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	WELCOME TO THE BURMA CHINDITS COMPANY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Chindits were an Allied Special Force formed and lead by General Orde Wingate.
		They were successful in their operation in recapturing Burma from the Japanese.
		Chindits is a corruption of the Burmese word Chinthe, the Burmese word for the mythical lion guardians of Burmese pagodas.
	www.burmachindits.com (177 words)

	CalendarHome.com - Burma Campaign - Calendar Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Allied plans for 1944 were reduced to: an offensive by Stilwell's Chinese troops from India; the Chindit operation in support of Stilwell; a renewed overland attack in the Arakan; and a rather ill-defined offensive across the Chindwin River from Imphal in support of the other operations.
		The Chindits, now in divisional strength and designated Indian 3rd Infantry Division, were tasked with assisting Stilwell by disrupting the Japanese lines of supply to the northern front.
		On March 24, Wingate, the commander of the Chindits, was killed in an aircrash.
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /cgi-bin/encyclopedia.pl?p=Burma_Campaign (9286 words)

	Chindits - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Chindits (Officially in 1942 77th Indian Infantry Brigade and in 1943 3rd Indian Infantry Division) were a British jungle Special Forces unit that served in Burma from 1943 until 1945 as part of the Fourteenth Army during the Burma Campaign in World War II.
		Chindit groups established heavily defended strongholds with an airstrip in easily defensible positions where they could not be harassed by artillery or armoured troops.
		A third view is that despite the relatively insignificant losses that the Chindits were able to inflict, their propaganda value, at a time when the 14th Army was on the defensive, was a good filip to the people of India and Britain.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Chindits (2222 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Chindits were the brainchild of British Brigadier Orde Charles Wingate when he was serving under Archibald Wavell, the Supreme Commander of the Far Eastern Theatre in India.
		Chindit is a corrupted form of the suggested name of the Burmese mythical beast ChinthÃ© or Chinthay, statues of which guarded Buddhist temples.
		A third view is that despite the relatively insignificant losses that the Chindits were able to inflict, their propaganda value in 1943, at a time when the Army was on the defensive, was a moral boost to the people of India and Britain.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Chindits (4712 words)

	Defence Notes
		Chindit is the corruption of Burmese word Chinthy which in Buddhist mythology means a beast whose lower body is of a tiger and the upper body of an eagle.
		But the Chindits often managed to slip away in thick jungle by changing directions and were completely free to strike when and where they would.
		It is sufficiently evident from the study of military history (particularly the Chindit operation) that infiltrators cannot operate for a long period without support from the locals and also that their operation behind the enemy lines has no strategic value, unless linking up with offensive by main forces is carried out.
	www.defencejournal.com /2002/dec/chindits.htm (3144 words)

	Armchair General Magazine: Interactive Military History
		The initial mission of the Chindits early in 1943 was that of disrupting enemy communications, sever rail lines, interdict supply columns and keep the Japanese off their toes.
		The Chindits, however, were able to largely elude their attackers and in small groups found their way back to India.
		As the Marauders and the Chindits continued to be a thorn in the Japanese defensive flesh, a great loss occurred on March 28, 1944.
	www.armchairgeneral.com /articles.php?p=2621&page=1 (1192 words)

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		The decision was made that the Chindits were to be transferred to the command of Stilwell to directly aid his stalled advance on Myitkyina, the crucial town on the planned roadway to China.
		The fighting power of the Chindits, and that of the USAAF and RAF pilots, deteriorated from exhaustion in daily combat against the Japanese and from diseases that could not be properly treated.
		The last Chindit columns were flown back to India almost five months after the start of the mission, the men exhausted and sick physically and mentally.
	members.aol.com /ordewingate/burmaG.html (2793 words)

	Stickgrappler's MMA page - Bando - Command Issue 26/Jan-Feb 1994 page
		During their 1,000-mile march, the Chindits were able to gather a great deal of detailed information about the terrain, Japanese strongholds and troop dispositions, their jungle craft, the native tribes, the prevalent sicknesses and diseases, enemy medical and ambulance systems, their diet, supply and transportation systems.
		The battered Chindit brigade was forced to retreat to the mountains near lndawgyi Lake.
		The Chindit columns in that sector had been destroying their lines of communication, and the Japanese wounded could not be safely evacuated to Mandalay.
	stickgrappler.tripod.com /bando/c26.html (7683 words)

