Description \'A deeply researched and much needed revisionist history that restores the reputation of Wingate and the Chindits and acknowledges, for the first time, the hugely significant Contribution they made to Allied victory in Burma.\' Saul David In March 1944 Orde Wingate and his Special Force, \'The Chindits\', launched Operation Thursday, an audacious glider borne attack putting 20,000 men deep behind Japanese lines in occupied Burma.
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Description \'A deeply researched and much needed revisionist history that restores the reputation of Wingate and the Chindits and acknowledges, for the first time, the hugely significant Contribution they made to Allied victory in Burma.\' Saul David In March 1944 Orde Wingate and his Special Force, \'The Chindits\', launched Operation Thursday, an audacious glider borne attack putting 20,000 men deep behind Japanese lines in occupied Burma