Chindits struggle through Burma jungle
7th March 1943: Operation Loincloth: despite many privations and heavy casualties an unconventional British force surprises the Japanese
In Burma, now occupied by the Japanese, the British were experimenting with unconventional methods of warfare. Colonel Orde Wingate had won support for the development of a deep penetration guerrilla force that would march far into the jungle, way behind the front line. There they would disrupt the enemy's lines…
