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15%OFFRaymond Street - We Fought at Kohima - 9781473843677 - V9781473843677
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We Fought at Kohima

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Description for We Fought at Kohima Hardback. .
The Japanese advance through Thailand, Malaya and Burma appeared unstoppable and the fate of India looked utterly precarious. The garrison of the Kohima outpost numbering some 1500 British and Indian Army soldiers faced over 13,000 fanatical and previously victorious Japanese troops. The following sixteen days marked the turning point of the war in the Far East thanks to men like Raymond Street who fought with legendary courage and tireless persistence. Raymond was a member of the 4th Battalion The Queen's West Kent and as a company runner he was uniquely placed to witness the dreadful and dramatic events ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
468g
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781473843677
SKU
V9781473843677
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1

About Raymond Street
Raymond Street was born in 1920 and lived in Cheltenham, moving to Birmingham in the early 1930s. Money was tight and he left school at fourteen and worked in various shops and factories before joining up in 1942. When he left the army in 1946 he returned to factory work before going into the retail furniture business, running his own ... Read more

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