The forgotten VCs: the Victoria Crosses of the war in the Far East during WW2
Fought amid the most challenging terrain of any theatre during the Second World War, the campaign in the Far East saw heroic actions against the unyielding Japanese that resulted in the awarding of more than forty Victoria Crosses - greater than a fifth of all the VCs of the war. Such actions includ...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Fought amid the most challenging terrain of any theatre during the Second World War, the campaign in the Far East saw heroic actions against the unyielding Japanese that resulted in the awarding of more than forty Victoria Crosses - greater than a fifth of all the VCs of the war. Such actions include that of Major Frank Blaker, whose battalion of the Gurkha Rifles was held up by Japanese machine-guns on 9 July 1944. After climbing for five hours up a 2,100-foot hill, Blaker crawled on his hands and knees through dense jungle alone until he was close enough to stand up and charge the strong enemy position |
| Beschreibung: | xi, 196 Seiten Illustrationen, Porträts |
| ISBN: | 9781526717979 |
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| adam_text | Contents
Introduction v*i
Glossary *x
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 The Protagonists 1
Chapter 2 The Malayan Campaign 11
Scarf, Arthur; Cumming, Arthur Edward; Anderson, Charles
Chapter 3 The Fall of Singapore 24
Wilkinson, Thomas; Magennis, James; Fraser, Ian
Chapter 4 Defeat in Burma 44
Singh, Parkash
Chapter 5 The Chin Hills 55
Ghale, Gaje
Chapter 6 Second Arakan Campaign 58
Horwood, Alec George; Hoey; Charles Ferguson; Singh, Nand
Chapter 7 Wingate s VC Chindits 69
Cairns, George; Allmand, Michael; Pun, Tul Bahadur; Blaker, Frank
Gerald
Chapter 8 The Battle of Imphal 86
Hafiz, Abdul; Turner, Hanson Victor; Lama, Ganju; Thapa,
Netrabahadur; Rai, Agansing
Chapter 9 The Siege of Kohima 98
Harman, John; Randle, John
Chapter 10 The Follow-Up - Arakan Singh, Ram Sarup; 113
Ram, Bhandari; Singh, Umrao; Shah, Sher; Knowland, George;
Gurung, Bhanubhakta; Raymond, Claud
Chapter 11 Marching South 135
Chib, Prakash Singh; Singh, Gian; Judge, Karamjeen Singh; Din,
Fazal; Weston, William Basil; Gurung, Lachhiman
Chapter 12 Australia s War 150
Kingsbury, Bruce; French, John; Newton, William; Kelliher, Richard;
Derrick, Thomas; Chowne, Albert; Kenna, Edward; Sukanaivalu,
Sefanaia; Rattey, Reginald; Partridge, Frank; Mackey, John; Starcevich,
Leslie; Gray, Robert
Bibliography 194
Index 196
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