Burma 1942; The Japanese Invasion

From: RUSI Journal | Date: June 1, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

BURMA 1942; THE JAPANESE INVASION

by lan Lyall Grant and Kazuo Tamayama, (The Zampi Press, Chichester, 1999), L25, 416 pages

Major General Lyall Grant has written another excellent book on the Burma campaign. This beautifully produced volume covers the Japanese invasion and the long withdrawal through Central Burma and back to India, and has been written in conjunction with Dr Kazuo Tamayama, Secretary of the Japan-British Society and a member of the japanese War History Society. As a result, lan Lyall Grant has had unprecedented access to Japanese sources, the bulk of them previously ...

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