Richard Rhodes James

Chindit

The inside story of one of World War Two's most dramatic behind-the-lines operations

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Taking the reader through the remote wilds of the jungle, showing the parching heat and the relentless rain that these men experienced, Rhodes James paints a detailed portrait of a band of brothers fighting for survival.

Produktdetails

• Second World War Voices
• Verlag: Transworld Publishers Ltd
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 769531
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. April 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 192mm x 129mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 196g
• ISBN-13: 9780552178945
• ISBN-10: 0552178942
• Artikelnr.: 63197725

Autorenporträt

Rhichard Rhodes James was born in Mandalay, Burma, in 1921, one of five children of an Indian Army officer. After his education in England, he returned to India in 1942 and joined the 3rd Gurkha Rifles. After the Chindit operations, in which he was mentioned in dispatches, he went on the expedition to repossess Malaya from the Japanese, ending the Second World War in Java.