Marknadens största urval
Snabb leverans

Fighting Through to Kohima: A Memoir of War in India & Burma

Om Fighting Through to Kohima: A Memoir of War in India & Burma

This author was extraordinarily lucky to be alive! All those who read this splendid Second World War memoir will doubtless come to the same view. After joining up in 1939 with the Queen's Royal Regiment the Author was posted to the North West Frontier of India where he cut his teeth chasing Pathan tribesman bandit gangs for two years. This was exciting enough but only a taste of what was to come. The Japanese advance into Burma threatened India and along with many thousands of British and Colonial troops Lowry found himself fighting in the Arakan region. Conditions were appalling and the fighting was extremely bitter by any standards. His Battalion was cut off by the Japs for three weeks but refused to surrender yet even worse was to come as the Battalion was thrown into the thick of the action at Kohima which is rated as the most desperate defensive action for the campaign. In one week 173 members of this Battalion were lost. Lowry himself was seriously wounded when a Japanese officer dropped out of a tree onto him. All this is vividly described in this fascinating and inspiring book.

Visa mer
  • Språk:
  • Engelska
  • ISBN:
  • 9781844158027
  • Format:
  • Häftad
  • Sidor:
  • 304
  • Utgiven:
  • 20. mars 2009
  • Mått:
  • 156x234x23 mm.
  • Vikt:
  • 524 g.
  I lager
Leveranstid: 4-7 vardagar
Förväntad leverans: 28. november 2024

Beskrivning av Fighting Through to Kohima: A Memoir of War in India & Burma

This author was extraordinarily lucky to be alive! All those who read this splendid Second World War memoir will doubtless come to the same view. After joining up in 1939 with the Queen's Royal Regiment the Author was posted to the North West Frontier of India where he cut his teeth chasing Pathan tribesman bandit gangs for two years. This was exciting enough but only a taste of what was to come. The Japanese advance into Burma threatened India and along with many thousands of British and Colonial troops Lowry found himself fighting in the Arakan region. Conditions were appalling and the fighting was extremely bitter by any standards. His Battalion was cut off by the Japs for three weeks but refused to surrender yet even worse was to come as the Battalion was thrown into the thick of the action at Kohima which is rated as the most desperate defensive action for the campaign. In one week 173 members of this Battalion were lost. Lowry himself was seriously wounded when a Japanese officer dropped out of a tree onto him. All this is vividly described in this fascinating and inspiring book.

Användarnas betyg av Fighting Through to Kohima: A Memoir of War in India & Burma



Hitta liknande böcker
Boken Fighting Through to Kohima: A Memoir of War in India & Burma finns i följande kategorier:

Gör som tusentals andra bokälskare

Prenumerera på vårt nyhetsbrev för att få fantastiska erbjudanden och inspiration för din nästa läsning.