Thank-you, a lot of effort and very useful insight.
About 12yrs ago I met a Burma veteran now passed on. I asked him how long his longest patrol in the jungle was. He said, “About 7 months”……..thinking he had misheard me I said, “No, not how long you were in Burma, I mean your longest patrol”.
He replied, “As I said, about 7 months”.
He also related how he and other ‘hostilities only’ soldiers grew angry and very restless at being kept on well after VJ Day and into 1946……..because of security worries (in India I think).
Thank-you, a lot of effort and very useful insight.
About 12yrs ago I met a Burma veteran now passed on. I asked him how long his longest patrol in the jungle was. He said, “About 7 months”……..thinking he had misheard me I said, “No, not how long you were in Burma, I mean your longest patrol”.
He replied, “As I said, about 7 months”.
He also related how he and other ‘hostilities only’ soldiers grew angry and very restless at being kept on well after VJ Day and into 1946……..because of security worries (in India I think).
Thank you for this article. Of all the British Generals, Slim and Marlborough remain my favorites.
thank you o7
Superb.
A brilliant summary. But only to be expected from this writer!