Forgotten Voices of Burma

[Gott Mit Uns]

Just started reading this book and was compelled to do so after I met a Burma artillery veteran at a dinner night. Its one of a series of books which takes first hand accounts and places them into the history of the eb and flow of fighting campaigns.

http://www.amazon.com/Forgotten-Voices- ... 848&sr=1-1

Well worth the read, its amasing to hear how similar the confusion was during the British retreat in Burma, alongside the German retreats of the Eastern front. Add to that a lack of supplies, equipment and ammunition, you start to build up a similar picture. I couldnt believe that some of these men spent weeks and even months without adequate clothing or shoes - other than maybe a pair of shorts or some sandals. Whilst other units were given a pistol each and a magazine, and 1 rifle between thirty. This book really brings home just how forgotten these men really were, for four years - until 1944 when the War Office was able to send adequate reinforcements.