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	2nd Queen’s and the Chindits
		After crossing the Indian frontier the two columns spent 94 days in Burma of which 67 were spent on the march, usually in single file.
		The Brigade objective was the capture of Indaw, thirty miles away, an important communication centre and base, with its two airfields.
		It was therefore decided to limit their objective to the capture and destruction of Indaw West airfield by the 16th Brigade with the Queen’s columns, now united, attacking from the west and two gunner columns from the north.
	www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk /reg_in_india/india49_1.html (1459 words)

	Burma Campaign - Wikipedia Mirror (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Indian IV Corps, under Lieutenant-General Geoffrey Scoones, had pushed forward two divisions to the Chindwin River; Indian 17th Infantry Division to Tiddim and the Indian 20th Infantry Division to Tamu.
		Indian 23rd Infantry Division (which was 5000 men under establishment due to sickness) was in reserve at Imphal.
		The Indian 25th Infantry Division advanced on Foul Point and Rathedaung at the end of the Mayu Peninsula, while the West African 81st Division and West African 82nd Division converged on Myohaung at the mouth of the Kaladan River.
	www.wiki-mirror.be /index.php/Burma_Campaign (8915 words)

	Valley Spirit, April 4, 1862
		The brigade left their camp on Sunday morning, and marched twenty three miles to the scene of the engagement, over the most horrible roads, arriving at Savannah about 9 p.m.
		None of the officers of the 77th were killed or wounded, and none of the men from Chambersburg, so far as I know, injured, though many made narrow escapes.
		During the day we were detached from our Brigade to support the 4th Brigade and after a while we were left alone at some distance from the main body of troops, with three rebel regiments of infantry, one of calvary and a battery in front of us.
	cti.itc.virginia.edu /~ela/77pa/newsdocs/VS042362.html (1743 words)

	4th Infantry Division
		Brigade is destroyed at the Namkachu in one of the most tragic of the Indian Army’s “last stands”.
		Brigade fights the Battle for Walong under independent command.
		At some point the division is converted to a standard infantry division, formalizing its role as HQ I Corps.
	www.indianmilitaryhistory.org /divisions/4div.html (509 words)

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	Chindits - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A sixth brigade was found by taking a brigade from the West African 81st Division.
		Over the period June 6-June 27, Calvert's 77th Brigade took Mogaung and suffered 800 casualties (50%) among those of the brigade involved in the operation.
		The Brigade was evacuated, although Masters sarcastically kept the fit men, "111 Company" in the field until August 1.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chindits (4951 words)

	Kargil and Skardu
		Brigade at Dansam for the Siachin – though India and Pakistan have long since ceased fire and troops at Dansam and Thoise live mainly under peace conditions [such as are possible in the terrain], the issue has not been resolved and both can react quickly to any escalation.
		As far as Operation Trident East is concerned, Indian XIV Corps needs to deal with brigades at Skardu, Marol, and Dansam; it expects at worst it will be opposed by 5 brigades, and expects because of air interdiction Pakistan will be unable to reinforce the area.
		Indian air intelligence intercepts and decodes a signal from the PAF’s AEW dressing down the F-7Qs on duty because they are so close to the 25-km buffer area on Pakistan’s side that the slightest error or distraction can find them in the buffer.
	orbat.com /thelastround/kargil_skardu.html (2854 words)

	british-forces
		On arrival, the brigades found Japanese units holding strong defences along the line of the road between Maungdaw and Buthidaung, and were then instructed to wait for the arrival of two more brigades, 123rd and 47th Indian Brigades who arrived on 17th December.
		The 77th Brigade of Wingate's Chindits was flown into the area south-west of Myitkyina on the night of 5-6th March where they had set up a defended perimeter, there they were joined by another brigade which was flown in and the 16th Brigade which marched in from Ledo.
		Their chief accomplishment was to delay two infantry and one artillery battalions of the Japanese army for a couple of months which were on their way to take part in the Vital battle for Imphal.
	www.burmastar.org.uk /british-forces.htm (7247 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		And he allegedly described the then poor state of the Indian Army under stress of wartime expansion and losses as "the largest unemployed relief organization in the world." (Royle, p.238) One senior staff officer frequently in conflict with Wingate was General Kirby, responsible for helping to get men and material to Wingates new unit.
		The original plan called for the brigade's mission to coordinate with a large 3-pronged conventional offense, but that was halted.
		This cardinal factor, especially in jungle warfare, completely nullifies our estimated 5-3 superiority." (Allen, p.115) The lethargic British Indian military Another report showed a harsher verdict on the British army fighting at the time: "The troops I came into contact with, and they were the most forward units and their Commanders, were gutless.
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	www.Chindits.Info Chindit Awards
		The general situation of the Brigade at this time made it necessary to deny the Column a much needed supply dropping, which caused it much suffering, throwing all the greater strain on its Commander.
		The column was ordered to rejoin the Brigade Group which it did on the HEHTIN CHAUNG on 26th March, and set out on the return march to INDIA.
		On 27th March, the Column was in the rear of the Brigade when a small party of the enemy delivered an attack on the Burma Rifles HQ.
	www.chindits.info /Awards/DSOFergusson.htm (634 words)

