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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824705503321

Autore

Hantzis Steven James

Titolo

Rails of war : supplying the Americans and their allies in China-Burma-India / / Steven James Hantzis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Lincoln, Nebraska] ; ; [London, England] : , : Potomac Books, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

1-61234-937-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (200 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

940.54/1273092

Soggetti

Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 - Transportation

Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 - Participation, American

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

SS Mariposa -- Leaving Bombay -- Indian rails -- To Parbatipur -- Air raid -- The Ledo Road -- Relay -- First encounters -- Inside the 721st -- Merrill's Marauders -- Company B -- Fire -- Mutaguchi's gift -- The Battle of Kohima -- After the storm -- Inbound -- Material inferiority -- Monsoon -- The Siege of Myitkyina -- A ghost in the yards -- Kaunia Junction -- Brothers -- Japanese retrench -- Medic! Medic! -- Stepping up -- Another Christmas -- Milepost 103 -- The road less traveled -- Toy train to Shangri-la -- Crossing Irrawaddy -- The home fires -- Blue flag -- Coupled up -- The new president -- Endgame -- Above Rangoon Jail -- Germany surrenders -- Discharge -- The conductor -- Around the world -- Departure -- Christmas 1945.