This was followed by a series of extraordinary victories culminating in Mandalay in May 1945 and the collapse of all Japanese forces in Burma. It wasn't until March 1944, when the Japanese staged their famed 'March on Delhi', that the years of rebuilding reaped their reward and after bitter fighting, the Japanese were finally defeated at Kohima and Imphal. A War of Empires by acclaimed historian Robert Lyman expertly retells these coordinated efforts and describes how a new volunteer Indian Army, rising from the ashes of defeat, would ferociously fight to turn the tide of war.īut victory did not come immediately. New commanders were appointed, significant training together with restructuring took place, and new tactics were developed. New from Osprey Publishing: A War of Empires: Japan, India, Burma & Britain: 1941-45 by Robert Lyman.Ībout the book, from the publisher: In 19 the British and Indian Armies were brutally defeated and Japan reigned supreme in its newly conquered territories throughout Asia.
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