Burma, 1942 : the road from Rangoon to Mandalay / Alan Warren. [electronic resource]

By:

Warren, Alan [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: London ; New York : Continuum, 2011Description: 1 online resource (x, 283 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, mapsContent type:

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ISBN:

9781441133700 (e-book)
9781441106735 (e-book)

Subject(s):

World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Burma

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Burma, 1942 : the road from Rangoon to Mandalay.DDC classification:

940.542591 22

LOC classification:

D767.6 .W377 2011

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Summary: 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 and the dislocation of government, would cause the deaths of many.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages [272]-275) and index.

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 and the dislocation of government, would cause the deaths of many.

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