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UNINA9910461816603321 |
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Autore |
Warren Alan <1967-> |
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Burma, 1942 : the road from Rangoon to Mandalay / / Alan Warren |
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London ; ; New York : , : Continuum, , 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-38016-1 |
9786613380166 |
1-4411-3370-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (304 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Burma |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [272]-275) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preface; List of Maps; List of Illustrations; Chapter 1; British Burma and Imperial Japan; Chapter 2; Preparations for War; Chapter 3; The Outbreak of War in South-east Asia; Chapter 4; The Invasion of Burma; Chapter 5; Battle of Moulmein; Chapter 6; The Defence of the Salween River; Chapter 7; The Battle of Bilin River; Chapter 8; Confusion at Kyaikto; Chapter 9; The Sittang Bridge; Chapter 10; The Demolition of the Sittang Bridge; Chapter 11; Rangoon in the Front Line; Chapter 12; Wavell Takes Charge; Chapter 13; Retreat from Rangoon; Chapter 14 |
The Imperial Japanese Navy and the Indian OceanChapter 15; Admiral Nagumo's Raid on Ceylon; Chapter 16; The Oilfields of Yenangyaung; Chapter 17; The Retreat to India; Chapter 18; The Consequences of Defeat; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In December 1941 Japan set out to seize South-East Asia and the western Pacific to complete the building of a self-sufficient empire. The rapid loss of all of Britain's possessions in the Far East was the culmination of a failed attempt to deal with the rise of Japanese imperialism. Britain's bluff was called and millions of Britain's 'protected' subjects in Asia fell into the hands of a brutal occupying power. The British fought the Second World War in Burma and India against the backdrop of nationalist unrest and revolt. The appalling Bengal famine of 1943, brought about by the loss of Burma's rice crop |
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