1st Edition
Military Economics, Culture and Logistics in the Burma Campaign, 1942-1945
By Graham Dunlop
Copyright 2009
272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
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Following the fall of Burma to the Japanese in May 1942, reopening and expanding the link from India to China through Burma became the allied force's principal war aim in South-East Asia. This book argues that the campaign's development was driven more by what was logistictically possible than by pure strategic intent.
Introduction; Part I Part; Chapter 1 The Loss of Burma, January'”May 1942; Chapter 2 India's Readiness for War in the East, May 1942; Part II Part; Chapter 3 The Development of India as the Strategic Base; Chapter 4 The Development of the Operational Lines of Communication; Chapter 5 The Development of Tactical Maintenance; Part III Part; Chapter 6 The Logistic Influence: Defensive Victory, 1944; Chapter 7 The Logistic Influence: Planning the Invasion of Burma, 1944-5; Chapter 8 The Invasion of Burma, 1945; conclusion Conclusion;
Biography
Dunlop, Graham
