Chindit Affair

A Memoir of the War in Burma

Mooney, Brian

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Pen & Sword Military
01 April 2022

Memoirs; Second World War; Regiments

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 jungle, They were part of General Orde Wingates Chindit force sent to fight the Japanese deep behind their lines. Five months later, 111 Brigade was down to 118 fit men eight British officers, a score of British soldiers and 90 Gurkhas. One of those eight officers was Frank Baines, and in Chindit Affair he tells, in vivid language and with shrewd insight, what happened. Frank commanded two platoons of young Gurkhas and was attached to 111 Brigade Headquarters, serving under John Masters, where he had a close-up view for most of the time. His account throws new light on the leadership of the Chindit campaign, but above all it is a soldiers story. All the horrors of jungle warfare are here bodies blood-sucked by leeches and corpses impaled by bamboo; Japanese soldiers reduced to eating human flesh; a court martial and execution; soldiers falling sick and dropping by the wayside, and being killed and wounded in action. He also captures the atmosphere of the jungle, its watercourses, trees, birds and the Kachin villagers simple way of life. No other account of the Chindit operations touches the same raw nerves, and none recreates so immediately the sensations of being there in the jungle and hills which devoured nearly all of them.

AUTHOR: Brian Mooney was a prize-winning foreign correspondent for Reuters. Since leaving Reuters in 2000 he has published three books, Breaking News, Frontier Country and Shaping History, and he has worked in international public relations and contributed articles to the Financial Times, and other publications. His latest book is a biography of Frank Baines A Look Beyond the Sea. He lives in the City of London and Essex.

By: Mooney Brian
Imprint: Pen & Sword Military
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781399085250
ISBN 10: 1399085255
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 01 April 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Brian Mooney was a prize-winning foreign correspondent for Reuters. Since leaving Reuters in 2000 he has published three books, Breaking News, Frontier Country and Shaping History, and he has worked in international public relations and contributed articles to the Financial Times, and other publications. His latest book is a biography of Frank Baines A Look Beyond the Sea. He lives in the City of London and Essex.

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Chindit Affair

A Memoir of the War in Burma

Mooney, Brian

$44.99

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