Format:
X, 283 S., [4] Bl.
,
Ill., Kt.
,
24 cm
ISBN:
1441152504
,
9781441152503
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
Note:
Includes index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1441133704
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1441106731
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781441133700
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781441106735
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
,
Political Science
Keywords:
Zweiter Weltkrieg
;
Birma
;
Geschichte 1942
