bend Retaking Burma was not part of Allied Grand Strategy in 1944 and 1945. It happened despite it, and in particular, because of the dramatic failure of the Japanese invasion of India (Operation U-Go), which ended ignominiously for the Japanese Empire in August 1944. The reconquest was one of the longest campaigns of World War II. It comprised 11 distinct battles and offensives that were part of the overall continuum of operations that resulted in the Allied victory. Written by a leading expert on the British Army in World War II, this superbly illustrated work details the Allied operations to retake Burma from Japanese control. Key actions (including the capture of Meiktila and Mandalay, the advance in the Arakan, and the final Japanese breakout operations) are explored in easy to follow 2D maps and 3D diagrams. Among the events brought to life in vivid battlescene artworks are an SOE-led ambush during Operation Character, and the famous Defence of Hill 170 in the Arakan.