	WHO WERE THE CHINDITS
		The Chindits were an experimental special forces brigade who fought in Burma against the Japanese during WW2.
		Although the Chindits did not directly do a great deal of damage to the huge Japanese war machine, they proved to a dispirited and defeated British Army that the Japanese were not invincible and could be taken on and beaten on their own terms in the jungle.
		The music business is the jungle and Chindits are what are now needed to deal with it - young warriors who with their music - style - personality and courage can point the way ahead and bring an end to the way that the industry mistreats the artists whom it exploits.
	www.lodgerecording.co.uk /bandtherapy/who_were_the_chindits.htm (532 words)

	Chindits Special Force Burma 1943-1944
		The Chindits were the largest of the allied Special Forces of the 2nd World War.
		There were two Chindits expeditions into Burma, the first in February 1943 Operation Longcloth, consisted of a force of 3,000 men who marched over 1,000 miles during the campaign.
		They were known as the CHINDITS, a name given to them by their leader, Major-General Orde C. Wingate, D.S.O. After the initial expedition in 1943 the full force was marched or landed in the jungle on makeshift air-strips by glider or Dakota aircraft 200 miles behind enemy lines in March 1944.
	www.chindits.info /index.html (613 words)

	Stickgrappler's MMA page - Bando - Command Issue 26/Jan-Feb 1994 page
		During their 1,000-mile march, the Chindits were able to gather a great deal of detailed information about the terrain, Japanese strongholds and troop dispositions, their jungle craft, the native tribes, the prevalent sicknesses and diseases, enemy medical and ambulance systems, their diet, supply and transportation systems.
		The battered Chindit brigade was forced to retreat to the mountains near lndawgyi Lake.
		The Chindit columns in that sector had been destroying their lines of communication, and the Japanese wounded could not be safely evacuated to Mandalay.
	members.tripod.com /stickgrappler/bando/c26.html (7683 words)

	Burma & The Chindits
		With Kamaing being only 35 miles to the north the Chindits, in the Indawgi Lake area, had for the first time, the chance of a land link by which their 300, and rising, casualties could be evacuated.
		The final battalion of Chindits, now 400 instead of 900, having traversed over 500 miles of jungle covered hills in N Burma, passed through Myitkyina around the 25 August with most having lost at least three stones and facing a future of six to eight months of going in and out of hospital.
		Once again the Chindits suffered large weight loss due to the meagre ‘K’ rations and heavy expenditure of energy climbing the steep rain soaked hills, they were also open to attack from malaria, dysentery and many diseases that were rife in the area one of which was Typhus.
	www.peter.gerrard.clara.net /burma001.htm (7452 words)

	1st Air Commando Group Memorial (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Chindits was a variation of "Chinthe." The mythical figure that guards Burmese temples.
		It was the high casualty rates of the Chindits that precipitated the request for help from the United States in evacuation of wounded.
		British "Chindits" were glider-borne at night to a field 150 miles behind Japanese lines in Burma.
	www.hurlburt.af.mil /basewide/airpark/mainmemorial/mainentancememorial.html (425 words)

	::Burma and World War Two::
		It was in Burma, that Orde Wingate and the Chindits found fame and it was in Burma where the Japanese Army suffered serious military setbacks that led to them retreating back east.
		However, the first assault by the Chindits was portrayed as a success by those in charge of Allied forces in the Far East.
		Despite the losses to the Chindits, the boost to the morale of Allied forces, especially in India, was huge.
	www.historylearningsite.co.uk /burma_and_world_war_two.htm (1045 words)

	Gladiators of World War II - The Chindits \| Eureka! TV \| Eureka Entertainment
		Using unique archive footage, this disc documents the story of the Chindits – the Gladiators of the jungle; the first to show that the British could match the Japanese in the Pacific.
		The mythical beast that guards every Burmese temple, and the Chindits were born.
		In their first operation the Chindits cut the vital Mandalay-Mytikyina railway.
	www.eurekavideo.co.uk /films/chindits.asp (287 words)

	CBI UNIT HISTORIES
		The Chindits started leaving BROADWAY on 1 May, by the 7th only the garrison battalion was left.
		The Chindits cleared a 400 yard long glider strip and five gliders landed on the evening of 3 April.
		On the 7th, the Chindits flew in some 25 pounders and the dozers were used to move them into position.
	www.cbi-history.com /part_vi_900th_eng_co.html (4786 words)

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