UID:
almahu_9948327282702882
Format:
1 online resource (x, 283 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) :
,
illustrations, maps
ISBN:
9781441133700 (e-book)
,
9781441106735 (e-book)
Content:
In December 1941 Japan set out to seize South-East Asia and the western Pacific to complete the building of a self-sufficient empire. The rapid loss of all of Britain's possessions in the Far East was the culmination of a failed attempt to deal with the rise of Japanese imperialism. Britain's bluff was called and millions of Britain's 'protected' subjects in Asia fell into the hands of a brutal occupying power. The British fought the Second World War in Burma and India against the backdrop of nationalist unrest and revolt. The appalling Bengal famine of 1943, brought about by the loss of Burma's rice crop and the dislocation of government, would cause the deaths of many.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Warren, Alan. Burma, 1942 : the road from Rangoon to Mandalay. London ; New York : Continuum, 2011 ISBN 9781441152503
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.