Description
Object description
Ts account (20pp and 5 maps) recording as an officer with the 1st Battalion The Gambia Regiment (6th (West African) Brigade) the operations of the 81st (West African) Division in the Arakan, Burma, January - April 1944, including: the formation and training of the Division in India, March - November 1943; operations in the Kaladan Valley, November 1943 - January 1944; the First Kaladan Campaign and the subsequent withdrawal from Kyauktaw, January - April 1944; and commenting on the lack of publicity given to African troops serving in Burma; their shortages of modern equipment; the poor conditions and problems of supply in the Kaladan Valley; the planning and execution of the First Kaladan Campaign and the reasons for its lack of success; the lessons learnt and applied later; the exaggerated rumours about the poor performance of African troops as a result of the campaign's failure, which was never forgiven by Field Marshal Slim and Lieutenant General Sir Philip Christison; the skill of African troops as jungle fighters; and mentioning Major General C G Woolner (GOC 81st Division).
Content description
Ts account (20pp and 5 maps) recording as an officer with the 1st Battalion The Gambia Regiment (6th (West African) Brigade) the operations of the 81st (West African) Division in the Arakan, Burma, January - April 1944, including: the formation and training of the Division in India, March - November 1943; operations in the Kaladan Valley, November 1943 - January 1944; the First Kaladan Campaign and the subsequent withdrawal from Kyauktaw, January - April 1944; and commenting on the lack of publicity given to African troops serving in Burma; their shortages of modern equipment; the poor conditions and problems of supply in the Kaladan Valley; the planning and execution of the First Kaladan Campaign and the reasons for its lack of success; the lessons learnt and applied later; the exaggerated rumours about the poor performance of African troops as a result of the campaign's failure, which was never forgiven by Field Marshal Slim and Lieutenant General Sir Philip Christison; the skill of African troops as jungle fighters; and mentioning Major General C G Woolner (GOC 81st Division).
History note
Cataloguer SNR
History note
Catalogue date 1997-09-20