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Burma '44 The Battle That Turned Britain's War in the East
Burma '44 The Battle That Turned Britain's War in the East
Author: James Holland
Condition: Like New
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In February 1944 a rag‑tag assembly of clerks, drivers, doctors, muleteers and a few stubborn Yorkshiremen and tank crews held out in the paddy fields and jungle of Northern Arakan during the fifteen‑day siege known as the Defence of the Admin Box. James Holland dramatizes how this seemingly minor, brutal encounter became one of the most astonishing actions of the Second World War: the first decisive British victory over the Japanese in Burma that revealed how Japanese tactics could be defeated and paved the way for General Slim’s Fourteenth Army to reverse the campaign’s fortunes. Told with the momentum of a thriller and comparisons to Rorke’s Drift and the Ardennes, the book presents the Admin Box as a turning point of Britain’s war in the East.
Burma ’44 is a tightly focused piece of narrative military history from respected British historian James Holland, published by Corgi Books (ISBN13 9780552172035). Praised by The Times as “A thrilling blow‑by‑blow account” and by BBC History as “A first‑rate popular history… a veritable page‑turner,” it emphasizes operational history, jungle warfare, air‑supply to encircled troops, small‑unit combat and command under pressure, making it essential reading for those interested in the Burma campaign and the tactical lessons that shaped later Allied successes.
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Basic Bibliographic Data
Title: Burma '44: The Battle That Turned Britain's War in the East
Author: James Holland
Publisher: Corgi Books
Theater of War
Operations / Campaigns / Battles
Main Nations and Forces Involved
Type and Focus of Book
Forces, Units, and Themes
Weapons / Vehicles
Leaders and Command
Visual and Supporting Material
Descriptive Keywords and Tags (Content-Driven)
World War II – Burma
Battle of the Admin Box
Arakan front, 1944
Jungle warfare
Siege and encirclement
Air supply operations to surrounded troops
British and Indian Army in Burma
Japanese offensives in Burma 1944
Small-unit combat narratives
Command and control under pressure
Turning point in Britain’s war in the East
Narrative military history (non-fiction)
Operational history of the Burma campaign
Book Condition: Like New
Book Condition: Like New
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