After the battles of Kohima and Imphal in mid-1944, the tide turned against the Imperial Japanese Army. At the end of that fateful year, the Allies prepared an offensive in the Arakan region of Burma to deliver the decisive blow to the increasingly desperate 28th Japanese Army. This history book describes in detail the actions of the 3rd Commando Brigade, which led this attack in a series of daring amphibious landings deep into the Burmese jungle, culminating in the brutal fighting for Hill 170. It was the only commando brigade to serve in the Far East, yet its story has never been told in detail before. With access to previously unpublished primary sources, this book tells the story of the men who volunteered to fight a fearless enemy 5,000 miles from home in one of the most inhospitable places on earth. Thrown into battle with limited jungle training and sparse resources, it was a baptism of fire, but the Commandos, together with the brave men of the Indian and West African divisions of XV Corps, inflicted a terrible defeat on an enemy once considered invincible.
Group
Books (first-hand)
Author
Betteridge-Dyson, Lucy
Title
Dyson: Jungle Commandos
Details
English text, 8 pages with illustrations. 320 pages.
