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Deafeat Into Victory
Defeat Into Victory by Viscount Field Marshall Slim
One of my favourite books is 'Defeat Into Victory' by Viscount Field Marshal William Slim. Slim writes a vivid and detailed account of his experiences in the Burma campaigns of 1942 - 1945. He experienced the bitterness of defeat from a rabid enemy, the Japanese, and from that experience grew stronger and wiser and turned the tables against them by good soldiering and strong generalship.
He never forgot his roots as a soldier and always said that his sucess rested on the British soldier, Chinese, American, Indian and other colonial troops including the Aztecs in his army. 14th army came out of WW2 as a heroic army, alway the last to get modern equipment' these being reserved for the Europe theater of war, and known eventually as the forgotten army. He solved the problem of massive shortages of silk for parachutes for instance by illicitating the cooperation of private Indian companies to devlop and manufacture parachutes from jute. These jute parachutes were far too unreliable for men, but for equipment became a war winner. Supplies of food and sturdy equipment were dropped throughout Slim's campaigns by jute parachutes. He used this inventivenss in all aspects of his war with the Japanese and in doing so became a great general.
Slim was an Englishman, from Manchester and in my opinion a greater general even than his peer Viscount Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery. He had none of the negatiove characteristic of 'Monty', and was a popular figure in public aswel as in his private life. Slim exhibited all the greatness of the best of the English speaking peoples.
His book may be too detailed for some and cannot be called light reading, it is factual throughout, some may say too much so, sometimes sounding very much like the official accounts issued by the War office in the UK, but his detailed accounts of numbers, regiment, divisions with all their commanders is his generous spirit showing through in giving the credit to the men who actually fought in Burma.
I can recomment this book to anyone interested in WW2 history, or anyone who wishes to understand greatness in men under emmense hardship in war.
Paperback reprints available, and original editions available from the large 2nd hand booksellers in the UK and USA, google it and you get a huge response.
regards
Ieaun
One of my favourite books is 'Defeat Into Victory' by Viscount Field Marshal William Slim. Slim writes a vivid and detailed account of his experiences in the Burma campaigns of 1942 - 1945. He experienced the bitterness of defeat from a rabid enemy, the Japanese, and from that experience grew stronger and wiser and turned the tables against them by good soldiering and strong generalship.
He never forgot his roots as a soldier and always said that his sucess rested on the British soldier, Chinese, American, Indian and other colonial troops including the Aztecs in his army. 14th army came out of WW2 as a heroic army, alway the last to get modern equipment' these being reserved for the Europe theater of war, and known eventually as the forgotten army. He solved the problem of massive shortages of silk for parachutes for instance by illicitating the cooperation of private Indian companies to devlop and manufacture parachutes from jute. These jute parachutes were far too unreliable for men, but for equipment became a war winner. Supplies of food and sturdy equipment were dropped throughout Slim's campaigns by jute parachutes. He used this inventivenss in all aspects of his war with the Japanese and in doing so became a great general.
Slim was an Englishman, from Manchester and in my opinion a greater general even than his peer Viscount Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery. He had none of the negatiove characteristic of 'Monty', and was a popular figure in public aswel as in his private life. Slim exhibited all the greatness of the best of the English speaking peoples.
His book may be too detailed for some and cannot be called light reading, it is factual throughout, some may say too much so, sometimes sounding very much like the official accounts issued by the War office in the UK, but his detailed accounts of numbers, regiment, divisions with all their commanders is his generous spirit showing through in giving the credit to the men who actually fought in Burma.
I can recomment this book to anyone interested in WW2 history, or anyone who wishes to understand greatness in men under emmense hardship in war.
Paperback reprints available, and original editions available from the large 2nd hand booksellers in the UK and USA, google it and you get a huge response.
regards
Ieaun
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