HardThrasher
Published 29 Nov 202402:00 – Here We Go Again
06:36 – Perfect Planning
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Bibliography
As usual this is a non exhaustive list, but hopefully gives you a feel for where I’ve pulled information from; I’ve used Wikipedia articles to give you a feel for what happened when, but there is no substitute for actually sitting and reading some of the source materials, so I’d recommend the Offline section for those seriously interested in the subjects covered.Online
https://thecritic.co.uk/issues/decemb… – Benghal Famine Myths – Zareer Masani (2020)
Slim: Britain’s Greatest General – Rob Lyman’s talk on Bill Slim
https://www.royalhampshireregiment.or… – Royal Hampshire Regiment in the Emergency
Japanese war crimes death toll– Rough estimates
https://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/SOD… – Non-China killings
Slim Inter War – https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/william…
Gurkha Regiment history of Slim – Slim Sahib: Britain’s Greatest Ever G…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanes… – Wiki on the invasion of Burma
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British… – History of Britain in Burma
Interwar US and Japanese Defence Expenditure, 2003, William O’NeilOffline
Burma ’44 – James Holland
Courage and Other Broadcasts – Sir William Slim, edited by Dr. Robert Lyman
Defeat into Victory – Field Marshal Viscount Slim
Desperate Journey – Francis Clifford
Forgotten Armour: Tank Warfare in Burma – Jack Bowsher
Kohima 1944 – Dr Robert Lyman
Road of Bones: The Epic Siege of Kohima 1944 – Fergal Keane
Slim – Roland Lewin
Slim, Master of War – Dr. Robert Lyman
The Burma Campaign – Frank McLynn
A War of Empires – Japan, India & Britain 1941-1945 – Dr. Robert Lyman
Unofficial History – Field Marshal Sir William Slim – John DouglasWikipedia Articles on Key figures
Orde Wingate – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orde_Wingate
David “Joe” Lentaigne – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_…
Mountbatten – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Mountbatten
General Wavell – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archiba…
Brigadier Jackie Smyth – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Joh…
Brigadier Hutton – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_…
Mountbatten https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Mo…
Joe Stillwell – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_…
The Auk – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_…
Giffard – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_…
Hideki Tojo – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hideki_Tojo
Sh?z? Sakurai https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dz%C5%8D_Sakurai
From the comments:
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4 hours ago (edited)
SNAGGING – Stuff I Know I Got Wrong
I said Wingate had decided to proceed on finding Piccadilly might be compromised, but according to John Masters, in his superb book The Road Past Mandalay, when Wingate found out Piccadilly had logs on it he became highly emotional, called the whole operation murder and said that if it went ahead and everyone died, that was on Bill Slim. General Slim decided he was being hysterical and made the call to divert troops to Broadway.
