BLOODY SHAMBLES Volume 2. The Defence of Sumatra to The Fall of Burma

SHORES, Christopher CULL, Brian & IZAWA, Yasuho ;

ISBN 10: 0948817674 / ISBN 13: 9780948817670

Published by Published by Grub Street, London, 2000

About this Item

8vo. pp.494 with black & white photographs and maps. original brown cloth hardcover in pictorial dust wrapper. A Very Good Copy.

Seller Inventory # 192075

Bibliographic Details

• Title: BLOODY SHAMBLES Volume 2. The Defence of Sumatra to The Fall of Burma
• Publisher: Published by Grub Street, London
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0948817674
• ISBN 13: 9780948817670
• Binding: Hardcover
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • MILITARY

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Synopsis

This is the story of the Allied air campaign across Australia, Sumatra, Java, the Philippines, Burma and Ceylon during World War II. It documents the Allied underestimation of Japanese ability, and ends with the Japanese at the extremities of their advance.

About the Author

Brian Cull is a highly respected Grub Street author with past publications such as Hurricanes over Tobruk, Hurricanes over Malta, Spitfires over Sicily and Buffaloes over Singapore to his credit.



Christopher Shores began by writing the occasional book about military aviation, then quickened the pace as he grew older. By now, readers and reviewers are hard-pressed to keep up with him. Meanwhile, he pursued a career as a land surveyor and director of one of Europe's largest firms of property advisers.