03034oam 2200541 450 991046181660332120200807152107.01-283-38016-197866133801661-4411-3370-4(CKB)2670000000139796(EBL)831552(OCoLC)769344414(SSID)ssj0000632963(PQKBManifestationID)12293847(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000632963(PQKBWorkID)10616745(PQKB)11197931(MiAaPQ)EBC831552(MiAaPQ)EBC5328139(EXLCZ)99267000000013979620190105d2011 uy 0engurun#---auuuutxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierBurma, 1942 the road from Rangoon to Mandalay /Alan WarrenLondon ;New York :Continuum,2011.1 online resource (304 pages)Description based upon print version of record.1-4411-5250-4 Includes bibliographical references (pages [272]-275) and index.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 14The 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; IndexIn 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 and the dislocation of government, would cause the deaths of many.World War, 1939-1945CampaignsBurmaElectronic books.World War, 1939-1945Campaigns940.5425Warren Alan1967-932962MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461816603321Burma, 19422099813UNINA