Burma, 1942
Subtitle: the road from Rangoon to Mandalay
By: Alan Warren
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 283
ISBN-13: 9781441152503; 9781441133700; 9781441106735
Subjects: Campaigns; World War, 1939-1945
Description: In December 1941 Japan set out to seize South-East Asia and the western Pacific to complete the building of a self-sufficient empire. The rapid loss of all of Britain's possessions in the Far East was the culmination of a failed attempt to deal with the rise of Japanese imperialism. Britain's bluff was called and millions of Britain's 'protected' subjects in Asia fell into the hands of a brutal occupying power. The British fought the Second World War in Burma and India against the backdrop of nationalist unrest and revolt. The appalling Bengal famine of 1943, brought about by the loss of Burma's rice crop and the dislocation of government, would cause the deaths of many.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [272]-275) and index.