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EMMET (Major Maitland) Comp. & Ed.
The Arakan Campaign of the Twenty-Fifth Indian Division March 1944-March 1945.
1st Ed., [viii]+131pp. + 13 photos., 7 fldg. maps. Printed for the Divn. in Malaya.
1946
#65661
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25th Indian (Ace of Spades) Div. in the jungle clad mountains & waterlogged lowlands, disected by tidal rivers & creeks, of the 'southern front' in Burma. Excellent detailed narrative of the long slog from Maungdaw southwards & the amphibious 'hooks' of the final stages including the epic battle of Kangaw. Roll of awards. In his Foreword the GOC explains how production difficulties were imaginatively overcome: "...the problem of the production of this narrative has been solved in a remarkable fashion. By the courtesy & with the keen practical help of Major J.W. Snelling, Governor of Taiping Gaol, the whole of the printing has been carried out by members of the Kempei Tai (Japanese military police) rounded up by the Division & now in Major Snelling's safe custody." Original printed card wraps. with printed title & the Division's "Ace of Spades" emblem to front, complete with end-pocket retaining all of the original folded maps. VG & very rare. See illustration on our website.
£475
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