	1st and 3rd Ranger Battalions battle at Cisterna - Military Photos
		Darby briefly commanded the 179th Infantry during the German counterattack at Anzio and was assigned to the Operations Division of the War Department General Staff in Washington, D.C., in April 1944.
		Infantry regiments on the left and right flanks of the 4th Battalion were also thrown into the attack, but could not advance against the emplaced enemy.
		The men composing Merrill's Marauders were volunteers from the 33rd Infantry Regiment, the 14th Infantry Regiment, the 5th Infantry Regiment, and from infantry regiments engaged in combat in the Southwest and South Pacific.
	www.militaryphotos.net /forums/showthread.php?t=8859 (13189 words)

	FM 7-85 Appendix F
		Attached to the 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division, Companies D, E, and F of the 2d Ranger Battalion accomplished the mission of capturing the gun emplacements on Pointe Du Hoc, after encountering fierce opposition from the defending German garrison.
		Despite their recommendations, the organization remained the same, "One Ranger infantry company (airborne) per infantry division." One change was adopted, however; the companies would be assigned at Army level and attached down to the infantry division.
		As a result of the demonstrated effectiveness of the Ranger battalions, the Department of the Army announced in 1984 that it was increasing the size of the active duty Ranger force to its highest level in 40 years by activating another Ranger battalion and a Ranger regimental headquarters.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/policy/army/fm/7-85/appf.htm (4457 words)

	Battle of Dunkirk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Though the Indian Ocean was a backwater during World War II, there were several vital operations in that area.
		After the departure of the main battle forces the Indian Ocean was left with escort carriers and older battleships as the mainstay of its naval forces.
		The arrival of the first Australian division had released Indian 4th Infantry Division to be sent to the area.
	libraryoflibrary.com /E_n_c_p_d_Battle_of_Dunkirk.html (11556 words)

	www.Chindits.Info Chindit Awards
		When the Brigade Orderly Officer and his successor had respectively been killed and wounded, Major GURLING volunteered to command the Brigade Defence Platoons.
		This he did with such success that after a fight in which he drove out the Japanese trying to dig in, he gained 400 yards of ground and although his left flank was in the air, held his position against a counter-attack that night.
		At a time when the Brigade was so depleted and exhausted that there was little attack left in it his vigorous leadership of Brigade Headquarters brought it through to final success.
	www.chindits.info /Awards/MCGurling.htm (373 words)

	CHINDIT
		Brigade began to land at "CHOWRINGEE", but the landing ground was found to be very vulnerable to ground and air attack, so the rest of the Brigade was re-directed to land at "BROADWAY".
		Brigade were to expend a great amount of energy marching and counter marching all over the Indaw area.
		Brigade destroyed 21 dumps of Japanese supplies and ammunition, 15000 gallons of precious petrol and cut the railway line in 16 places south of Indaw.
	www.chindit.net /chrono.htm (1937 words)

	Untitled Document
		The British reorganized and retrained their Indian Army and by the fall of 1943 work had begun on four new all-weather roads in northern India, one of them designed to run from Ledo over the Hump through Burma to the Chinese frontier.
		Indian Infantry Brigade created early in 1943, believed a small force of fast-moving guerrillas could seriously hamper Japanese operations in
		Stilwell returned in February 1944 with a new card to play: an American independent infantry unit soon to be known as Merrill's Marauders after their leader, Brigadier General Frank D. Merrill.
	www.coa-hs.org /tribute/part_seven/part6.htm (1719 words)

	Burma Campaign - Free net encyclopedia
		It was fought primarily between Commonwealth, Chinese and American forces against the Empire of Japan.
		Two brigades went to Imphal, the other (the 161 Brigade) went to Dimapur from where it sent a detachment to Kohima.
		The Indian 25th Infantry Division, West African 81st Division and West African 82nd Division converged on Foul Point and Rathedaung at the end of the Mayu Peninsula.
	www.netipedia.com /index.php/Burma_Campaign (8805 words)

	TRIBUTE Part Seven
		Infantry, a regular Army unit under the command of General J. Lawton Collins, who was Army Chief of Staff in the 1950s.
		Infantry Division, of which Company E was now an active part, was thrown into the fray to shift the balance of power.
		Infantry and the suicidal resolve of the Japanese.
	www.coa-hs.org /tribute/part_seven/part_seven.htm (12219 words)

	Political Leaders of the NSDAP (Military Reference Library L107)
		This is a copy of the report to the commander of the 4th Corps on the operations of the 77th Indian Infantry Brigade in Burma from February to May 1943.
		I was contacted in early August 2004 by Anne Faulkner, a daughter of the late George Faulkner, the Medical Officer of the 77th Indian Brigade, who also wrote the medical section of this report as then-Capt. G.
		Personally, I find this type of action on the part of the Indian Government to be deplorable and it is yet another hindrance that historians and others interested in the history of World War II have to endure in their study and understanding of that period.
	www.merriam-press.com /mrl_0150/mrl_0108.htm (960 words)

