Mist on the Rice-fields: A Soldier's Story of the Burma Campaign 1943-45 and Korean War 1950-51

Shipster, John

ISBN 10: 0850528747 / ISBN 13: 9780850528749

Published by Pen & Sword Books Ltd, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK, 2002

About this Item

164 pages. B&W illustrations. B&W plates. Light/moderate wear to black and bottle-green covers' corners o/w a very clean. Pages very clean.

Seller Inventory # 722820

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mist on the Rice-fields: A Soldier's Story of the Burma Campaign 1943-45 and Korean War 1950-51
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0850528747
• ISBN 13: 9780850528749
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: Reprint
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

This is the story of a young officer in the Indian Army who commanded a company in the Burma Campaign of 1943 to 1945. It covers the part played by the author and his unit in the long campaign to recover Burma, starting with the fierce close-quarter fighting in the jungles and rice-fields in the Arakan in which the Japanese suffered their first major defeat. The story moves on to Kohima which was the scene of some of the bitterest fighting in the Burma War, and which saved India.

For the author, however, the Burma War was a prelude to the bitter campaign in Korea (1950-51), where the author commanded a company of the Middlesex Regiment in the harsh conditions of extreme cold and snow, as part of the Commonwealth Brigade fighting in close co-operation with the Americans.

About the Author

John Shipster specializes in World War II History.