The jungle, the Japanese and the British Commonwealth armies at war, 1941-45 : fighting methods, doctrine and training for jungle warfare
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The jungle, the Japanese and the British Commonwealth armies at war, 1941-45 : fighting methods, doctrine and training for jungle warfare
(Cass series--military history and policy)
Routledge, 2014, c2005
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"This edition published 2013 by Routledge ... First issued in paperback 2014"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-263) and index
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内容説明
This book focuses on the British Commonwealth armies in SE Asia and the SW Pacific during the Second World War, which, following the disastrous Malayan and Burma campaigns, had to hurriedly re-train, re-equip and re-organise their demoralised troops to fight a conventional jungle war against the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA). British, Indian and Australian troops faced formidable problems conducting operations across inaccessible, rugged and jungle-covered mountains on the borders of Burma, in New Guinea and on the islands of the SW Pacific. Yet within a remarkably short time they adapted to the exigencies of conventional jungle warfare and later inflicted shattering defeats on the Japanese. This study will trace how the military effectiveness of the Australian Army and the last great imperial British Army in SE Asia was so dramatically transformed, with particular attention to the two key factors of tactical doctrine and specialised training in jungle warfare. It will closely examine how lessons were learnt and passed on between the British, Indian and Australian armies. The book will also briefly cover the various changes in military organisation, medical support and equipment introduced by the military authorities in SE Asia and Australia, as well as covering the techniques evolved to deliver effective air support to ground troops. To demonstrate the importance of these changes, the battlefield performance of imperial troops in such contrasting
operations as the First Arakan Campaign, fighting along the Kokoda Trail and the defeat of the IJA at Imphal and Kohima will be described in detail.
目次
Introduction 1. The Opening Rounds: The Malayan Campaign and Retreat from Burma, December 1941 - February 1942 2. India Command and the Lessons of Defeat, February 1942 - October 1942 3. Forging the Weapon: The Lessons of Arakan,
May 1943 - September 1944 4. The Test of Battle: From Arakan to Imphal-Kohima, November 1943 - June 1944 5. Learning the Lessons of Arakan and Imphal-Kohima, March 1944 - November 1944 6. From the Mountains to the Sea 7. Conclusion: Endgame in Burma
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