Orde Wingate And The Official Historians
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Orde Wingate And The Official Historians
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Author : Peter Mead
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
Orde Wingate And The Official Historians written by Peter Mead and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with categories.
Orde Wingate And The Historians
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Author : Peter Mead
language : en
Publisher: Hyperion Books
Release Date : 1987
Orde Wingate And The Historians written by Peter Mead and has been published by Hyperion Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Orde Wingate blev kendt under 2. verdenskrig, som skaberen og lederen af "The Chindits", der i junglen opererede langt bag japanernes linjer i det nordlige Burma. Engelske efterkrigstids historikere har været meget kritiske i deres bedømmelse af Wingate. Forfatteren går i sin bog imod den kritik, som han finder både uretfærdig og vildledende.
Orde Wingate Irregular Soldier
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Author : Trevor Royle
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
Orde Wingate Irregular Soldier written by Trevor Royle and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Great Britain. Army. South-East Asia Command. Special Force categories.
Orde Wingate And The British Army 1922 1944
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Author : Simon Anglim
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2015-10-06
Orde Wingate And The British Army 1922 1944 written by Simon Anglim and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-06 with History categories.
Major General Orde Wingate (1903–1944) was the most controversial British military commander of the Second World War, and perhaps of the last hundred years. Anglim's biography fills a significant void in the literature, making extensive use of Wingate's papers to place him firmly in the context of the British army of the time.
Wingate And The Chindits
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Author : David Rooney
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-08-31
Wingate And The Chindits written by David Rooney and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-31 with categories.
"David Rooney has done Wingate's memory a signal service." The Spectator. Major General Orde Wingate, DSO and two bars, who had created and personally led the Chindits, was killed in an air accident in 1944, at the height of the second Chindit campaign. General Slim joined the world-wide tributes paid to Wingate: but by 1956, to the distress of the Chindits, in his book Defeat Into Victory, Slim was dismissive of Wingate. What had happened to change Slim's mind so completely? David Rooney examines the life and achievements of a maverick soldier who inspired loyalty in some, hostility in others. Rooney's thoughtful and diligent research throws new light on Wingate's intriguing character, discovers why Slim changed his mind, and discloses details of the vendetta by which the military establishment, in the years after his death and following the viciously critical attack in the Official History, attempted to destroy Wingate's reputation. Rooney draws a balanced portrait of a military mind of daring originality, deserving of a better letter. This seminal work of military history is not only an insightful portrait of a unique British commander, but it is essential reading for anyone interested in the Second World War, special forces and the history of the British Army. Praise for Wingate and the Chindits. 'His current book is, therefore, an exercise in setting the record straight... Rooney is presenting an unabashed case for the defense, and he does so with skill. Every student of the Burma campaign will want to examine this book carefully.' (Raymond Callahan, author of Churchill and His Generals and Burma 1942-45) 'David Rooney's Wingate and the Chindits: Redressing the Balance ... attempts to redress the balance in favour of Wingate and to counter the unfair reputation he has acquired, in Rooney's view, among the military establishment.' (History Today)
Orde Wingate
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Author : Trevor Royle
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2014-11-30
Orde Wingate written by Trevor Royle and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-30 with History categories.
Winston Churchill described Wingate as a man of genius who might well have become a man of destiny. Tragically, he died in an jungle aircraft crash in 1944. Like his famous kinsman Lawrence of Arabia, Wingate was renowned for being an unorthodox soldier, inclined to reject received patterns of military thought. He was a fundamentalist Christian with a biblical certainty in himself and his mission. He is best-remembered as the charismatic and abrasive leader of the Chindits. With the support of Wavell, he was responsible for a strategy of using independent groups deep behind enemy limes, supported only by air drops. Wingate was responsible for leading the charge of 2,000 Ethiopians and the Sudan Defence Force into Italian-occupied Abyssinia. Remarkably, he defeated a 40,000 strong enemy that was supported by aircraft and artillery, which Wingate did not possess. Despite his achievements, Wingate suffered from illness and depression and in Cairo attempted suicide. He was not universally liked: his romantic Zionism contrasted with the traditional British Arabist notions. He did, however, lead from the front and marched, ate and slept with his men. In this authoritative biography, Royle expertly brings to life a ruthless, complex, arrogant but ultimately admirable general. Trevor Royle is an author and broadcaster specialising in the history of war and empire, with more than 30 books to his credit. His latest book is The Road to Bosworth, a study of the War of the Roses. He is a columnist for the Sunday Herald and is an Honorary Fellow at Edinburgh Universitys School of History. He was born in India in 1945.
