![]() ![]() The air-mobile brigades had their heavy equipment modified to fit into C-47’s. ![]() His divisions were later converted to 2 mechanized and 1 air-transportable brigade. ![]() The travelled light and kept the engineering formations close to the front - building roads right behind the battle-lines to keep supplies flowing. They learned how to patrol and no longer fear being isolated. The trained for jungle warfare and became as swift in navigating it as the Japanese. Not only in organization, but also in tactics and techniques. Morale and fighting spirit was nil as the Japanese forces embraced the jungle and moved fluidly through it, whereas the British-led troops were road-bound.įinally given a chance to regroup, Slim rebuilt his army. Burma Corps arrives back in India in shambles - men barely alive, carrying only their personal weapons, having force-marched out of some of the most hostile terrain on the planet as the Monsoons began to descend on the region. Things start out in 1942 with “The Retreat” as the British are routed from Rangoon and Burma, all the way back into India. It is an incredible look into a complete military campaign. Whereas many memoirs by generals focus on themselves, Slim details the campaign overall in minute detail, rarely compliments himself, and lavishes praise on his troops. ![]() Slim’s 550-page epic details his experiences leading British and Indian troops in Burma from 1942–1945. ![]()
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