Osprey's study of the Chidits of Wolrd War II (1939-19445). Named after mythical beasts guarding Buddhist temples, the Chindits were a specially organized, equipped and trained body of men employing innovative fighting methods based on ideas originally developed in Palestine and Ethiopia by their commander, Major-General Orde Wingate. The two Chindit operations (LONGCLOTH in February - May 1943 and THURSDAY in March 1944) were praised by the press, but their contribution to the Allied cause remains controversial to this day. This book examines the origins of the Chindits and the genesis of Major-General Wingate's ideas about Long Range Penetration. The author discusses the recruitment and specialist fighting methods of the Chindits during 1943-44, which quickly created a force with a high espirit-de-corps and belief in Wingate and his ideas. Accompanied by full-color illustrations demonstrating the distinctive dress, equipment and weapons, this book assesses the contribution made by these elite troops to the Allied victory in South-East Asia during World War II.
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"Author Tim Moreman tells us the full story of these men begining with how they were recruited, what training they got, how they worked with others in their unit, what clothing and weaponry they used and how they performed in battle. Add to it a goodly selection of period photos combined with the the artwork of Peter Denis, and you have a superlative book on a subject that I found particularly fascinating. I'm positive you will feel the same way once you read this so put the grabs on this title when you come across it at your local shop." -Scott Van Aken, www.modelingmadness.com (April 2009)
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Tim Moreman is a freelance writer and academic. For several years he lectured in the Department of War Studies at King's College London, from where he obtained his PhD. He also held a six-month appointment as Resident Historian at the Army Staff College at Camberley. His primary interests include the British-Indian Army during the 19th and 20th centuries, counterinsurgency, and the British and Commonwealth armies during World War II. In addition to a significant number of articles and papers, Tim has written two major books: a study of the Indian Army on the North-West Frontier 1849-1947, and a book on the war in Burma and Malaya 1941-45. In recent years he has also worked for the new Dictionary of National Biography and the Australian War Memorial, as well as acting as a historical adviser for the BBC and Carlton Television. He is based in Somerset, UK.
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An area not really well known to most, this book covers the raising of the Chindits, the Chindit's battles against the Japanese in the SE Asia theater. The jungle proved an opponent as tough and dangerous as the Japanese. Well written with good illustrations and enough detail for the modeler and gamer. Recommended.
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TIM MOREMAN OSPREY PUBLISHING, 2009 QUALITY SOFTCOVER, $18.95, 64 PAGES, MAPS, PHOTOGRAPHS, ILLUSTRATIONS Author Tim Moreman, as do most of the writers about the Chindits, starts off on the wrong foot. Along the way, he gets his footing. The so-called "Chindits" received their name through a mispronunciation of the Burmese word Chinthe by Major General Orde Wingate. Wingate always was a bubble off-center. The author describes them, as do almost all of the writers about the Chindits, as a spiffy new form of specialized unit. They weren't. They were merely a well-trained and well-led light infantry unit. In point of fact, the model for the Chindits was the German Schutztruppe Askari led by Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck in German East Africa in World War I. During the 1970's, this unit was "discovered" by an individual attempting to establish credentials as an expert of guerilla warfare. He described this German unit as a "guerilla unit" and the best example of "guerilla warfare" during World War I. That "expert's" assertions were a joke, merely one of many in the book. But, the book has become a standard reference among non-practitioners in the field, i.e. it is a "popular" reference, not a specialist's reference. This German Army unit in East Africa during World War I was a standing German Army unit prior to the outbreak of the war and it remained so throughout the war. It was the only German Army unit in the field which was never defeated in World War I. Its operations in East Africa were a classic example of maneuver warfare, nothing more, nothing less. The Chindits in World War II were the updated version of this German unit. They engaged in dismounted maneuver warfare and did it well. They deserve credit for what they actually did. They don't need to have their professionalism misrepresented. Lt. Colonel Robert A. Lynn, Florida Guard Orlando, Florida
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