	David B Jones - Chindit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		In July 1943, just after his 19th birthday, he was enlisted into the General Service Corps, and in August of the same year, transferred to the Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
		Following a spell with 7th Bn South Lancashire Regiment, he was transferred to 1st Bn South Staffordshire Regiment which flew out to Burma in 1944 as part of 77 (Indian) Infantry Brigade which took part in "Operation Thursday" under the command of Brigadier J. ("Mad" Mike) Calvert DSO.
		(Indian) Infantry Brigade nicknamed EMPHASIS under the command of Brigadier J Michael (“Mad” Mike) Calvert DSO.
	www.lindahome.co.uk /David/David.htm (1370 words)

	Lancashire Fusiliers Photographs 1st Bn WW2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Brigades and Regiments The second Chindit force was given the name Special Force but was also known as 3rd Indian Division,
		into battalions and brigades to attack and seize larger targets or to repel attacks from a large enemy force.
		77th Brigade was to fly in to Burma, establish a base,
	www.lancs-fusiliers.co.uk /gallerynew/WW2/1stBn/chindits.htm (1830 words)

	Objective, Burma! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		After the loss of the Burma Road, the Americans under Stillwell prevailed with their idea of building a new road (the Ledo Road) through north Burma to the Burma Road close to the Chinese border.
		To build the Ledo Road, Stillwell attacked the Japanese northern front with Merrill's Marauders, the Chindits (i.e., the 77th Indian Infantry Brigade) and Chinese troops along the route of the new road.
		They were able to clear north Burma after heavy jungle fighting and the prolonged siege of Myitkyina.
	www.vernonjohns.org /snuffy1186/objectve.html (391 words)

	Indian Mutiny Veterans of the Dunlop
		Herein lie the legacy of Brave Dunlops, Warriors all, who fought in The Indian Mutiny and other battles in that theater.
		Colonel Sir James Dunlop, 21rst of that Ilk, of the 77th, who led the charge into the breach at Seringapatam, in the Third Mysore War in 1799.
		Grave at Subathu - "Sacred to the memory of Ensign Dunlop 1st European Light Infantry who died at Soobhatoo July 31st 1843.
	www.clandunlop.com /indianmutiny.htm (413 words)

	MagWeb The Frontline: Chindits of WWII Burma: Allied Guerillas: 57 Military History and Product Magazines
		The original Chindit formation was officially known as the 77th infantry brigade - assembled for Wingates operation Longcloth in Burma in 1943.
		The start of the mission was made by 2 Gurkha columns from the force crossing the Chindwin 50 miles to the south and by a diversionary attack by the 23rd Indian division at Kalewa.
		And at the heart of the unit were veterans from the original 77th brigade.
	www.magweb.com /sample/sfront/sfr11chi.htm (1157 words)

	Amazon.com: "light infantry companies": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		He pushed four light infantry companies forward of Moulton's Hill into a depression where they were protected from fire from the redoubt but where they could...
		Four light infantry companies were deployed in the low ground in front of his main body, while General Robert Pigot was ordered to move...
		It is a little-known fact that Gage, with his experience of earlier years, was also making sure that his light infantry companies (units, one from each regiment, used to protect the flanks on the march) were trained in Indian-style bush fighting.
	www.amazon.com /phrase/light-infantry-companies (663 words)

	Kachin Rangers: Allied guerrillas in WW II Burma [Archive] - Military Photos
		Newly formed Chinese infantry divisions were flown across "the Hump" to be trained at Ramgarh by an American cadre for service with the British 14th Army.
		During the Chinese train-up and the British reconstitution of forces, bill tribes in northern Burma who refused to be subjugated -- predominantly the Kachins, but also the Karens, the Chins, the Kukis and the Nagas -- had been fighting a guerrilla war against the Japanese occupation forces.
		Wingate's force, the 77th Indian Infantry Brigade, the "Chindits," was formed from the 13th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment; the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Ghurka Rifles; the 2nd Battalion, Burma Rifles; and the 142nd Commando.
	www.militaryphotos.net /forums/archive/index.php/t-27927.html (3960 words)

	Brigadier Michael Calvert
		In 1944, Calvert was in command of the Chindits 77th Indian Infantry Brigade and was awarded the DSO and Bar and the US Silver Star.
		Michael Calvert returned to Europe towards the end of the war and was given command of the SAS Brigade in March 1945, a position he held until the SAS was disbanded in October 1945.
		During the Malayan Emergency, Calvert was asked by General Sir John Harding (Commander-in-Chief Far East Land Forces) to make a threat assessment of the Malayan Emergency and suggest means of defeating the Communist terrorists.
	www.britains-smallwars.com /malaya/Calvert.htm (1010 words)

	Procter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Wingate had experience of successful guerrilla operations in Palestine and Abyssinia, but after a thorough reconnaissance of North Burma, it was decided a different approach was necessary.
		Wingate formed and trained a special force of brigade strength which was to penetrate behind Japanese lines and destroy communication and supply resources, perhaps even clearing enemy forces out of some areas.
		This experimental force became 77th Indian Infantry Brigade, comprising of various army units, signals and RAF personnel as it was to be supplied by air, those supplies being carried forward with the roving columns of troops by mule.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /howard.martin/Procter.html (634 words)

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