{"product_id":"9781399008532","title":"Burma Victory, 1944-1945 : Photographs from Wartime Archives by Jon Diamond","description":"General Stilwell's ad hoc force of Merrill's Marauders, American-trained Chinese divisions, Kachin guerrillas and General Wingate's Chindits conducted a northern Burmese offensive that led to the coup de main seizure of Myitkyina's airfield in May 1944. In August 1944, after a protracted siege, Myitkyina town on the Irrawaddy River fell to the Allies. At the same time elements of General Slim's 14th Army were mounting a defence of northeastern India at Imphal and Kohima against Imperial Japan's 15th Army; Operation U-Go, led by General Mutaguchi, from March to July 1944. Thereafter, the Allies began two major campaigns.   First, the northern Burmese Sino-American offensive re-opened the land supply route to China via a newly-built Burma Road, which replaced the American Air Transport Command's  Hump' airlift that had kept Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's Chinese forces supplied.   The second offensive was by General Bill Slim's multi-national British 14th Army under, which advanced south-east through the Arakan. The  Forgotten Army' eventually re-occupied Mandalay and Rangoon.   These legendary campaigns are superbly described in words and images in this fine addition to the Images of War series.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56298713317749,"sku":"9781399008532","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781399008532.jpg?v=1762783756","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781399008532","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}