Brayley 2002, p. 22. "Chindit Memorial (www.chindits.info)". www.chindits.info. Rooney, D. D. (2000). Wingate and the Chindits : redressing the balance...
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The Order of battle of the Chindits, an Allied special force which carried out two deep penetration raids behind Japanese line during the Burma campaign...
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Imperial War Museums Chindit Memorial, London, chindits.info Chindits Memorial, ww1cemeteries.com Chindit Memorial, roll-of-honour.com Chindit Chasing, Operation...
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particular, complimentary toward the Chindits and their accomplishments. The Japanese subsequently admitted that the Chindits had disrupted their plans for the...
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Walter Lentaigne (section Lentaigne and the Chindits)
death, Lentaigne took over command of the Chindit organization. He was the senior most officer in the Chindits and also had the most command experience...
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Maw was established by the Japanese in August 1942. Wingate's British Chindits were formed into long-range penetration groups trained to operate deep...
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Special forces (section Chindits)
Mersa Matruh airfields destroyed 30 aircraft. In the Burma Campaign, the Chindits, whose long-range penetration groups were trained to operate from bases...
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17 May, overall control of the Chindits was transferred from Slim's Fourteenth Army to Stilwell's NCAC. The Chindits evacuated "Broadway" and the "White...
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fronts in northern Burma. On 17 May, control of the Chindits passed from Slim to Stilwell. The Chindits now moved from the Japanese rear areas to new bases...
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Joseph Stilwell (section Command of Chindits)
and Gurkha Chindit forces for not promptly responding to his demands to move north in an attempt to pressure Japanese troops, but the Chindits themselves...
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airfields during World War II. It was led by Brigadier Mike Calvert of Chindit fame. The operation began with the drop of 700 French Special Air Service...
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After the death in a plane crash of the commander and creator of the Chindits Maj. Gen. Orde Wingate on 24 March, decisions were made and the plans were...
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time in Burma with Wingate and the Chindits: Prisoners of Hope, Fighting Mad: One Man's Guerrilla War, and Chindits: Long Range Penetration. He also contributed...
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command of the Chindits. The capture of Mogaung was the first place in Burma to be liberated from the Japanese, and it was the last major Chindit campaign of...
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Chinthe (section Relation to Second World War Chindits)
force "The Chinthes" (The Lions), a name which became corrupted to "The Chindits" and was so recorded in the annals of World War II. Chinthe is also the...
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had also returned from the Chindit expedition, and continued as infantry until the end of the war> However, the Chindits did not see action again and...
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publicised a long distance raid mounted by the Chindits under Brigadier Orde Charles Wingate. The Chindits suffered heavy losses (1,138 out of a force of...
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British campaign there. Wingate was to use his experience to create the Chindits in Burma. The neutral Spanish island of Fernando Po was the scene of Operation...
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for an opportunistic attack on a Japanese force while serving with the Chindits in Burma. Arnold served in the Royal Welch Fusiliers and the 7th Nigeria...
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Northern Combat Area Command. It was a special forces unit modelled on the Chindits' long range penetration groups trained to operate from bases deep behind...
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Defence for Malaya, Sir Robert Grainger Ker Thompson, had served in the Chindits in Burma during World War II. Thompson's in-depth experience of jungle...
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December 1943, the unit was sent to India. He flew British troops, the Chindits, under General Orde Wingate, on March 5, 1944, landing them at night in...
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probably first entered British Army vocabulary to mean a temporary shelter by Chindits operating behind enemy lines in Burma, with the sheet taking its name from...
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Indian Army during World War II (section Chindits)
operations. The Chindits were disbanded in February 1945. Several of the brigade headquarters and many of the veterans of the Chindit operations were...
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Tower Hamlets Engineers (section Chindits)
served in a number of campaigns, including the Siege of Tobruk and with the Chindits. Its successor unit continues to serve in today's Army Reserve. The unit...
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Battle of Yenangyaung Burma Campaign 1942–43 Arakan Campaign 1942–1943 Chindits Raid Burma Campaign 1944 Battle of the Admin Box Siege of Myitkyina Japanese...
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In Myanmar and Laos: known as Chinthe, the namesake of the World War II Chindit soldiers In Okinawa: known as Shisa In Sri Lanka: known as Singha (සිංහ...
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stalemate ensued throughout June, but the capture of Mogaung by the British Chindits under Mike Calvert later that month was the beginning of the end for the...
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Chindit Chasing, Operation Longcloth 1943. Retrieved 6 September 2016. Young, Frank. "Chindits 1st Expedition 1943 Operation Longcloth". Chindits Special...
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operations. After the first Chindits expedition, thanks to the training the regular forces were receiving and the example of the Chindits and new divisional tactics...
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