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01574aam a2200265 i 4500 001 9FAA84FCD96811EB9280A5A654ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210630010028 007 n 008 120216s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 010 $a 2011276243 020 $a 1441152504 020 $a 9781441152503 040 $d TxAuBib $e rda $d SILO 100 1 $a Warren, Alan, $d 1967- 245 1 $a Burma 1942 : $b the road from Rangoon to Mandalay / $c Alan Warren. 264 1 $a New York : $b Continuum, $c 2011. 300 $a x, 283 pages, [8] pages of plates : $b illustrations, maps. ; $c 25 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. [272]-275) and index. 520 $a In December 1941 Japan set out to seize South-East Asia and the western Pacific to complete the building of a self-sufficient empire. The rapid loss of all of Britain's possessions in the Far East was the culmination of a failed attempt to deal with the rise of Japanese imperialism. Britain's bluff was called and millions of Britain's 'protected' subjects in Asia fell into the hands of a brutal occupying power. The British fought the Second World War in Burma and India against the backdrop of nationalist unrest and revolt. The appalling Bengal famine of 1943, brought about by the loss of Burma's rice crop and the dislocation of government, would cause the deaths of many. 541 $d 20210624. 650 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Campaigns $z Burma. 941 $a 1 952 $l WSPF215 $d 20210630013359.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9FAA84FCD96811EB9280A5A654ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search