Alan Warren is a lecturer in history at Monash University, Australia. He is also the author of Wazirista, The faqir of Ipi and the Indian Army.

Following his excellent account of Japanese success in the Malaya/Singapore campaign, Alan Warren has produced a first-rate operational study of the 1942 Burma campaign. Japanese fighting quality emerges clearly as does poor British military leadership. An important work.

• Introduction; Maps; 1 British Burma; 2 Imperial Japan and Preparations for War; 3 War comes to South-East Asia; 4 The Invasion of Burma and the loss of Tenasserim; 5 Across the Salween River; 6 The Battle of Bilin River; 7 Retreat from Bilin River; 8 The Sittang Bridge; 9 The Demolition of the Sittang Bridge; 10 Rangoon in the Firing Line; 11 The Royal Navy in South-East Asia; 12 Retreat from Rangoon; 13 The Imperial Japanese Navy and the Royal Navy's Eastern Fleet; 14 Admiral Nagumo's Raid on Ceylon; 15 The Oilfields of Yenangyaung; 16 Retreat to India; 17 The Consequences of Defeat; Appendix; Index.

Alan Warren is a lecturer in history at Monash University, Australia. He is also the author of Wazirista, The faqir of Ipi and the Indian Army.

Following his excellent account of Japanese success in the Malaya/Singapore campaign, Alan Warren has produced a first-rate operational study of the 1942 Burma campaign. Japanese fighting quality emerges clearly as does poor British military leadership. An important work.

• Introduction; Maps; 1 British Burma; 2 Imperial Japan and Preparations for War; 3 War comes to South-East Asia; 4 The Invasion of Burma and the loss of Tenasserim; 5 Across the Salween River; 6 The Battle of Bilin River; 7 Retreat from Bilin River; 8 The Sittang Bridge; 9 The Demolition of the Sittang Bridge; 10 Rangoon in the Firing Line; 11 The Royal Navy in South-East Asia; 12 Retreat from Rangoon; 13 The Imperial Japanese Navy and the Royal Navy's Eastern Fleet; 14 Admiral Nagumo's Raid on Ceylon; 15 The Oilfields of Yenangyaung; 16 Retreat to India; 17 The Consequences of Defeat; Appendix; Index.

Alan Warren is a lecturer in history at Monash University, Australia. He is also the author of Wazirista, The faqir of Ipi and the Indian Army.

Following his excellent account of Japanese success in the Malaya/Singapore campaign, Alan Warren has produced a first-rate operational study of the 1942 Burma campaign. Japanese fighting quality emerges clearly as does poor British military leadership. An important work.

• Introduction; Maps; 1 British Burma; 2 Imperial Japan and Preparations for War; 3 War comes to South-East Asia; 4 The Invasion of Burma and the loss of Tenasserim; 5 Across the Salween River; 6 The Battle of Bilin River; 7 Retreat from Bilin River; 8 The Sittang Bridge; 9 The Demolition of the Sittang Bridge; 10 Rangoon in the Firing Line; 11 The Royal Navy in South-East Asia; 12 Retreat from Rangoon; 13 The Imperial Japanese Navy and the Royal Navy's Eastern Fleet; 14 Admiral Nagumo's Raid on Ceylon; 15 The Oilfields of Yenangyaung; 16 Retreat to India; 17 The Consequences of Defeat; Appendix; Index.