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Alec Guinness won a Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of the dogmatic but brittle commanding officer in David Lean's film "The Bridge on the River ... More

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"Slim's Burma Boys" relates the personal experiences of men who fought the "Forgotten War" of the Burma campaign. Hill wanted his readers to know ... More

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Major General Orde Wingate, DSO and two bars, who had created and personally led the Chindits (commandos, from the Burmese word for a griffin) was ... More

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In 1941, as the Imperial Japanese Army swept across Asia and the Pacific, no country seemed able to defend itself against its rapid and brutal ... More

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A GRIPPING SURVIVOR STORY OF ONE FAMILY'S FLIGHT FROM BURMA DURING THE JAPANESE INVASION "As uplifting a testimonial to human courage as any to ... More

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Thousands of Australian and Allied prisoners of war worked and died in inhuman conditions to build the Thailand/Burma railway for the Imperial ... More

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Maureen Baird-Murray''s moving account of her extraordinary childhood contains a lovely, exotic setting, memorable characters, exciting events, and a ... More

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This is John Nunneley's account of how, as a 19-year-old officer in the Second World War, he arrived in Kenya to join the King's African Rifles; a ... More

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Following the capture of Burma by the Japanese in May 1942, reopening and expanding the link from India to China through Burma became the allied ... More

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In March 1944, some 2,200 battle trained men of 111 Brigade flew from India into northern Burma to land on improvised airstrips cleared from the ... More

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In February 1942, Singapore fell to the Japanese. Denys Peek and his brother were just two of tens of thousands of British and Commonwealth soldiers ... More

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This is the second part of John Masters' autobiography: how he fought with his Gurkha regiment during World War II until his promotion to command one ... More

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This is the true story behind the film, "The Bridge on the River Kwai". It tells of the march into the jungle to build the bridge. It is a story of ... More

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Charting the whole Burma War, this book flows like a novel from the high command to the sharp end, setting out a myriad of facts and considerations ... More

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