Return via Rangoon

Philip Stibbe’s moving account of training and fighting beyond the Chindwin in the Burmese jungle behind Japanese lines in 1943 has the strongest claim to be a classic. He describes the first Chindit expedition, led by Orde Wingate, Bernard Fergusson and Mike Calvert, then his capture; every Chindit agreed to be left behind if wounded. He was beaten up and water—tortured, yet Stibbe only gave his brutal captors false information. After being moved around Burma he was jailed in Rangoon. Repo...