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Chindits struggle through Burma jungle

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Chindits struggle through Burma jungle

7th March 1943: Operation Loincloth: despite many privations and heavy casualties an unconventional British force surprises the Japanese

Mar 7
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Chindits struggle through Burma jungle

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A Chindit column crosses a river in Burma.

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…

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