Orde Wingate Unconventional Warrior
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Author : Simon Anglim
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
Orde Wingate Unconventional Warrior written by Simon Anglim and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"Major General Orde Wingate (1903-1944) was the most controversial British military commander of the Second World War, and perhaps of the last hundred years. He splits opinion among soldiers, academics and writers seven decades after his death. His exploits in Ethiopia and Burma, in particular his creation of the Chindits, special forces who were trained to use guerrilla tactics behind the Japanese lines, have made him into a key figure in the history of irregular warfare. But, as Simon Anglim reveals in this thought-provoking and insightful study, myths and misunderstandings tend to cloud understanding of Wingates career, and he seeks to put the record straight. He bases his work on a major study of Wingates official and private papers, and those of his contemporaries, and he aims to provide the definitive guide to Wingate as a military commander."--Publisher's information.
Spidermen Nigerian Chindits And Wingate S Operation Thursday Burma 1943 1944
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Author : John Igbino
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2018-10-06
Spidermen Nigerian Chindits And Wingate S Operation Thursday Burma 1943 1944 written by John Igbino and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-06 with History categories.
In 1944 twenty thousand Allied Airborne Special Force troops in five Brigades commanded by Major General Orde Wingate landed behind the Japanese lines in Northern Burma. The Operation was Codenamed Operation Thursday. The Special Force troops were nicknamed ‘Chindits’. Four thousand Nigerian troops fought in the Special Force Brigades as Chindits during Operation Thursday. This book is an account of their operations behind Japanese lines between February and August 1944. The Brigade’s Insignia was the Black African Spider advancing on its prey. Thus, the Brigade called itself the ‘Spider Brigade’; its Battalions, namely the 6th, 7th and 12th Nigeria Regiments, ‘Spider Regiments’, and its troops ‘Spidermen’. The book is a well-written account of the Spider Brigade’s battles against the 18th Division of the Imperial Japanese Army. It should force Chindit Historians to confront the anomalies in Contemporary History’s treatment of Nigerian Chindits. The book is a scholarly and dispassionate excursion into the 14th Army’s Campaigns, putting under the microscope the preconceived assumptions of British and Indian Armies’ Officer Corps about the fighting quality of Nigerian Chindits. Thus, the book is an important and long overdue account of Operation Thursday that will become the standard work on Nigeria’s contributions to Allied Airborne Invasion of Burma.
Orde Wingate
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Author : Jon Diamond
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2012-10-20
Orde Wingate written by Jon Diamond and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-20 with History categories.
Orde Wingate rose to fame by creating the Chindits in Burma in 1943. He is an extremely important figure in military history, and deserves just as much attention as Alanbrooke, Montgomery, and Auchinleck. Unlike them, however, he always operated outside the accepted etiquette and the formal chain of command. He was a maverick and misfit, and he held to the belief that the type of mass warfare demonstrated on the Western Front (1914–18) had very little to do with the warfare of the future. He believed that the latter would require an 'indirect approach', in which heavily lumbering armies would be exquisitely vulnerable to small groups of highly motivated, mobile and well-armed guerrillas. This book covers Wingate's experiences in pre-war Palestine, in Ethiopia in 1941 (where he formed an irregular guerrilla unit to harrass the Italian garrisons) and in World War II Burma, where the two Chindit campaigns would be his apotheosis.
Wingate In Peace And War
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Author : Derek Tulloch
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
Wingate In Peace And War written by Derek Tulloch and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with Biography & Autobiography categories.