We Gave Our Today: Burma 1941-1945
Nearly a million strong by 1944, the British 14th Army fought and ultimately conquered the Japanese forces that invaded Burma and strove to break through into India. But the victory was hard won, with great suffering along the way. Here is the story of these remarkable soldiers, whose monument at Kohima reads: “When You Go Home, Tell Them Of Us And Say, For Their Tomorrow, We Gave Our Today.”

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We Gave Our Today: Burma 1941-1945
Nearly a million strong by 1944, the British 14th Army fought and ultimately conquered the Japanese forces that invaded Burma and strove to break through into India. But the victory was hard won, with great suffering along the way. Here is the story of these remarkable soldiers, whose monument at Kohima reads: “When You Go Home, Tell Them Of Us And Say, For Their Tomorrow, We Gave Our Today.”

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We Gave Our Today: Burma 1941-1945

We Gave Our Today: Burma 1941-1945

We Gave Our Today: Burma 1941-1945

We Gave Our Today: Burma 1941-1945

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Nearly a million strong by 1944, the British 14th Army fought and ultimately conquered the Japanese forces that invaded Burma and strove to break through into India. But the victory was hard won, with great suffering along the way. Here is the story of these remarkable soldiers, whose monument at Kohima reads: “When You Go Home, Tell Them Of Us And Say, For Their Tomorrow, We Gave Our Today.”


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780753827147
Publisher: Orion Publishing Group
Publication date: 03/01/2011
Pages: 288
Product dimensions: 5.30(w) x 8.40(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Educated at Clifton College and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, William Fowler was land forces editor of DEFENCE magazine and a contributing editor to JANE'S INFORMATION GROUP. A long term territorial soldier, he served with British forces in the Gulf War and graduated from the French Army Reserve Staff Officers course at the Ecole Militaire in Paris. He conducts regular battlefield tours and broadcasts on radio and television. He is married and lives in Hampshire.
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