The book, published by Pen & Sword Air World, cannot be missing on the shelves of any aviation enthusiast of the Second World War because it describes an unusual experience in a little known war theater.
Read the full Italian review [link=https://oldbarbedwire.blogspot.com/2020/10/thunderbolts-over-burma-pilots-war.html?m=0]here[/link]
On The Old Barbed Wire
The book, published by Pen & Sword Air World, cannot be missing on the shelves of any aviation enthusiast of the Second World War because it describes an unusual experience in a little known war theater.
Read the full Italian review [link=https://oldbarbedwire.blogspot.com/2020/10/thunderbolts-over-burma-pilots-war.html?m=0]here[/link]
On The Old Barbed Wire
Years ago now, acting on a reference from the late scholar, soldier and author, Paul Fussell, I contacted an American bookseller and bought Eugen B Sledge's 'With the Old Breed'. Sledge had served as a Marine infantryman in the Pacific, fighting the Japanese at Okinawa and Peleliu, and somehow managing to survive. It's a harrowing account and still one of my most treasured books. 'Hell in the Central Pacific' puts into pictures what Sledge put in words, and the next time I re-read Sledge's account I shall have Hell in the Central Pacific next to me. The British Army faced its fearless and ruthless enemy in the jungles of Burma, Malaya and North-east India; for the American infantry though, it was the islands of the Pacific, each one heavily defended and every inch of land hotly contested. Great photographs, detailed maps and economic text make this a very useful reference work and snapshot of the bitter fighting in this part of the world in 1944. Read the full review [link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/customer-reviews/R1YN85DEEP3ALW/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=1526762161]here[/link]
Paul Nixon
Years ago now, acting on a reference from the late scholar, soldier and author, Paul Fussell, I contacted an American bookseller and bought Eugen B Sledge's 'With the Old Breed'. Sledge had served as a Marine infantryman in the Pacific, fighting the Japanese at Okinawa and Peleliu, and somehow managing to survive. It's a harrowing account and still one of my most treasured books. 'Hell in the Central Pacific' puts into pictures what Sledge put in words, and the next time I re-read Sledge's account I shall have Hell in the Central Pacific next to me. The British Army faced its fearless and ruthless enemy in the jungles of Burma, Malaya and North-east India; for the American infantry though, it was the islands of the Pacific, each one heavily defended and every inch of land hotly contested. Great photographs, detailed maps and economic text make this a very useful reference work and snapshot of the bitter fighting in this part of the world in 1944. Read the full review [link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/customer-reviews/R1YN85DEEP3ALW/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=1526762161]here[/link]
Paul Nixon
It is a story that I would never tire of rereading and in this case, the story of Frank Pantridge, with everything he got after returning from hell says a lot about the temper of this man, a great of our times. Thanks to Cecil Lowry for making many rediscover him with his book.
Read the full review [link=https://oldbarbedwire.blogspot.com/2020/09/frank-pantridge-mc-japanese-prisoner-of.html?m=0]here[/link]
On The Old Barbed Wire
It is a story that I would never tire of rereading and in this case, the story of Frank Pantridge, with everything he got after returning from hell says a lot about the temper of this man, a great of our times. Thanks to Cecil Lowry for making many rediscover him with his book.
Read the full review [link=https://oldbarbedwire.blogspot.com/2020/09/frank-pantridge-mc-japanese-prisoner-of.html?m=0]here[/link]
On The Old Barbed Wire
I do find that the available literature (in English) on the Japanese aspect of World War 2 tends to be significantly less than that on the European, North African and Eastern Fronts so this volume is a welcomed addition. It does deal with a very infamous aspect of Japanese military history and it does this superbly well. It draws upon many Japanese military sources and is very well presented. It is highly recommended as a great book to read on these pilots who made history at the cost of their lives – a few thousand of them. Their story needs recounting which is done extremely well by the author and their heroism needs to be placed in context with the then cultural aspects of their nation for which they gave their lives – sold so dearly.
Dr Stuart C Blank
I do find that the available literature (in English) on the Japanese aspect of World War 2 tends to be significantly less than that on the European, North African and Eastern Fronts so this volume is a welcomed addition. It does deal with a very infamous aspect of Japanese military history and it does this superbly well. It draws upon many Japanese military sources and is very well presented. It is highly recommended as a great book to read on these pilots who made history at the cost of their lives – a few thousand of them. Their story needs recounting which is done extremely well by the author and their heroism needs to be placed in context with the then cultural aspects of their nation for which they gave their lives – sold so dearly.
Dr Stuart C Blank
A detailed historical account which gives a glimpse of some of the factors and consequences of the conflict between the Japanese and British in Burma in 1942.
NetGalley, Rebecca Kearon-Wiles
A detailed historical account which gives a glimpse of some of the factors and consequences of the conflict between the Japanese and British in Burma in 1942.
NetGalley, Rebecca Kearon-Wiles
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Jocks in the Jungle
In 1943, there was no thought of good times for two battalions of Scottish soldiers. For them, India meant a new and unimaginably arduous kind of training. Some of the Black Watch boys had seen action in Somaliland, Crete and Tobruk. Some of the Cameronians had fought the Japs in the Burma retreat. Even for these, such training was trial by ordeal.… Read more...
