General Editor
Bisheshwar Prasad, D. Litt.
Combined Inter-Services Historical Section
(India & Pakistan)
1958
CONTENTS
Preface ix The Background--Physical and Strategic 1 II. Counter-Offensive Plans--March 1942 to December 1943 11 III. Japanese Activity in the Chindwin--1942-43 44 IV. Chin Hills Operations 62 V. The Chindits 85 VI. Wingate's Early Operations 98 VII. The Irrawaddy and Beyond 114 VIII. Withdrawal of the Chindits 124 IX. Clearing the Decks for Offensive Action 138 X. Preliminary Operations: 15 November 1943 to 7 March 1944 149 XI. The Storm Breaks 174 XII. The Struggle for Imphal 215 XIII. The Struggle for Imphas (Contd.) 241 XIV. The Siege and Relief of Kohima 268 XV. The Siege and Relief of Kohima (Contd.) 286 XVI. The Special Forces Operations--Planning 313 XVII. Special Force Enters Burma 328 XVIII. Operations Around Indaw 342 XIX. Special Force Moves North 372 XX. The End of Special Force Operations 393 Appendices 1. Organisation of a Chindits Column 407 2. The Chindits--Proclamation to Headmen of Villages Where the Wounded Were Deposited 408 3. IV Corps Operation Order No. 7--3 March 1944 409 4. Order of Battle, Kohima Garrison on 4 April 1944 416 5. Specail Order of the Day by Commander, Kohima Garrison, Dated 13 April 1944 417 6. Appreciation of the Situation by G.O.C. IV Corps on 30 April 1944 418 7. Special Order by Major-General Tanaka Nobuo--2 June 1944 426 8. The Stronghold (Special Force) 427 9. Order of Battle, the 3rd Indian Division--1 March 1944 437 10. Casualties of the 3rd Indian Division 439 11. Aircraft Scores (Special Force) 440 12. Extract from "Report on Operations of Special Force" 441 13. Some Types of Japanese Artillery 443 Bibliography 449 Index 452 MAPS & CHARTS ILLUSTRATIONS
Transcribed and formatted by Patrick Clancey, HyperWar Foundation