"This book focuses on the British Commonwealth armies serving in SE Asia during the Second World War that, following the disastrous Malayan and Burma campaigns, had to hurriedly re-train, re-equip and re-organise their demoralised troops to fight a conventional jungle war agains…
"This book focuses on the British Commonwealth armies serving in SE Asia during the Second World War that, following the disastrous Malayan and Burma campaigns, had to hurriedly re-train, re-equip and re-organise their demoralised troops to fight a conventional jungle war agains…
"This book focuses on the British Commonwealth armies serving in SE Asia during the Second World War that, following the disastrous Malayan and Burma campaigns, had to hurriedly re-train, re-equip and re-organise their demoralised troops to fight a conventional jungle war agains…
"Formed in September 1941 from the Western Desert Force, the British 8th Army (comprising British, Commonwealth, Free French and Polish troops) went on to wage a lengthy, hard-fought campaign against Axis forces across the deserts of North Africa. The Desert War was unlike any o…