Table of Contents

Note on Translation and Transliteration
List of Abbreviations

List of Maps, Tables, Pictures and Paintings
Introduction and Literature Review
Prologue: Burma, its Geography, and its People

Chapter One: The Oriental Mission, October 1940 – December 1941

Chapter Two: The Oriental Mission and the First Burma Campaign, December 1941– June 1942

Chapter Three: Reorganisation and Early Operations, August 1942 to August 1943
Chapter Four: Getting Behind the Lines: The India Mission in Burma, September 1943 – December 1944

Chapter Five: Operation Character, November 1944 – September 1945

Chapter Six: The Billet Operations: Nation, Manual and Grain, November 1944 – September 1945

Epilogue: A Legacy? Force 136 and Post-War Burma, 1945 – 1950

Conclusions

Sources and Bibliography

Promotional Information

In the mountains and jungles of occupied Burma during World War II, British special forces launched a series of secret operations, assisted by parts of the Burmese population.

About the Author

Richard Duckett is Lecturer in Military History at Reading College in the United Kingdom. He is an acknowledged expert on the Burmese campaign.