LEADER 03034oam 2200541 450 001 9910461816603321 005 20200807152107.0 010 $a1-283-38016-1 010 $a9786613380166 010 $a1-4411-3370-4 035 $a(CKB)2670000000139796 035 $a(EBL)831552 035 $a(OCoLC)769344414 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000632963 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12293847 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000632963 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10616745 035 $a(PQKB)11197931 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC831552 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5328139 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000139796 100 $a20190105d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun#---auuuu 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBurma, 1942 $ethe road from Rangoon to Mandalay /$fAlan Warren 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cContinuum,$d2011. 215 $a1 online resource (304 pages) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4411-5250-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [272]-275) and index. 327 $aPreface; 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 14 327 $aThe 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 330 $aIn 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. 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns$zBurma 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns 676 $a940.5425 700 $aWarren$b Alan$f1967-$0932962 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461816603321 996 $aBurma, 1942$92099813 997 $aUNINA