Chindits: Long Range Penetration- Weapons Book (History of World War II)

History

Calvert, Michael

Military

Macmillan

One of the Ballantine Series, this volume covers the special force 'Chindits' introduced into the Burma Campaign of WWII. Operating behind the Japanese lines, the Chindits were supplied by air and ushered in a new type of conducting war. Heavily illustrated with photos and maps. 159 pages

Chindits--long range penetration (Ballantine's illustrated history of the violent century. Weapons book)

Ballantine Books

Michael Calvert was one of the legendary figures of the Second World War. He hit the headlines as 'Mad Mike' after the first Chindit campaign in 1943, with a reputation as a tough and daring leader of guerrilla troops. His specialty was penetrating behind enemy lines; his success was due to a resourceful mind and the fact that men would follow him wherever he led. 
Mad Mike fought in the snow and ice of Norway, in the steaming jungles of Burma, and on the battlefields of Europe where in 1945 he commanded the crack Special Air Service Brigade. 
He was one of the first men selected for the Chindits by the controversial General Orde Wingate. He became Wingate's right-hand man - both in fierce jungle fighting and in battles against stick-in-the-mud staff officers

FIGHTING MAD (War Book Series)

Bantam]

Landing by parachute and glider behind Japanese lines, Wingate's "Chindit" commandos pioneered long-range reconnaissance and techniques of air support that have since become standard in military operations.

PRISONERS OF HOPE (Pen & Sword Paperback)

Americas

Pen_and_Sword

Michael Calvert was one of the legendary figures of the Second World War. He hit the headlines as 'Mad Mike' after the first Chindit campaign in 1943, with a reputation as a tough and daring leader of guerrilla troops. He was one of the first men selected for the Chindits by the controversial General Orde Wingate. He became Wingate's right-hand man - both in fierce jungle fighting and in battles against stick-in-the-mud staff officers. His speciality was penetrating behind enemy lines. Mad Mike fought in the snow and ice of Norway, in the steaming jungles of Burma, and on the battlefields of Europe where in 1945 he commanded the crack Special Air Service Brigade.

Fighting Mad: One Man's Guerrilla War (Pen & Sword Military)

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

Pen and Sword Military

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