Gurkha's fighting retreat
29th April 1942: The Japanese advance through Burma towards British India is not wholly one sided
In Burma British and Chinese forces were falling back in a fighting retreat. They were now without air cover and very much on the back foot. Many accounts give the impression of utter confusion, yet one man managed to maintain some semblance of an overview.
General William Slim1 …
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