The OSS in Burma : Jungle War against the Japanese /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Sacquety, Troy J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
United States. > Office of Strategic Services. > Detachment 101.
Secret service.
HISTORY > Asia > Southeast Asia.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Birmanie.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Service secret > États-Unis.
World War, 1939-1945 > Burma.
World War, 1939-1945 > Secret service > United States.
United States.
Burma.
Birmanie > Histoire > 1942-1945 (Occupation japonaise)
Burma > History > Japanese occupation, 1942-1945.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Before the storm
  • The fall of Burma
  • Laying the groundwork: 1941-January 1943
  • Creating the detachment out of an undefined problem
  • Deconfliction
  • OSS and SOE
  • Finding a location
  • Detachment 101 sets up the Jungle School
  • Communications
  • Moving toward the first operations
  • Long-range penetration operations
  • A Group
  • B Group
  • W Group
  • BALLS, BALL's #1, and REX
  • The evaluations
  • Short-range penetrations meet success
  • The first short-range effort, Operation FORWARD
  • Group
  • KNOTHEAD
  • Rethinking operations: the detachment evolves, February 1943-January 1944
  • The detachment reevaluates its personnel situation
  • Finances
  • Communications and coding
  • Developing liaison
  • Supplies remain a problem
  • New additions to Detachment 101
  • Peers takes over: Detachment 101 comes of age, January-May 1944
  • Existing force structure
  • New OSS branches arrive
  • Detachment 101 and the campaign for Myitkyina: February-August 1944
  • Postscript
  • Peers continues his reforms: June-August 1944
  • Existing force structure
  • New OSS branches arrive
  • Reorganizing after Myitkyina: September-December 1944
  • Existing force structure
  • A new organization of sorts
  • The last OSS branches arrive: January-March 1945
  • Existing force structure
  • New branches arrive
  • The Shan states: August 1944-March 1945
  • The push after Myitkyina
  • The Arakan field unit: February-June 1945
  • The Arakan field unit (AFU)
  • Rangoon
  • The last months: April-July 1945
  • Field operations
  • The detachment
  • Detachment 101 disbands.

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